For our paddling friends in the Cape Fear River area and the Morehead City area, we want to bring to your attention the following warning. We know of paddling customers who have been approached and inspected by armed US Coast Guard escort vessels when they were paddling near the channel where a naval cargo ship was being escorted up the Cape Fear River to port. These regulations came into effect as a result of the USS Cole incident and 9-11.

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