BoatUS has published a new broadsheet that cruisers can use to attempt to gain legal and equitable treatment from Florida localities and their enforcement agencies.
It can be down loaded from the “Anchoring in Florida” page, which also has link to the a NOAA document [paid for with tax dollars] that describes the bizarre evolution of the Floridian antipathy toward people who don’t stay in marinas 100% of the time.
If you’re not into Kafka, you can download it here:
Apparently, the anchoring situation in Florida hasn’t improved; it has just changed. Antipathy toward cruisers who don’t feel the need or desire to tie up and start pouring money into local coffers by the day, week, and month is every bit as strong as it was before legislation was passed to prevent the abuse of Federal navigation protections. And now the same folks who abused the Federal protection, necessitating the new Florida law, are finding new ways to do the same with the new law.
Courtesy B.A.R.R.
Into the fray steps Capt Charmaine Smith Continue reading
“Provides Expedited Entry Procedures to Trusted Boaters” (CBP Release)
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Better than the in-person at Port of Entry alternative by a wide margin |
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Only works reliably when using Microsoft IE.
Somehow tying a very likely to be used capability to a dwindling software application is a puzzlement. |
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For related, see Customs and Border Patrol Post
The headline would have one believe a prosecutor failed to make a case. The facts are worse. The complete article is worth a read, but the following frames the dilemma. Basically, for want of will no prosecution was even attempted. [The reasons may have been valid, but the optics don't bode well for solving the problem.]
- Once suspected pirates are detained, and as EU NAVFOR has no authority to prosecute suspected pirates, it has to seek a State willing to prosecute them. Continue reading
Yesterday we pointed out the US MARAD’s interest in using “Marine Highways” to compensate for clogged mainland arteries. Today, the Seine-Nord Europe canal in France is being announced for the same purpose. This could be quite interesting if non-commercial traffic is allowed (as planned).
Announcement Translation (via Google): Continue reading
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