Coast Guard Boards Tiger's Yacht Woods, New Bride Turned Away From San Juan Port

aolnews ^ | 10 15 04 | FRANK GRIFFITHS,

[freepatriot32]

well i feel much safer now knowing the us coast guard is deporting american golfers from Puerto Rico i mean hell we dont needto secure the mexican american or canadian american borders from illegal immigrants even though the border patrol has been finding korans written in arabic along both borders and a women from yemen was recently busted sneaking across nope the real problem lies in rich non muslim golfers and thier wifes trying to refuel thier yachts in peurto rico

[dirtboy]

well i feel much safer now knowing the us coast guard is deporting american golfers from Puerto Rico

Yeah, like the Coast Guard was supposed to know in advance that this was Tiger Wood's yacht.

[NonValueAdded]

Tonk, any insight for us? Sounds like the CG is simply enforcing the rules and not giving a free pass to a celebrity, even one as beloved as Tiger Woods. Tiger should be upset at his captain for not knowing the rules, not at the CG.

[Viet-Boat-Rider]

PHEWWW.... What a great job our government is doing keeping Woods out of US territory.

Maybe they could spend a few minutes on the Mexican boarder now that they have prevented this undesirable from entering the US.

[lilylangtree]

Well, I'm sure they aren't hurting any. They can just call up any number of celebrity friends who have hideaways in the various islands to moor their boat.

[You Dirty Rats]

Looks like Woods is guilty of Sailing While Cablanasian.

[Gaffrig]

I'm pretty sure somebody owes me a picture of the new bride. The rules are the rules.

[gumboyaya]

FOUR

[gumboyaya]

FOUR...

[Hatteras]

Nah, I'm sure they just wanted to get a first hand look at the new Mrs.

[razorback-bert]

Who cares about the girl, I want a picture of the boat.

[talleyman]

Man, it's a shame how she's let herself go...

[Condor51]

The Privacy's captain said he did not know the new security regulations applied to Puerto Rico Tiger Woods, a U.S. territory celebrity, Willis said.

Sorry, NO sympathy here. Ignorance of the Law is no excuse - if that's even really the case - in any case this 'captain' should know the law.

And how about where this boat yacht is registered, the Cayman Islands. Now Tiger wouldn't be trying to DUCK taxes, or the more stringent US ship registration laws now would he?

Nah..... celebrities don't do that.
/celeb derison off

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Correct. Try to enter any port without notice and see what happens. The captain of the boat should be fined.

[freepatriot32]

well i wouldnt wantto be accused of violating the rules :-)

[steve in DC]

I don't care who's yacht this was...

You can carry a lot of stuff and a lot of people on a 100 foot yacht.

And I have known a number of incidents where yacht captains have ferried illegal cargoes, without the yacht owners' kowledge.

Rules are rules and customs and immigration regulations are the ways nations protect their borders.

And please do not overlook the act that thei was a foreign flag vessel, proceding from a foreign port to a US port.

Fundamentally this is no different than a cargo ship, in terms of notification and port of entry requirements.

[kcvl]

[MarineBrat]

Thanks for the pics!!! But now that I've seen it all for free... why would I want to marry it?

[Hatteras]

"Who cares about the girl, I want a picture of the boat."

The word is that he gave it to her for a wedding gift.

Side note: I also read that she has a twin sister.

[fso301]

Keep up that sun exposure and she'll look like a raisin in ten years.