On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 14:21:21 +0200, "Lars Johansson"
wrote:

So the coast guard seems to go to a lot of trouble saving boats.
Is that their job?
I'm asking because I've just learned a litte bit about sea rescue here in
Sweden.
Here the job of the agencies involved is to save lives.
They often do it by saving the boats, but they are not obliged to.
Commercial operations might even consider it unfair.
Do you know that the corresponding regulations/poicies are in Canada and the
US?
/LArs J


that's pretty much the case in the US. the CG may try to rescue a boat
if no one's on it, but only if it does not endanger the CG crew, or if
a salvage or tow vessel is not around.

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On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 00:35:15 GMT, "Grumman-581"
wrote:

I had a case right after I bought my boat where I was 8 nm offshore and had
engine trouble and could not get it restarted... No one would answer my
radio calls or stop when I tried to flag them down... I put up the top and
figured that sooner or later the south wind would get me back to the Texas
coast... Eventually, a Coastie happened by and gave me a tow back to
shore... I took back nearly all the things I said about them when I was in
the Navy... grin

It was kind of interesting to see how my boat handled being towed... Since
it was a jet boat, there wasn't an outboard acting as a rudder, so the boat
kind of wandered back and forth between the two sides of the wake of their
boat...



yeah we just towed a sailboat that lost its steering...wasnt much fun
for the folks in the boat...

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Nothing worse than a Coast Guard Reservist with a light duty
chit.....Untill, he saves your life. When I was In the Navy, I didn't have
to put up with Drunks, Illegal Aliens, Smugglers, Speeders violating No Wake
Laws, and an endless supply of dumbass civies runnin out of gas!......They
actually have a tougher job than I had as a Sonar Tech aboard a
Destroyer..............They have my profound respect and admiration.
"Grumman-581" wrote in message
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I had a case right after I bought my boat where I was 8 nm offshore and
had
engine trouble and could not get it restarted... No one would answer my
radio calls or stop when I tried to flag them down... I put up the top and
figured that sooner or later the south wind would get me back to the Texas
coast... Eventually, a Coastie happened by and gave me a tow back to
shore... I took back nearly all the things I said about them when I was in
the Navy... grin

It was kind of interesting to see how my boat handled being towed... Since
it was a jet boat, there wasn't an outboard acting as a rudder, so the
boat
kind of wandered back and forth between the two sides of the wake of their
boat...