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[Hudson Force]

My wife and I have completed about 42 years of livingaboard and actively cruising mostly in US waters. We have not yet been boarded by the Coast Guard, but if that day comes, we will be in compliance, grateful for their service and not inconvenienced by their tasks. I had the opportunity to pass behind this vessel not too long ago near Norfolk.....




If you can read the name; then, you likely understand that there are reasons to inspect boats beyond just checking safety gear.

[Rakuflames]

Originally Posted by CaptForce

My wife and I have completed about 42 years of livingaboard and actively cruising mostly in US waters. We have not yet been boarded by the Coast Guard, but if that day comes, we will be in compliance, grateful for their service and not inconvenienced by their tasks. I had the opportunity to pass behind this vessel not too long ago near Norfolk.....




If you can read the name; then, you likely understand that there are reasons to inspect boats beyond just checking safety gear.

In fact I don't see the name. What ship is it?

[Snore]

Originally Posted by Rakuflames

In fact I don't see the name. What ship is it?

She is the Cole after her repairs.

[Rakuflames]

Originally Posted by Snore

She is the Cole after her repairs.

WOW. Thanks.

[goboatingnow]

Originally Posted by CaptForce

My wife and I have completed about 42 years of livingaboard and actively cruising mostly in US waters. We have not yet been boarded by the Coast Guard, but if that day comes, we will be in compliance, grateful for their service and not inconvenienced by their tasks. I had the opportunity to pass behind this vessel not too long ago near Norfolk.....




If you can read the name; then, you likely understand that there are reasons to inspect boats beyond just checking safety gear.

Exactly my point previous , an attack in a foreign port really does not justify an increase in domestic security measures. Rather then creating a fortress mentality , where each attack results in more defence ( read less personal freedoms and more overt security ) , and more overt aggressive responses , resulting in more attacks on " soft targets" etc etc .

ultimately this " race" results in exactly the civil society , such perpetrators wish to force, they want to create spectaculars that force the security services hands, they want joe public grumbling everytime he or she gets on a plane , geta " safety inspection" , or gets frisked as a security measure , why , because it tends to force leaders to address the issues rather then simply increase military reactions

All these situations need dialogue , complex messy, and often unpleasant dialogue , but the resolution of asymmetric conflicts ( and hopefully the removal of security measures) can not be achieved by military means , but by such dialogue, no more then the UK found in Northern Ireland or the current negotiations with the Taliban in Afghanistan demonstrate

Personally I would prefer the risk of being extinguished in a public space , even though that risk is small, then the introduction of certain recent " security measures"

Dave