NYCkayaker security zones

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Peter the most definitive answer is within the USCG
District 1 Notice to Mariners.  It can be accessed at
:

http://www.navcenter.org./lnm/d1/default.htm

Read the whole thing as there may be other parts you
may be interested in.  

Dan McLaughlin
Hudson River Water Trail Association

--- Peter Riley <riley at amnh.org> wrote:

> Question 
> 
> Does anyone know the current security exclusions for
> New York Harbor;
> specifically the concept of "protected vessels"?
> 
> I was stopped by a Coast Guard vessel Saturday
> morning after I had passed
> two Statue of Liberty boats loading at the battery.
> 
> I had passed them with about 30 yards clearance. I
> was informed by the
> patrol officer that I had violated the security zone
> around a protected
> vessel.
> 
> I asked him just what that meant and he politely
> replied it was a vessel
> being loaded such as the Staten Island ferry of an
> excursion boat etc.
> 
> I could not find such a regulation but obviously we
> don't defy the Coast
> Guard.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Peter    
> 
> >
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