Pretty dog gone liberal out here on the far northwest corner of the US. If one was so inclined they could smoke a joint while getting married to a dude, especially in the city of Seattle. I was relieved to read the text of the new legislation and realize they are not going to force me to marry a dude. The lovely Mrs. Calypso seemed a less relieved; I need to ask her about that.
However, the Feds do not see things the same way and having any trace of a banned substance on board a boat is asking to have the boat confiscated with little recourse. The last time I took Calypso across the US border I had a very direct discussion with the crew regarding what could and could not be on board. The Canadian Customs lady was exceedingly polite but gave me a warning over having a bag of peeled carrots. The US Customs lived up to their well deserved reputation of being inconsiderate and down right a**holish. Maybe it was because Calypso had been in Canada for 6 weeks. Maybe it was because we had a motley crew with a mix of passports, accents, and skin colors, maybe it's because they are a bunch of power mad bureaucrats who have been given free range to act as they please. I don't know for sure, but I do know it is an embarrassment to me, a US citizen that people bringing in a boat from Canada or anywhere else will be treated the same way or worse. >end of rant, uh thanks for listening< Martin Calypso 1970 C&C 43 Seattle ________________________________ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Joel Aronson Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 11:00 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Coppercoat What do you expect from a bunch of potheads? Joel 35/3 Annapolis On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Martin DeYoung <mdeyo...@deyoungmfg.com<mailto:mdeyo...@deyoungmfg.com>> wrote: Out here on the US West Coast there is governmental activity to ban copper in recreational boat bottom paints. IIRC the legislation was moved to the back burner in Washington and California to allow for more study. The last draft I saw allowed for several years of phase in before the copper based paint was to be completely banned. When looking at a 10 year payback for copper based coating it may be a good idea to consider what legislation could pop up in the next year or so in your area. Martin Calypso 1970 C&C 43 Seattle
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