On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 07:46:58PM -0400, Ed Kelly wrote: > > In any event: > I am sure SKIP would not want the notoriety of having an alert from the > USCG transmitted everywhere. It would make him look foolish again. > > Remember he has had several issues that caused a bit of > embarrassment in the past, including:
[...] > If it were me, the last thing I would want would be someone > sending an alert to all stations and marinas further using > my boat name. That, I'm afraid, is not good reasoning. Does possible embarassment to Skip outweigh the possible danger to their lives and property if they are indeed in trouble? Or, does his having had problems somehow protect him from having another one (in other words, is the Universe supposed to play fair?) Having said that: I still agree with the conclusion. Skip and Lydia are mature adults, doing what they want to do - in fact, what they're planning to do for the rest of their lives. They are both sensible and intelligent people who have provided their boat with all the necessary equipment including, I'm sure, several means of contacting the world as necessary. Alerting the CG on their behalf, based on nothing more than some experimental technology is, in my opinion, completely uncalled for. I would certainly construe it as unconscionable meddling if someone other than a person whom I authorized to do so (i.e., filed a float plan with) undertook to do it for me. -- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET * _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
