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Originally Posted by Amfivena  I
One day I was talking to a locally stationed Coastie at a bar and mentioned that I had never been stopped. He said, "Do you have a sail boat?" Apparently they have a policy here of never bothering with sail boats - especially the older ones. |
I was boarded once in Baltimore a few years ago. One of them made an offhand comment to the effect that "We hardly ever board sailboats for safety inspections because they always have everything".
We were the only boat for miles around, so they boarded us. Of course, we had everything on the checklist.