[PCW] go-anywhere power cats (Robert Deering), Jones Act

[Georgs Kolesnikovs]

Bob, John and others--

Hold your horses on the Jones Act until I get an update as to the 
facts in 2007.

I believe the recap by Tim Askins describes the situation, but I'll 
doublecheck.

--Georgs

>Thanks for the pricing clarification.  Better, but still far out of my
>range.
>
>I'm no Jones Act expert, but I understand that it was passed as legislation
>to protect American ship builders from low-priced foreign competitors...you
>know, like you.
>
>The ruling basically says that a ship (boat) for hire may not originate in
>one US port and terminate in another unless its hull is US-built.  That's
>why for many years cruise ships (foreign hulls) running to Alaska departed
>from Vancouver BC instead of Seattle.  I understand that some of the ships
>now depart from Seattle so they must have achieved an exemption since
>Seattle was missing out on a lot of tourist revenue.
>
>I'm not aware of many charter boat exemptions.  The Grand Banks Northwest
>question relates to bare-boat charters I believe which must not be subject
>to the Jones Act.
>
>Certainly most people buying a new $1M+ 55 ft boat aren't thinking charter.
>It's the people that buy the boat from them that start to fall into that
>group.  But buying expensive boats isn't an inherently rational process
>anyway, so it's unreasonable to expect most buyers to give resale value much
>consideration. 
>
>
>Bob Deering
>Juneau, Alaska 
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