[C320-list] Boarded by the Coast Guard

[Patrick Tyler]

I never have been boarded by the CG but the SC Dept of Natural Recourses
stopped me in my dingy.  I ask if I was speeding.  Probably shouldn't have
ask that.  They gave me a warning because I didn't have a sound devise.
They gave me one that would attach to my outboard.  Interesting experience.

Pat
   

-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Ray Durand
Sent: 05/08/2011 11:58 AM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: [C320-list] Boarded by the Coast Guard

As I was leaving Avalon Harbor (Catalina Island) a few days ago, I noticed a
Coast Guard boat just outside the breakwater.  Sure enough, a dinghy with 4
or 5 guardsmen approached our boat and they asked when was the last time I
had been inspected.  It was about 4-5 years since this last happened to us.
Two guardsmen came aboard.  FYI - here's what they wanted to see:

 

Fire extinguishers

Flares (they checked the dates)

Bilge

Placards re oil and trash disposal

Registration

ID (driver license)

 

They also wanted to see that my holding tank through hull valve was closed.

 

Last time this happened to me, my flares were out of date.  They wrote me up
and I had to send in proof that I had purchased new flares.  There wasn't
any penalty associated with this.

 

Ray Durand, #822

Marina del Rey, CA