NYCkayaker 5 boro and the USCG

[TomBrooklyn]

> > From: "Tim Gamble" <tgamble at syllog.com>
> It is a
> dangerous precedent to have to ask for permission, since once you ask they
> can say no, or they can put silly unreasonable limits on you.

Well said, Tim.  Asking for permission is not just dangerous, it is inappropriate and ludicrous.  
 Notifying the Coast Guard is fine.  Considering any safety suggestions they make is also fine.  
Neither of those is the same as asking for permission, and I hope that is not the mindset of those
in communication with them.