DHeckrotte
Guru
Has anyone noticed or experienced increased enforcement of US and CA territorial waters? My reading online finds that the rules for US recreational boats in CA waters are much the same as for CA boats in US waters. Visiting boats have to sign in when docking or when anchoring. I also read that, for example, a US boat just passing through some anomaly in the border need not report in to CA but a recreational fishing boat which passes in and out of CA waters has to report.
My reason for posting is that CDN folks I know who've been sailing these waters for decades were boarded by armed agents and arrested having been anchored in US waters. They had to sign their arrest papers but were not given a copy of what they'd signed.
I imagine our agents were acting in accordance with the law but, given the current administration's behavior elsewhere towards all our long-time allies...
My reason for posting is that CDN folks I know who've been sailing these waters for decades were boarded by armed agents and arrested having been anchored in US waters. They had to sign their arrest papers but were not given a copy of what they'd signed.
I imagine our agents were acting in accordance with the law but, given the current administration's behavior elsewhere towards all our long-time allies...