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Old 04-18-2018, 01:26 PM   #237
dannc
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Originally Posted by Delfin View Post
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If your boat is puttering around on your private lake, the Coasties have no standing to board your vessel, much less come on your property. However, if you are in the navigable waters of the U.S., you are subject to the laws of the U.S. and those laws allow the Coast Guard to do safety inspections and verify regulatory compliance since a failure to be safe means the likelihood the Coast Guard has to come to your rescue and the taxpayers pay for that rescue increases.
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Yep.

Bit of history so to speak. Back in the last century, when I lived in South FLA, the USCG was trying to extend their powers into the "Everglades" aka the Water Management Districts. Their argument was that the waters of the Everglades were navigable because a canoe could float in the water.

Don't think that went anywhere but it sure caused some interesting discussions....

Later,
Dan
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