[PUP] Territorial waters and innocent passage

[John Marshall]

Sounds like the biggest issue, as Dave Cooper relates, is being  
viewed as someone's lunch ticket. Sounds like some immigration and  
port captains see shiny trawler-yachts as economic opportunity.  
Scruffy sailboaters probably don't trigger the same capitalist zeal.

John Marshall
N5520-Serendipity
Sequim Bay, WA
On Dec 24, 2007, at 9:13 AM, Mike Maurice wrote:

> The Chinese were in violation of their admiralty and Law of the Sea
> obligations. The enforcement of the these obligations is not  
> appealable
> to a higher authority, except in the sense that one can appeal to the
> good manners of the those involved.
>
> The LOTS is generally observed and complied with, but as Lee points  
> out,
> not always.
>
> Mike
>
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