Coronavirus Covid 19 and Marine Industry

That doesn't look like 6 feet to me.

This is going to far

Thunder Bay icebreaking by USCG delayed due to border restrictions

3/21 - Thunder Bay, ON – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alder that was expected to clear ice in the Thunder Bay harbor this week, has been held back due to border crossing restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Instead, the Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Samuel Risley will arrive early next week to free up wintering ships at Keefer Terminal and open passages for the navigation season.

Chronicle-Journal

My thought was "why bail them out"...then realized we would and likely need to, so then I went to leasing the ships from the companies and stationing them along the coasts to serve as Corona Medical Centers.

I see 20-30 ships grouped together on AIS underneath Freeport, "sheltering in place", empty, avoiding port fees and travel bans.

Posters on other forums suggest that any assistance is tied to re-flagging as U.S. and the hiring of U.S. Mariners.

You can speculate all you want, but the cruise ship industry and the country are both in uncharted waters right now. The whole world is for that matter.

One can dream, and one can act. I know it isn't much, but I've written to my U.S. Senator to broach the subject. How often do things not turn out the way we would hope (and dream) because politicians are not informed on the matter?

Watched a CNN special last night that originally aired in 2017; Unseen Enemy. It’s worth watching if you can access on demand. The show explores the origins of viruses and pandemics such as Ebola, SARS, H1N1, etc. While this could have evolved from animal to human, one has to wonder why Wuhan was the epicenter of the outbreak; the same city that China’s Level 4 bio weapons lab is located. Coincidence?

I think there are more urgent needs than supporting corporations that foreign flag their cattle ship to save money on labor... and I wonder how taxes a company like carnival actually pays here.

as to the marine industry, the closing and sealing of all marinas in Miami Dade and in the keys is putting thousands of contractors out of work. Boat washers, detailers, divers etc. many of them living week to week. But you can’t expect professional bureaucrats like the maimi Dade mayor and his high paid advisers to worry about things like that.

Well I have to say most of you on here , like myself, have spent many years on boats in one form or another. And have spent the same amount of years building up a hardy boaters immunity from all of the mold ,mildew, clogged heads-yacht poo, bilge skank ( yes, O.B. I bet I could find some somewhere on one of your boats too- lol) , various paint fumes, sanding dust, caustic @#$% in general, that we will be rather safe from this awful virus.

I hope this holds true.
That being said I am performing all the recommended safe things to do.

How do you seal marinas? That's an essential business. Boats need management or they sink or fall into some kind of peril, What about live-aboards?

I finally got dinner key to clarify that live aboards can get to their boats as normal. But we re not allowed to leave the marina. Non LA are allowed to go check on their boats but not work on them, not take them out and not loiter. Police at the entrance.

no workers allowed. I guess an owner can designate a captain or manager to access the boat and check on it.

it s pure madness

Nope. Looks like it got stuck to the bottom of one's shoe.
Problem is just about all countries , USA for sure , has these warfare bio-labs. could happen anywhere.

This makes no sense. Being out on the water is about the safest place you can be, aside from being locked in your house. I've heard boat ramps are closed in Miami. Here the ICW is an absolute zoo, packed with boats out on the water, boat ramps are also open. I overheard a family say they had to trailer all of the way up from Miami to use their boat.

J the clamp down is coming your way. Here in Jersey no one is allowed to be out on the roads anytime. Only can go out for food/groceries, hardware store, and thank god the liquor store. Take out only food is allowed.
Everything is closed otherwise. Boating wise here, it's not in full swing yet as you know. But a lot of the barrier NJ islands are closed-open to residence only. So you can not get the marinas and your boat.
Cape May so far is still open. But it won't surprise me that they close the bridges over the CM canal , and only let residence only through. Then I will be cut off from my boat which is out of the water at least.

There will be so many lost sales due to the virus. A yacht broker friend I talked to today had two pending sales postponed or lost -- both buyers 70+ and not leaving their houses.

But boaters are still using their boats. I overlook the ICW in Stuart FL and it looked like every center console and express cruiser in Martin County was out today -- hundreds and hundreds of boats roaring north and south and nearby sandbars were packed. I was out in my center console yesterday and it was very busy between Stuart and Jupiter.