The story I read said they were given the no fee statement by a Canadian official who wasn't aware of the U. S. requirement.
-----Original Message----- >From: Paul <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: GESO: Tall Ships > >I hope the fundraiser helps. According to their blog post of July 11, >the Viking ship was not continuing its Great Lakes journey and was >returning to the Atlantic. They weren't objecting to the amount of the >$400/hour pilot fee, but that they were told at the outset of their trip >that there wouldn't be a fee. I was looking forward to its visit to >Green Bay. > >-p > > >On 7/17/2016 8:21 AM, Stanley Halpin wrote: >> Thanks for the comments Bob, Mike, Ken… >> >> I just posted the link to a local f-book page, clicked to check the link, >> and realized that I had the image display size set at default, fairly small. >> I just changed that to allow for larger views… >> >> Ken, I had heard that there was an issue with fees, both for the Viking ship >> and also the Spanish galleon, but I hadn’t realized it was about pilots. One >> of the music events in Bay City was redesigned as a fund raiser for the two >> ships to help them with what was apparently an unanticipated cost. >> >> stan >> >> >>> On Jul 17, 2016, at 4:22 AM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Very nice gallery, lots of atmosphere. That Viking ship looks fun. >>> >>> B >>> >>>> On 17 Jul 2016, at 03:21, Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Meg and I spent much of yesterday at the local stop of the triennial Tall >>>> Ships Challenge. I am not sure what the Challenge involves, but for us it >>>> was a day amidst vast throngs gawking at sloops and schooners and one >>>> galleon and one Norwegian Viking longboat. A long line to get into the >>>> venue, even longer lines to get aboard any of the vessels so we passed on >>>> that. ’Twas a good day. >>>> >>>> For others near the Great Lakes, note that they will be stopping also in >>>> Chicago, Green Bay, and a few other places. >>>> >>>> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p511795360 >>>> >>>> Technical info FWIW: K-1 with the D FA 24-70/2.8 or 70-200/2.8. All images >>>> tweeked in LR, with a few slight crops. >>>> >>>> stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
