I can't speak for the "flag wavers" but for what it's worth, the USCG recently closed the comment period on proposal to "recognize" foreign STCW...
How long is a piece of string?
There's a company called Sea Launch that keeps a launch platform in Long Beach. Anyone know where it was last night?
Go to the source. Invest in an airline ticket to Ketchikan or Sitka, amble over to the marina and look at the type of boats parked there. Sit down...
Saying that US manning requirements for USCG inspected vessels are "aimed at" Florida's sales tax or has anythng to do with foreign yachts is...
Which I found worked extremely well when replacing the exhaust hose on my own 48' "trawler." A selection of glass elbows and 45s makes life so...
That first statement is just plain weird. There are too many variations on that rumour to even comment. Take some time to study the yacht...
The language regarding foreigners seeking employment is crystal clear. Some people just imagine it means something else for them. Traveling "on"...
No, because an American yacht is exempt from manning requirements. American ships and small passenger vessels with a COI and a safe manning...
Do try and get it right if you are going to quote the regs. US Code Sec. 8103. Citizenship and Naval Reserve requirements (a)...
Anyone else what, a criminal or nervous about leaving alone? By cappies definition we're all a bunch of Madoffs. As far as looking for someone...
If you knew the slightest thing about the yachting "industry" you would know that the jobs on foreign flag yachts are not "American jobs" by any...
Typical crew contract is determined by size of boat and flag. Typical contract between owner and captain depends on each individual and can be...
Any captain worth the title can do both at the same time. :rolleyes:
Put it back where is the hanging question ... did (s)he have someplace in mind?
Equating the kids who walk the docks looking for daywork to Bernie Madoff is a bit of a Talibanish stretch in my opinion. What part of their body...
Do they raise unicorns on your planet?
There were some walking around every day. If they were there on a mission or not, who knows, they had a booth so maybe they were tourists like...
The inside passage can be done safely in a center console if you can carry enough gas cans. There are indeed wicked currents but they are tidal...
Yeah, and his mailbox probably needs cleaning out too! ;)
