New Federal Boating Rules

AngleThis · 05-27-2002, 05:25 PM

I just saw on the news some of the new changes in federal laws since 9-11. One of them is that pleasure vessels can no longer anchor in river channels. If I heard this right, this means no more anchoring at Bonneville in the channel for peelers, and other popular sturgeon holes such as the Punch Bowl are now off limits. Has anyone heard the particulars or been told by the USCG or Sherrif that they can't anchor at the punch bowl anymore?? If not, I vote for mobilizing a few more B-1's!!!

Pete · 05-28-2002, 07:50 PM

Has anyone seen this in print? Where can I read this info?

AngleThis · 05-28-2002, 09:20 PM

Good question. Does anyone have internet addressses for the marine board or coast guard?

scrod · 05-28-2002, 09:42 PM

You can't anchor in channels when Navy ships are coming in or going out. You can't anchor under bridges or such. You must stay 500 yards away from any active Navy ship and within 100 yards they and the Coast Guard can use deadly force. You can't fart on company time. :grin: I made up the last one. :tongue: Yes, you can fish in the channel but must move if asked during the Rose Festival Fleet arrival and stuff like that.

bajaspecial · 05-28-2002, 09:45 PM

The only thing close I could find was this...

http://www.uscg.mil/d5/news/2002/r052_02.html

AngleThis · 05-28-2002, 09:56 PM

Hmmm....I heard all that too, but if I heard it right, the no anchoring in channels was a new national rule, not just applicable when navy ships are in.

scrod · 05-28-2002, 10:38 PM

OK, It refers to US Warships in US waters.... you can still fish...just not by the fleet at the Rose Festival. Not when the ships come in, or go out, can you be anchored in the channel. I think they are applying this to the Canadian ships as well....duh! You can't anchor under bridges anytime.

Tanner · 05-29-2002, 12:05 PM

Boy, the sailors that come in for the Rose Festival are gonna be bummed when they have to see the annual "Welcome the Fleet by Showing Them Your Boobs" show from 100 yards away. :grin:

Troller · 05-29-2002, 12:10 PM

This was on the abc new site

Rules of the Waves
Fears of Terror Prompt More Boating Precautions

N O R F O L K , Va., May 27 — The Coast Guard wants boaters to know that safe boating this summer means more than a life jacket and distress horn — it means staying away from warships and potential terror targets, or they could get blown out of the water.

The Coast Guard has drawn up new rules establishing protection zones around Navy ships and power plants as a precaution against terrorism.
The new restrictions say recreational boaters must slow to minimum speed at 500 yards away from a ship, and stay at least 100 yards away unless they are granted special permission.

"Before you get too close, we'll try to raise you on the radio," said Jim Karr a senior U.S. Coast Guard officer.

If need be, the Coast Guard and Navy are authorized to use lethal force against a boat that gets too close. Before Sept. 11, that was unimaginable. Now the Coast Guard says it is not.

But crew on board ships have just seconds to make that call.

"A vessel traveling 35 miles per hour — in 24 seconds he will be in the 100 yard zone. And six seconds later the commanding officer of that naval warship has to decide whether or not to use deadly force," said Karr.

A New Era

The rules went into place after Sept. 11, for the first time since World War II. Before that there were occasional security zones for certain events or ships.

"We are not going to respond and act the way we did before 9-11," Vice Adm. James Hull of the U.S. Coast Guard told ABCNEWS. "We are going to be more aware, we're going to know what our vulnerabilities are. Recreational sailors can't do everything they did before." One boater, asked if he knew how close he could get to a Navy ship, shook his head and laughed. "Not close," he said.

Not just Navy ships are off limits. There are more than 100 safety zones — around nuclear power plants, cruise ships and military piers. And boaters can no longer anchor under bridges or in channels. They can be fined or arrested.

As the boating season officially gets underway, the estimated 70 million Americans who will take to the water this summer will have to get used to the new rules — rules designed to prevent terrorist attacks.

ABCNEWS' Lisa Stark contributed to this report.

Cohodependent · 05-29-2002, 12:17 PM

Reading the second to the last paragraph, it sounds like anchoring in any channel is now a no, no...

Troller · 05-29-2002, 11:10 PM

This was on the abc new site

Rules of the Waves
Fears of Terror Prompt More Boating Precautions

N O R F O L K , Va., May 27 — The Coast Guard wants boaters to know that safe boating this summer means more than a life jacket and distress horn — it means staying away from warships and potential terror targets, or they could get blown out of the water.

The Coast Guard has drawn up new rules establishing protection zones around Navy ships and power plants as a precaution against terrorism.
The new restrictions say recreational boaters must slow to minimum speed at 500 yards away from a ship, and stay at least 100 yards away unless they are granted special permission.

"Before you get too close, we'll try to raise you on the radio," said Jim Karr a senior U.S. Coast Guard officer.

If need be, the Coast Guard and Navy are authorized to use lethal force against a boat that gets too close. Before Sept. 11, that was unimaginable. Now the Coast Guard says it is not.

But crew on board ships have just seconds to make that call.

"A vessel traveling 35 miles per hour — in 24 seconds he will be in the 100 yard zone. And six seconds later the commanding officer of that naval warship has to decide whether or not to use deadly force," said Karr.

A New Era

The rules went into place after Sept. 11, for the first time since World War II. Before that there were occasional security zones for certain events or ships.

"We are not going to respond and act the way we did before 9-11," Vice Adm. James Hull of the U.S. Coast Guard told ABCNEWS. "We are going to be more aware, we're going to know what our vulnerabilities are. Recreational sailors can't do everything they did before." One boater, asked if he knew how close he could get to a Navy ship, shook his head and laughed. "Not close," he said.

Not just Navy ships are off limits. There are more than 100 safety zones — around nuclear power plants, cruise ships and military piers. And boaters can no longer anchor under bridges or in channels. They can be fined or arrested.

As the boating season officially gets underway, the estimated 70 million Americans who will take to the water this summer will have to get used to the new rules — rules designed to prevent terrorist attacks.

ABCNEWS' Lisa Stark contributed to this report.