BTW another inspection I have been through a couple of times was when we kept the boat at a marina. A CG inspector came down the dock and told me he as coming aboard to do a MSD inspection. He poured a dye into both heads and flushed. Then went outside and watched for the dye. He didn't bother checking y-valves or through hulls - just the dye test.
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If a US vessel is in Canadian water or a Canadian vessel is in US waters, they can be boarded. This happens frequently in the Great Lakes.
If you US vessel is in any foreign waters, you can be boarded by that county's coast guard. End of story.
It doesnt matter if you are officially "documented" or not.... You may be boarded.
There used to be a pendant one could fly if you were US documented vessel but, I think that was only good in US waters.
Ditto. We use the boat in the winter, the Coasties get bored so we get boarded generally once a year. Never seen any girl Coasties but there must be some of them. Otherwise, how would you get boy Coasties?
Got boarded so many times on trips back and forth to Bimini in the 80’s finally carried a letter from my attorney.
I've gotten use to it and find it's great fun to flirt with the girl coasties.
Ted
A little professionalism and courtesy go a long way.
When the beer bellied Deputy is treating you and your family like a drug bust, and uniformed members of the CG are decked out in SWAT gear with loaded weapons, all because they want to check a sanitation device, the lost respect comes out.
My boat seems to be a boarding magnet. I average once per year and twice last year (doing the Loop). The more you use your boat, the higher the odds per year as they generally aren't boarding boats at the dock. Also, if you tend to use your boat during the week, you're more likely to get boarded for practice. When I'm the only boat out and there coming the other way, odds go way up. I've gotten use to it and find it's great fun to flirt with the girl coasties.
Ted
Michael
Is your vessel properly State registered with CA numbers etc? Or do you claim it to be a Documented vessel? Or both?
Begging the question, when does a CA domiciled vessel need up to date USCG Documentation?
OK, that's just tooooo funny!!:lol:I invited the local police to bring their drug dog on board for training.
They thanked me and said, they were too busy doing the real searches.
See, they didn't find the 40 tons of grass nor the 200 illegal aliens hidden in the bilges. TEASING
I try to follow all the rules, regulations and laws because even at 75 years old, I am still too pretty to go to prison and those cavity searches aint no fun. Lemme give you one bit of advice when under going a cavity search, that is not the time to yell out, "Oh baby!" Even my doctor didn't see the humor in that. One year he made his request, I told him, "Not without dinner and a movie." LOL He cancelled that exam.
Letter by Hamilton ??
Perhaps you will provide us a copy for our binders?
They took your passengers to the USCG boat and your boat to the dock for a further inspection? What was their reasoning?
I've been boarded by the USCG once. ...
It's pretty weird having armed, helmeted guys in big boots searching the boat ...
The officers were professional and courteous, but the whole experience left a sour taste in my mouth about the Coast Guard.
In WA, every boat must have, and display, a current WA State Registration sticker (much like a license tab). If you are documented, you don’t need to display the WA state registration number on the bow. If you don’t have that registration number displayed, then presumably you are a documented vessel. If you don’t have either, then you are not in compliance with both state and federal law.
I am sure this has been answered previous, but can one refuse the boarding of the CG? I seem to remember reading that one can, but would be ticketed for doing so. I personally dislike the idea of anyone being able to board my boat without some suspicion of illegal activity. Its not that I don't like the CG, I do, but it just rubs me the wrong way to be involuntarily detained even if only for minutes, without probable cause.
I am sure this has been answered previous, but can one refuse the boarding of the CG? I seem to remember reading that one can, but would be ticketed for doing so. I personally dislike the idea of anyone being able to board my boat without some suspicion of illegal activity. Its not that I don't like the CG, I do, but it just rubs me the wrong way to be involuntarily detained even if only for minutes, without probable cause.
Not a very useful answer...Small USCG boats are typically armed with a machine gun, automatic rifle, shotgun, and pistols so they have the potential to dish out harm if they insist on boarding. If weather/sea conditions warrant however, one could plead that it would be unsafe at the current time and place for a boarding.
Apply for the update to your documentation NOW. It will show it was an honest oversight on your part and you quickly corrected it.
Thank them for pointing out this discrepancy.
That's the best you can do.
That was my understanding as well, but as I said, I believe I have read that one could actually take a ticket and refuse a boarding. I will have to look it up again. Without probable cause no other law enforcement has such authority to invade the private premises of a citizen, ( to my knowledge), without probable cause or a warrant for which probable cause must be shown to be granted. And no not playing "sea lawyer".The short answer is NO. Since the founding of the Revenue Service (now US Customs) you cannot refuse boarding if you are in US waters. USCG officers are considered Customs officers by regulation. This has been challenged many times all the way to the Supreme Court and has been upheld every time. Though the results can be funny when someone tries.