Randy,
I have nothing but respect for the Coast Guard. A small branch of the
"military" with a big job, but now under the direction of Homeland Security,
not the Defense Department. Many in the CG are not happy about that.
Like all military branches, they employ a huge number of civilians. The Navy
in Key West, where we spent 8 years living on our trawler, has about 3.000
active duty military and over twice that many civilian employees to run its
operations there.
The people running the documentation office are Coast Guard, but the majority
of the workers are most probably civilians.
Respectfully,
Henry J. Evans III CDR. USN (Ret.)M/V Queen Ann's Revenge
On Sunday, February 5, 2017 7:54 PM, RANDY <randy.staff...@comcast.net>
wrote:
I'd guess the United States Coast Guard's National Vessel Documentation Center
is understaffed, which affects its turnaround time. It took them about two
months to turn around my application for an "Exchange of Certificate of
Documentation" when I bought my boat a year ago. But I found the people there
to be very professional and helpful. The Coast Guard is a branch of the
military, so I assume the NVDC staff is not civilian. The people with whom
I've spoken on the phone there were Coast Guard officers. They process about a
dozen different kinds of applications, and appear to prioritize by application
type. Commercial vessels appear to be higher priority than recreational
vessels.
Cheers,
Randy
From: "henry evans via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
To: "cnc-list" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Cc: "henry evans" <hjevans...@yahoo.com>, "Ron Ricci" <rvri...@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2017 6:28:09 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Deceitful USCG Documentation Renewal Company
One can only guess how many government bureaucrats it takes to manage this mess
?
Hank EvansM/V Queen Ann's Revenge
On Sunday, February 5, 2017 4:05 PM, Ron Ricci via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
The whole Vessel Documentation process is a total mess. When I first purchased
Patriot it took months to get a COD in my name. The website had a place that
actually showed how many months they were behind in getting out paperwork. At
least then it was free. Now for $26.00 you get a renewal application in the
mail to sign. It tell you to pay the $26. I signed the renewal , addressed
the envelope and started writing a note to my wife asking for a check. There
was nothing on the form to indicating who to make the check out to. I went on
line, started typing “National Vessel Documentation Center” in the Google
search box. After getting half way through the second word, Google completed
all four words. The first listed entity was the ‘scam’ website. I found the
USCG.mil website and payed on line. It did not appear that this actually
renewed my COD so I emailed the renewal and payment info. Maybe this could be
sub-contracted out to Amazon, UPS or FedEx. They can handle stuff like this.
A simple email reminder and online renewal is achievable!Regards,RonRon
RicciS/V Patriot
C&C 37+Bristol, riron.ri...@1968.usna.com
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