[Commodore]

If you really want to see a "blinking blue light special" and get surrounded by every patrol craft in the area use a shotgun to finish a sailboat race on a busy boating weekend. Even with a large Race Committee flag flown (mystery flag to most power boaters), all aboard the RC boat in dress whites and the Coast Guard notified (required) of a regatta in progress several boaters near the finish line of a race we held a couple of year ago thought we were trying to kill them with said shotgun and called in the troops. A good laugh was had by all. Water safety and the culling of reckless and inconsiderate jerks on our waterways works for me. I've only been asked for permission to board once in fifty years of boating and that was for a courtesy safety check.