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Subject: Re: [world-cruising] New US regulations
From: Rick Bradshaw (rbradsh2@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Jan 06 2003 - 15:03:51 EST
Once in a while someone, usually the U.S. Coast Guard folks, will
mention that you should file a "float plan" describing the vessel,
crew, and where you are going and when with the local marina, dock
neighbor, or someone so that someone knows about you. If you are
overdue, they, then, have the opportunity to notify the appropriate
authorities who can try to find you. However, the "float plan" is
just a recommendation and nothing is mandatory.
Rick
>Wow, that's amazing! I would feel very unsafe - at least here, if you leave
>Durban headed for PE and don't arrive at PE, someone starts checking on your
>safety. If we could just do whatever without telling anyone, I think we'd
>lose a lot more lives. I don't think of it as losing my freedoms, or a
>beaurocratic nuisance, or even as "Big Brother is Watching" - if I have
>nothing to hide, why should I be worried? - I'd rather feel that my country
>is taking care of (a) my safety, and (b) its security - i.e. also my
>safety - than worry about my freedoms and end up in trouble in a major storm
>with equipment failure, no way of reaching anyone, and no-one looking for
>me. Like the girl who wrote "Red Sky at Night" - those situations really do
>happen. I'm happy to know my track is being watched and therefore my safety
>increased. :-))
>
>Best
>Jodie
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