Charter operators hit with big fines in Coas Guard crackdown

摘要

A man wno operated nis 14/ yacnt as an illegal passenger charter vessel in Florida during summer 2018 was sentenced to three years of probation, including six months of home confinement, and fined $4,000. Randy Postma, 71, of Davie, Fla., is the highest-profile case yet in the Coast Guard's aggressive campaign to stop charter operators it says are violating the law. Postma's 147'x28'9" motor yacht Golden Touch Ⅱ was stopped by the Coast Guard near Miami on Aug. 19, 2018, and found to be overloaded with passengers and lacking a certificate of inspection.