New Vessel Registration Certificate

[bham-rick]

When given lemons !

I think it is much easier to comply with the regs. Most of the stuff on the check list they can see from the dock. Have it handy if not. The last thing I want is somebody boarding into my private boating space. especially if my party favors dont pass their personal belief test. Happy opening day of crabbing to everybody. Cant wait. John

Make Lemonade and Frame the ugly required sticker !

[BrianVic]

Area 7 vs. Area 10 (?)

Yes Rick, your season is two weeks delayed, but 7 is a vast area, and has some great nooks and crannies to explore for crab safari outings. Best reason to get out on the water and heat up some butter!!! I'm in the backyard of Seattle, so it feels like crabbing on Greenlake. No complaints - they taste great. Just pulled out the pots from storage in the rafters

Brian

[Nomad55]

There is a trade off however. Areas 7 north and south season extend till Sept. 30th as opposed to Sept. 5th for other areas.

Melanie

[bham-rick]

Extended week also

There is a trade off however. Areas 7 north and south season extend till Sept. 30th as opposed to Sept. 5th for other areas.

Melanie

This year they are giving us Sunday & Monday also :boater1::Skipper1::catchfish1:

Can't wait - here's the Catalina with my big "Two pot stack " and the mighty stack !

We were boarded by USCG in Elliot Bay Sunday. They checked quite a few things, but didn't mention the sticker.

[Tim McCrain]

We were boarded by USCG in Elliot Bay Sunday. They checked quite a few things, but didn't mention the sticker.

The sticker is a state requirement, not federal.

[Skagitguy]

Mike, Did you have everything ? Chuck

[rjparksjr]

With my open dual cockpit Sande Ace and the 1961 Mercury 500 you get the idea that you may need to get moving when the rather heavy blue fog exhaust fumes surround you and you can't see the nose of the Ace. Once I get moving I can read the sticker. That way the carbon monoxide does't put me to sleep. All works out for the good.

Kindest Regards,

Bob

[BillF]

More studies needed

Thanks, folks. I do appreciate the responses, and I will find a way to comply.

Now, unseriously .....

My goodness, you mean that breathing carbon monoxide is bad? Who knew? It looks to me like we need many more government-funded (and therefore FREE) studies to reveal additional amazing scientific discoveries. The unsuspecting public should be protected. Some of the murky areas to be investigated for unexpected and startling discoveries requiring warning labels might be:
Hot coffee can cause burns.
Smoking cigarettes can cause lung problems.
Looking down the barrel of a loaded gun is not wise.
Drinking poison can be bad for you.
Touching a hot stove can hurt.
Wet streets can be slippery.
Intense noise can damage your hearing.
Enough water can drown you.
An inflamed appendix can be dangerous.
Drinking and driving is not advisable.
Eating too much can make you fat.
Hitting a wasp nest can lead to bad results.

By golly, there must be dozens, possibly even hundreds, of such hidden dangerous areas crying out for expensive studies and new laws to protect the ignorant people. Oh, well ............

[Stan D]

Thanks for the inspiration

Make Lemonade and Frame the ugly required sticker !

While waiting for Mattson to finish painting my boat I decided to remove the faded, peeling 1977 fake wood insert from the glove box cover. Something would need to replace it, but What? Oh Yeah... Now it isn't any uglier than it was and I don't have to put an ugly sticker on the shiny new paint. Win-win.

Bwwaaahahah! Very Nice!!

Worth the wait- Tim Mattson's skills with boat paint are of a high order. Your boat is going to look good.

Mike, Did you have everything ? Chuck

It was a surprise, but went ok. I thought I was keeping a sharp eye out, but the first I knew of their presence was a short blast on a siren about 50' astern. I hove to instantly of course. Their hail said not to touch anything, and asked if there were firearms aboard. Lots of dubious looks from the deck above when they came alongside, but boarding officer Christopher Haun could not have been more genial. "Do you know why you are being boarded?" was his first question, to which "For our own safety?" seemed to be the right answer. He wore a glock, by the way. He seemed to know old Glastrons, as he was unconcerned that the vessel ID number was not stamped on the transom, confirming my reminder that this was not done in 1968.

My V-156 with a length of just 15', is sub-class "A" but we had all safety gear in good order, and more than what is required for this size boat. The deck officer who took my vessel documentation binder (with its Northwest Classic Boat Club emblem on the cover) aboard returned it in a few minutes with thanks, saying it made the job much easier, as did my enhanced drivers license (Handy for border crossings to Canada) and recently acquired Boater's Education Card.

Officer Haun gave me a "No Violation" yellow Boarding Report which he said I could show at the next USCG approach, which would likely avert a boarding, and with a wave from the deck they thundered off.

Next time I visit Elliot Bay I think I will avoid showing any interest in the giant missile tracking dome floating near the freighter piers. Although I did not approach at all closely, a security vessel appeared and seemed to be watching us from a distance as we passed, just minutes before the boarding.

[Bflaherty]

Next time I visit Elliot Bay I think I will avoid showing any interest in the giant missile tracking dome floating near the freighter piers. Although I did not approach at all closely, a security vessel appeared and seemed to be watching us from a distance as we passed, just minutes before the boarding.

My friends and I have been chased away from the subs in Bremerton in our little 8 foot livingston. Its a little frightening when an aluminum boat with 3 200hp outboards come barreling down on you with a full automatic machine gun pointed right at you!!!!

Glad to hear they were polite and easy to work with. I have been stopped by the sheriff several times in our Chris Craft just because it has the original 1969 registration numbers with only two numbers not the contemporary four. Having all the appropriate paperwork readily available with insurance and a boater's safety card seems to make the whole encounter always a little smoother...

[Stan D]

I have been stopped by the sheriff several times in our Chris Craft just because it has the original 1969 registration numbers with only two numbers not the contemporary four.

Brian, at least some boats had four digits back then. When the current number system came into being (around 1960), my grandfather was issued WN 9510 B. I don't know if the "B" had any significance, but the boat lived in Pierce County and back then Pierce County registered cars had license plates that began with B, since it was the second most populous county. I think it was the Coast Guard doing the boat registering back then though.