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On 6/18/07, Philip <> wrote:
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> This may be of interest to any one considering cruising US waters in the
> future.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2rjnnk (registration required)
The story doesn't go into much detail...probably because no program has been
evaluated, yet.
Doesn't matter if every boat owner in the US is "required" to carry a
government-issued ID, if there's nobody to look at them. Right now, there
are tens of thousands of recreational vessels for every Coast Guard vessel.
It's physically impossible to monitor every one. Either the Coast Guard
would have to get geometrically larger, or any monitoring system would have
to be electronic...like the transponders carried by aircraft. Can you
imagine trying to monitor a busy boating area - like the Chesapeake Bay -
when thousands of boats are underway at once?
The costs alone of such a system, unless it's proven to be necessary, will
keep it shelved.
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Best,
Bryan Genez
"Capella" V40-158
New Bern, NC
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