GL: Venice Water Nazi & Savanah Marina (M S)

[chesapklady at comcast.net]

Every time I hear reports of this guy it raises my hackles. He sounds like a bully who has refined his bullying tactics to the point of glib, officious, superior intimidation. I think that if we ever find ourselves in Venice (which truly does sound like a wonderful place, by the way, in spite of the little water Nazi) I will make sure that I have a tape recorder handy, so I can share the spectacle of Hans and me being double-talked into feeling like we're breaking a law. Maybe then SOMEone who has authority over him will listen. On the other hand, if he stops and/or boards us and recognizes that we're breaking no law, perhaps I will report to this group that he's a warm fuzzy grandfatherly man just hoping to keep people honest. . . (Wanna take bets?) 

Geesch. 

Peggy Bjarno 
"Aqua Vitae" 
1986 Albin 43 Classic Trawler 
Anchorage Marina, Baltimore, MD 



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Message: 7 
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 06:27:21 -0800 (PST) 
From: A H FOSTER <capt.bill11 at verizon.net> 
Subject: Re: GL: Venice 
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From: FloridaKeyz at aol.com 
Subject: Re: GL: Venice 

Seems to me Venice does not 
want our business, so *^&%* em ! 

It's got nothing to do with the city. He 
works for the state. Venice is a nice town and the Crows Nest is a nice stop. 

Years ago the officer in question used to be based in Sarasota. But it's 
always been my understanding that he wore out his welcome here and was 
transferred down to the Venice area. Lucky Venice. 

Had a few run ins with 
him over the years. Hoped he had retired by now. Sadly, I guess not. He gives 
LE a bad name as far as daily dealings with the public go. The problem with 
him is not that he's just doing his job, it's how he does it. 

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070304/NEWS/7030408 
04 

It's interesting in the above article that they state Erickson that "Few 
understand the rules as well as Erickson.". Because when he hassled me a 
number of years ago at the Crows Nest on a 80' Lazzara I was running a the 
time, which was registered in the Cayman Islands, he sure didn't seem to 
understand the concept of foreign registration and a valid US Customs cruising 
permit. 

It's also interesting to me that even though I had met/dealt with 
him many times over decades, when he would come up to me in an official 
capacity, he would talk to me like it was the first time he had laid eyes on 
me. Strange dude. 


Capt. Bill