Craig Jungers wrote: > On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 5:53 AM, James Farrelly wrote: > >> Serious question. Is a kayak a vessel in the eyes of the Coast Guard? >> > Is the Coast Guard a bureaucracy? I'm guessing that if you rode a > floating log across a river bar the USCG would rule that as being a > "vessel". Yup. We are vessels. Paddlers who transit the inner portion of the Columbia River Bar area for formal training purposes (BCU classes, etc.) usually check in with the Cape Disappointment station. The Coasties there seem to understand and appreciate what we do ... their duty being to pilot surf boats. In reality, we would be pretty far under their radar. I did not check the limits for the CR bar carefully, but I think Jetty A would be an inner limit, so that you could transit the Ilwaco channel and go around Sand Island without worry. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Feb 14 2009 - 07:53:47 PST
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