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I just got boarded for the first time in 30 years in Newport (RI) harbor. It was early on a Saturday morning, and there were two CG boats looking for boarding practice and I was practically the only one in sight. They were very polite, relaxed (maybe its because most terrorists and smugglers are retired by my age), and gave me a clean bill of health.
The last boarding was in the 70's when we dismasted an Olson 30 about 30 miles off San Nicholas Island--we rigged the boom up as a stub mast and put up the staysail sideways, which got us to about 15 miles off Marina Del Rey when the wind died. The Coasties towed us in and boarded us when we got to the dock--again, they were real nice about the inspection, and found no problems.
After hearing the number of sailors they rescued offshore this week, I'm really happy they are out there.
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