Actually the Coast Guard does charge now in certain cases .... except in extreme emergency. In most cases they will refer you to commercial assistance, if available, and in case that there is not immediate danger to life. The reasoning behind it is the extreme 'cuts' by the present administration in the Coast Guard budget .... and the fact that they are both under-manned and under-equipped. I agree that we all pay income taxes and this should be a priority item ... but you would be surprized at the wasted energy and man power the Coast Guard spends ... and the costs ... of people running out of gas in their super-powered speed boats ... or 'lost' ... or just deciding that they want to spend extra time at their favorite 'fishing hole' and not telling their families. Lost and / or over due ... extensive searches ... Capt. Donald Reid *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> Actually the Coast Guard does charge now in certain cases > .... except in extreme emergency. Yes, but charging is one thing. Impounding a boat and holding it against the charge is another thing altogether. Raises lots of difficult issues. Not likely to ever happen, in reality. Mark *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I've only seen that done in the case of drugs ... but I have seen them 'block' the document of a documented vessel until the charges were settled. Don't say 'never' ... I've seen a lot of things happen in the last 50+ years that I would have said 'never' ... not even 'unlikely' :-)) Capt. Donald > > > Actually the Coast Guard does charge now in > certain cases > > .... except in extreme emergency. > > Yes, but charging is one thing. Impounding a > boat and holding it against > the charge is another thing altogether. Raises > lots of difficult issues. > Not likely to ever happen, in reality. > Mark > > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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