I got stopped coming back into New Bedford last Thursday. I have no issue with them but this guy never called/flashed his lights or gave any kind of indication he wanted me to stop. Took a while to figure out at 25 knots out every maneuver to set a collision course was his form of message for me to stop
Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
I got stopped coming back into New Bedford last Thursday. I have no issue with them but this guy never called/flashed his lights or gave any kind of indication he wanted me to stop. Took a while to figure out at 25 knots out every maneuver to set a collision course was his form of message for me to stop
Sounds like a great way to confuse someone so they won't have time to throw fish overboard Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
On the ocean U need to rotate your head 360 like an owl...U R right nebe...friends of mine on a dragger were eating lobster, throwing shells overboard....sure enough following behind them the enviromentals with a dip net retrieving the shells...they came up beside them and then made them stop....eating cooked lobsters on dragger illegal, fined 6,000 bucks....ooops...
"When its not about money,it's all about money."...
We've all probably seen questionable actions and activities on the water that should be reported but usually don't because without proof of those actions the offenders will walk.
When the EPO's are actually doing their jobs we hear complaints?
To paraphrase a Shakespeare line "Me doth think you protest too much".
Now if you exclude the Napoleon-complex individuals, the complaints usually come from individuals that might have a reason to NOT want to be stopped and boarded?
Not laying blame, but from my own personal experiences, people that are doing the wrong thing are the first to complain when the authorities show up to do their job.
It may be (in some instances) that the EPO either had a chip on his shoulder or had received a report of suspicious activity (which raises the question of how recent are the reports)?
Bottom line is that if you have done all the right things, the interruption should be minimal.
I still can't get over the citation for not having running lights on a kayak during the day? That is definitely a case of a big chip on a small block(head)!
Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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