Tiger Woods detained because of new Security law

[maddogchen]

Yacht carrying Woods, new bride turned away from port by U.S. Coast Guard.
By FRANK GRIFFITHS, Associated Press Writer
October 14, 2004

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Tiger Woods and his bride were briefly detained Thursday by U.S. Coast Guard officers on their yacht Privacy, then were turned away from San Juan's port because they had failed to notify authorities of their arrival.

Since July 1, new security regulations require many boats to submit an arrival notice at least four days before entering a U.S. port, Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Eric Willis said.

The 28-year-old golfer and Swedish model Elin Nordegren, 24, were married Oct. 5 at a luxury resort in Barbados and later set out on the Privacy, along with a crew.

The yacht entered San Juan's port at about noon Thursday and a Coast Guard boat stopped it, Willis said. Five Coast Guard officers boarded the yacht and escorted it to port, he said.

``They were not supposed to be here because they didn't notify us,'' Willis said.

Eight people were on board, and they said they made their last port call in St. Kitts.

The crew was held for about 3 1/2 hours, then a Coast Guard boat escorted the yacht out of San Juan port. It was not clear were they were headed, but it was ``outside the United States,'' Willis said.

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

The captain said he decided to stop in San Juan only to refuel, Willis said. The Privacy was allowed to refuel as immigration authorities spoke with those aboard, including the newlyweds.

Willis said the yacht is registered in the Cayman Islands to the Privacy Ltd. holding company, which Woods owns.

The company could face up to $32,500 in fines, although it is up to the Coast Guard's captain of the port, Willis said.
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But but..but I'm Tiger Woods!!
Even Tiger Woods is not above the new tighter security laws 🙂

At least they were allowed to refuel.

 

[sharkeeper]

Stupid Charters. They should know better. :|

Cheers!

 

[Mo0o]

Coast Guards just doing their job

 

[Wahsapa]

willis said

 

[kermalou]

Originally posted by: sharkeeper
Stupid Charters. They should know better. :|

Cheers!

not a charter, it's his own boat

 

[sharkeeper]

not a charter, it's his own boat

Ok, well a qualified crew should know better.

Cheers!

 

[notfred]

Willis said the yacht is registered in the Cayman Islands to the Privacy Ltd. holding company, which Woods owns.

Taxes on yachts must be pretty high if it's worth setting up your own fake company in the cayman islands just to avoid paying them.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Coast Guards just doing their job

Yeah, but it is their CHOICE to enforce crappy laws.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Coast Guards just doing their job

Yeah, but it is their CHOICE to enforce crappy laws.

What's your point? So they should wave hi to the drug runners running cocaine into the US because they don't want to enforce the crappy law?

 

[GMElias]

Originally posted by: sharkeeper
Stupid Charters. They should know better. :|

Cheers!

yeah....wow...what idiots! Good thing I hate golf! Then again, I guess Elin Nordegren and I have something in common in that we are both Swedish🙂
-Elias