First overnight on the river

Well we're here. On the hook on the north side of Croton park. Little cloudy, but the wind is low. Judging by our neighbors here, I chose the correct side.

Have a good night everyone! We sure will! Thanks for everyone's help.
 
Enjoy...Shame we did not have a good sunrise this morning...
 
Don't complain, it's SNOWING in Park City, UT today. That's not unusual for May even June. We just got back from a great trip to Lake Powell and now I want to turn around and go back. It's 5 hours away but probably sunny there.
 
What a great weekend. We pulled out of Croton around 10a and decided to head to Kingston. Ended up spending the night there and enjoying company of a group headed up to Montreal. Just now got home.

Wow.
 
In spite of the lousy forecast today, it turned out to be a pretty nice day!

Let's hope next weekend is a keeper
 
So get this. We pulled into Kingston and the USCG Aux was offering courtesy inspections. Sure enough I could stand to have one of those so the good folks came aboard and we started through the list. Turns out I was missing two things, the waste management plan and a copy of the USCG Rules of Navigation. No problem on the waste placard, they whipped one out I stuck it on the garbage hatch. Bummer about the rule book, but they verified that any vessel over 39.7 ft needed one. No problem I thought, know I know. That was the whole purpose of having the inspection, so that I could learn what I might be missing.

This morning we were sitting around having coffee and one of the coasties comes by and hands me a book. It's his personal copy of the rules. Says he heard what happened and figured he just couldn't let us fail on such a point. He filled out another inspection form and gave us the sticker. Nothing like a random act of kindness to make your day!

As my kids like to say, that was AWESOME!
 
Wow, that was really nice of him. When I put my dinghy in a few weeks ago, they were doing courtesy inspections at the ramp. I failed because my numbers were on panels hung on the side, not on the tubes themselves. No sticker for me :(

I just received the rule book last Friday in the mail, ordered it from Amazon. Now I need to make an appt for an inpection.
 
That was nice of him...Most are out to assist us...Some do bust the chops...This weekend we will see them all...
 
Can someone post a link where I can get a copy of this book I just did a search all I come up with is a PDF download if that meets requirements I be OK with that I guess. If not I would like to buy a copy of the book.

Thanks
 
We too got a VSC inspection this past weekend - one of the members at the club had him come down - got us a new sticker!

FWIW - the inspector mentioned TWO things of intrest: 1) at their last USCG Aux meeting, it was put out that ALL local LEO's will be stepping up random inspections this summer (all the more reason we jumped at the chance to get the VSC). . . and, if you're on a PWC, your nearly guaranteed to get stopped (sounds like a revenue generating program, to me!) 2) flare guns are illegal in NYC - he suggested we keep handhelds on board, in case we get stopped by NYC harbor patrol (he said that 'they' were trying to fight this law, but currently, they're illegal).
 
A couple of years ago, after being told the same thing by CG Aux, I personally spoke to the Lt in charge of the NYPD Marine unit. I specifically asked him about the flare gun issue. He said that they are NOT illegal on a boat in NYC.
 
The PDF Format is acceptable if you have it. I bought a small soft cover issue in Haverstraw Marina several years ago....

Im surprised they accepted the placard for the waste managemwent plan. I have a statement typed up that all waste is the captains respnsibility and will be discarded properly at shore. It had to be signed and dated by me...I also have the placard posted on the boat.

They will be out in force this week and weekend. One of the boats from the marina was checked on while he was fishing last friday. We had the Aug. in the marina Saturday, not sure if he did any inspections.
 
thanks Mike - I think I'll spend the BIG bucks and get some hand-helds, anyway. . . last thing I need is an over-zealous rookie 'makin' a name for himself.
 
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Can someone post a link where I can get a copy of this book I just did a search all I come up with is a PDF download if that meets requirements I be OK with that I guess. If not I would like to buy a copy of the book.

Thanks

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Here you go:

http://www.amazon.com/Navigation-Rules-US-Coast-Guard/dp/0939837498/

I checked Boatfix.com, but it's not listed.

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Thanks Ben just ordered two copies one for a friend who also read this post. (Bill if you read this I took care of it)
 
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thanks Mike - I think I'll spend the BIG bucks and get some hand-helds, anyway. . . last thing I need is an over-zealous rookie 'makin' a name for himself.

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Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't you already required to have handheld flairs? I have been getting CG inspections for as many years as I have been boating, and I have always been checked for both ariel and hand held flairs?

As a side note; One of the CG Aux. Officers who inspects at Haverstraw has failed us several times for not having a bell. When we explain that a bell in not required on boats less than 65', he states that it is a NT State requirment, and therefore enforceable. One particular year 6 of us displayed the same bell, passing it around between inspections.After a few years, we were never ready for inspection when he was available.
 
I thought flairs where either or not both. I always had a gun but I left it on my last boat when I sold it. My current boat came with hand held flairs I plan to pick up a gun as well but I don't believe it is required.
 
Peter - right from the USCG Aux website - Item 4 - Visual Distress Signals (VDS):
Recreational boats 16 feet and over used on coastal waters or the Great Lakes are required to carry a minimum of either 1) three day and three night pyrotechnic devices, 2) one day non-pyrotechnic device (flag) and one night non-pyrotechnic device (auto SOS light) or 3) a combination of 1) and 2). Recreational boats less than 16 feet on coastal waters or the Great Lakes need only carry night visual distress signals when operating from sunset to sunrise.

It is recommended, but not required, that boats operating on inland waters should have some means of making a suitable day and night distress signal. The number and type of signals is best judged by considering conditions under which the boat will be operating. Alternatives to pyrotechnic devices (flares) include:

Night Day
Strobe light Signal mirror
Flashlight Red or orange flags
Lantern Hand signals

Note that they do not specify handheld or gun launched.

as for bells - Item 8 - Sound Producing Devices / Bell:

To comply with Navigation Rules and for distress signaling purposes all boats must carry a sound producing device (whistle, horn, siren, etc.) capable of a 4-second blast audible for ½ mile. *Boats larger than 39.4 ft. are also required to have a bell (see Navigation Rules.)

*Under a recent change, a vessel 12 meters (39.4 ft) to less than 20 meters (65 ft) is no longer required to carry a bell on board.

The Coast Guard said: "The bottom-line, a bell is no longer required on a vessel less than 20 meters in length. That of course means a bell is not required for those same vessels for successful completion of a VSC."

this is right from thier website on vsc's: http://www.safetyseal.net/what_is_vsc.asp
 
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