[PUP] Territorial waters and innocent passage

[LA Licata]

Scott,

not 100% true.

Countries can tell you not to anchor, and if at anchor, can force you  
to get underway if they chose NOT to arrest you.

The US has done this in the past, and reserves the right to do it in  
the future. China recently did it to 3 US minesweepers trying to get  
shelter from bad weather.

An admiralty lawyer can better help with this...

Lee


Begin forwarded message:

I may not quite have phrased the above correctly, but the net of this  
(to my
understanding) is I can transit the international waters of a country as
long as I don't impeded the countries peace, security or good order.   
I also
believe I can anchor if necessary to maintain safety and security of the
vessel.