Post 42 hull #3. The return

Bob, the CG took the pic? For what? To cite you for being too close to the Carnival Pride? Interesting....

His friends took the photo.

Oh, got it. That's what I get for not reading the whole thread...

BB

With due respect, tracking a cruise liner in this day and age is like telling Taliban jokes while you're waiting for your plane. Doesn't look like you are that far away according to that picture. Just saying.... not judging.

BB

The CG can get you scratching your head, no doubt about it. When my son was 12 years old, his 13 foot whaler was boarded from the bow of a 44 (?) cutter in Oyster Bay, seriously.... He was instructed to put his bait knife on the front seat, and "declare" any other weapons he had. That was 20 years ago.

BTW, hull #3 looks like its coming along very nicely.

There must be a little more to your son's story. He must've been up to some kind of mischief and they wanted to make a statement.......

Capt J

AH, I was with him. late April, we were fishing from his new for him whaler, we were both facing shore, as we were hailed from behind - no kidding! I think they used us from a training exercise. The guy actually slid from the BOW of the cutter into the whaler!

As a law enforcement officer I will advise that when we instruct PO's the first thing that we drill into their head is to make sure that any weapons at a scene, boat stop or car stop can be used against you. With that said for everyone's safety including the Police on the scene we advise to make sure that any weapons are made safe or held by us temporarily. I am not well versed in CG patrol procedures, but a well seasoned law enforcement officer can almost always find a lawful reason to make a stop on land or water.

Ruby
I'm confused why you stated this here. I must have missed something.

Unfortunately a few of our Post friends on this thread had some prior interaction/situations, and I just wanted to advise them not to take it personal.

Now I do understand that.

It is sad to state; There are groups of folks out there that believe they have a gun & a badge they can act like butt heads, not follow any thought of courtesy, above any level of safety, arrogant, and usually disregard the same laws they are trying to enforce. They act this way to everybody and it's not personal to any one of us.

Nothing personal, of course.

Ruby

I have tremendous respect for the men and women of the CG, and I agree with everything you said. Its way in the past, but it was a ridiculously funny potential video (Camera phones weren't available) 44 feet actually boarding 13 feet - dunno. Any way, Jon and I have fun retelling that story. Again, I think it was a spur of the moment training exercise and they were going by the "numbers"

Uh oh!! How far / bad does it go?