# Belle Pass and Vicinity Voyage Planning

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/belle-pass-and-vicinity-voyage-planning/13472>\
**Category:** Marine Safety\
**Created:** [October 10, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/belle-pass-and-vicinity-voyage-planning/13472 "2014-10-10T17:59:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![z-drive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c37758/32.png) [@z-drive](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/z-drive)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/belle-pass-and-vicinity-voyage-planning/13472/21 "2014-10-14T17:22:01Z")

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[QUOTE=captaint76;146173]I have never understood why it is that people need or even think that the government cares a tiniest little bit about them or can save them if they did.[/QUOTE]

/sarcasm

as people always rant and rave about the need for VTS

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**Author:** ![tugsailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@tugsailor](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/tugsailor)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/belle-pass-and-vicinity-voyage-planning/13472/22 "2014-10-14T18:07:22Z")

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Obviously, local knowledge is required. With it you are golden. Without it you are a hazard.

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**Author:** ![captaint76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@captaint76](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/captaint76)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/belle-pass-and-vicinity-voyage-planning/13472/23 "2014-10-15T07:42:21Z")

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> [@"z-drive"](#):
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> /sarcasm as people always rant and rave about the need for VTS

Absolutely understood it to be. The best conversations are running thick with sarcasm. It helps to separate those of us with a brain from the general populous of idiots. I have dealt with VTS in many places. It is just as you would always expect it to be; a completely useless government failure.

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**Author:** ![Ea\_y\_Money](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@Ea\_y\_Money](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Ea_y_Money)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/belle-pass-and-vicinity-voyage-planning/13472/24 "2014-10-15T09:07:29Z")

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[QUOTE=captaint76;146173]I have never understood why it is that people need or even think that the government cares a tiniest little bit about them or can save them if they did.[/QUOTE]

If you would like a review of government “saving” people… Ask the American Indian people how that’s working for them.

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