Next message: Ron Rogers: "Re: lv-ab: coast guard and latitude"
There are a few scenarios on the high seas:
1. If the CG asks and you agree, it is consensual.
2. If the CG asks and you claim two different countries for the vessel (e.g., you say one thing and you're flying the flag of a third country), it becomes stateless and any soverign nation can board to determine its status.
3. If the CG asks and you don't agree, the CG can ask your country to grant permission to board on their behalf.
Obviously, this is a synopsis and there is a lot more to it than I have described. Even though I have used CG, it can be any soverign nations coast guard or navy.
Giff
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From: "Ballantyne, Merrill" <>
> What authority does the USCG tout as to having the right to board non-us
> flagged boats in international waters- the fact that you cannot resist?
>
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> Rogers
> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 9:49 AM
> To: Ken James; LIVE_ABOARD; Colin Dykstra
> Subject: Re: lv-ab: coast guard and latitude
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> It is my *dated* impression that USCG training isn't long enough and
> they rely on-the-job-training (OJT) too much - especially radio operator
> training.
>
> In thew Army, soldiers with the highest IQs are trained to be radio
> operators if they are in the Infantry. Obviously, other skills require
> high IQs as well, but the radio operator has to be able to understand,
> send, and receive messages accurately under stress. I have not found
> this quality in many USCG operators. When I asked the Baltimore comms
> chief why this was the case, he said they came direct from Basic and
> learned on the job.
>
> So far, I have found the young members of the boat crews to be
> wholesome, caring sailors. It appears to help if one of the sailors is a
> woman. I hjave my own views, but since I'm neither a psychologist nor a
> sociologist, I will not comment.
>
> It is the USCG Auxilliary who tend to bring expertise to radio
> communications. Unfortunately, they do not appear to work stations
> outside major population centers.
>
> We have to work with them to get better.
>
> Ron Rogers
>
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