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Regulations

Strict adhearence to MSAP has tragic consequences.

Coast Guard and good Samaritan respond to capsized vessel Coast Guard News Service 11 Apr 2010 07:51 PM PDT CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A good Samaritan rescued three people and the Coast Guard recovered a fourth person who was unresponsive after a pleasure craft capsized in the Nueces Bay, Saturday night. A watchstander from Coast [...]

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April 14, 2010 Read the full article →

High Crimes and Misdemeanors

Mistakes can have consequences – legal consequences. On the one hand, you might loose your license: License Suspended In Fatal Parasail Incident “We hope that this case involving poor judgment and risky behavior is a wake-up call to all mariners, whether commercial or recreational. We enforce our regulations to safeguard the lives and well being [...]

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April 2, 2010 Read the full article →

Maybe they DON’T have the right of way?

Follow up to last week’s post about the City of Dana Point making up some rules that conflict with the Inland Rules or COLREGS. I wrote that the only place in the Rules that refers to human powered craft was in Rule 25, where there is a reference to “a vessel under oars” showing the [...]

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March 20, 2010 Read the full article →

“You do not have the right of way”

D Dana Point, CA: Dana Point Harbor unveils new decal detailing guidelines for human powered craft in the harbor, earns praise from US Coast Guard Auxiliary. [story here] I love the part about right of way. As if the Dana Point City can simply rewrite the Rules of the Road as ratified by international treaty. [...]

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March 14, 2010 Read the full article →

Fake IDs used to access USCG Base

The Galveston County Daily News. Thank god we have that super secure TWIC card, eh?

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March 11, 2010 Read the full article →

Sorry, the Bar is Closed

Today’s Federal Register contains this tidbit – perhaps not totally unexpected. ————————————– ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. Regulated Navigation Areas; Bars Along the Coasts of Oregon and Washington AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to establish Regulated Navigation Areas (RNA) covering specific bars along the coasts of Oregon and Washington that will [...]

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February 12, 2009 Read the full article →

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