NYCkayaker Coast Guard and Kayakers

[Richard Clifford]

NYCKayaker:
    Once again, my 2 cents for the U.S. Coast Guard. Some of you wonder 
why the USCG operates under strict rules and regulations. Or, some of 
you may wonder why the USCG on occasion may be skeptical when dealing  
with even one human-powered vessel. Here is just another recent example 
of what they face. - Richard Clifford

*Man Tows Vessel With Inflatable Boat*
Associated Press | September 20, 2007
NEW YORK <http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,149918,00.html#> - A 
man who tried to tow his 35-foot fishing vessel to a marina by paddling 
in a 9-foot inflatable boat was fished out of a Long Island canal by 
Coast Guard officials Wednesday.

"This is one of the most unsafe things I may have ever seen a boater 
do," said U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Steven Koch.

Louis Pasquale, 35, of Seaford, N.Y., was attempting to tow his fishing 
vessel Barbara Ann from the North Channel near Bay Shore about 20 miles 
to Freeport. He was not injured, but not wearing a life jacket, the 
Coast Guard said.

Pasquale reportedly started towing the Barbara Ann at 5:30 a.m from the 
East Islip Marina, and had managed to move it about 100 yards in three 
hours when both the Coast Guard and Islip Harbor Police stopped him.

A rescue boat <http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,149918,00.html#> 
crew towed the vessel back to the East Islip Marina, and ordered 
Pasquale to anchor, the Coast Guard said. *He was issued a state summons 
and a Town of Islip summons for unsafe operation and hazard to 
navigation.* (emphasis added).


    Take a look at the scope of activities they undertake. 
http://search.military.com/search/news.html?words=coast+guard

    I suggest less chest-thumping and more dialogue and cooperation as 
shown by the example set out by Erik Baard so well.


*Richard C. Clifford, Esq.
Attorney at Law*
1890 Palmer Avenue, Suite 302
Larchmont, NY 10538

Tel: (914) 834-0100 -or- 0757
Cell: (917) 854-5824
Fax: (914) 834-0888

RichardClifford at earthlink.net 
RichardClifford at NYSBar.com




bob1may at optonline.net wrote:

> 50 human-powered boats in the harbor present a hazard to navigation, 
> but 50 human-powered boats + 5 support boats do not?

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