Chuck wrote: > Down south (back east, Pennsylvania), if we made plans for such an > event on the east coast, I believe we would have to inform the Coast > Guard of our plans. This would be important up where you are, since it > would be the USCG that would get the call to send helicopters and > boats to hunt for paddlers attempting to become crab bait. > I have seriously considered letting the Coast Guard know about the race. If they have to spend a lot of time on rescueing the participants of this race and at the same time a fishing boat goes down crucial moments maybe lost and someone may be lost at sea. A good friend sunk his 55 foot fishing boat near here several winters ago and the CG got top him just in time! If they had to split their rescue resources then he might not have make it. By the way the race is scheduled to come through my home of Petersburg. I will offer free hot showers and trauma counseling for the survivors Safe paddling Bob *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jan 21 2004 - 19:10:06 PST
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