[Alberg30] chartering, (grumble)

[Rick Leach]

No kidding George!

I graduated from a maritime college just in time to see the bottom drop out
of the US Flag fleet.  Which explains why I run Monterey Bay Aquarium
instead of a container ship, and why I've become what some of my cousins
(all professional mariners) jokingly call "a mates worst nightmare...a snipe
turned yachtie!" (A "snipe" is a good natured, but slightly derogatory name
for a seagoing engineer, a bird rarely seen, and then only when blinking and
bewildered by the brightness of daylight).  I guess it's turned out ok after
all, I'd take an A-30 over a hot, noisy, dirty engine room any day.

Rick Leach
Sugar Magnolia, #121

P.S.- If any Albergers are planning a trip to the West Coast and plan to
visit the Aquarium, don't forget to call ahead for the "deluxe" tour.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	George Dinwiddie [SMTP:gdinwiddie at min.net]
> Sent:	Thursday, March 01, 2001 6:32 AM
> To:	public-list at alberg30.org
> Subject:	Re: [Alberg30] chartering
> 
> Gord,
> 
> Well, you can see how well the Jones Act has protected the US Merchant
> Marine.  It's protected to the point it almost doesn't exist anymore.
> Here in the US we've got the best government money can buy.
> 
>  - George
> 
> > Gord Laco said:
> > 
> > The "Jones Act" is much hated up here in Canada... I don't understand
> how it
> > survived the Free Trade agreement between our countries, esp as we do
> not
> > put the same restriction on foreign vessels here.  It affected me while
> I
> > was Exec Dir of Toronto Brigantine.  We had two 50 ton sailing ships
> > operating on the Great Lakes and had problems changing crews in U.S.
> ports.
> > The short term answer was to stay away from U.S. ports.
> > 
> > Gord
> > KC 426
> 
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>   George Dinwiddie                             gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
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