32 OCTOBER 2017 • FOGHORN LEGISLATIVEREPORT EASY MANEUVERABILITY Give your passengers a smooth ride with reliable John Deere PowerTech™ propulsion and generator drive engines. With high torque and low-rated rpm, they deliver excellent vessel control and quiet operation. For easy navigation on the water — Nothing Runs Like A Deere™. JohnDeere.com/marine 60 to 559 kW (80 to 750 hp) of the Laws, & that they can meet with nothing disagreeable in the execution of their duty which these will not severely reprehend. This reflection & a regard to the good of the service will prevent at all times a spirit of irritation or resentment. They will endeavour to overcome difficulties, if any are expe- rienced, by a cool and temperate per- severance in their duty, by address & moderation rather than by vehemence or violence. The former stile of conduct will recommend them to the particu- lar approbation of the president of the United States, while the reverse of it, even a single instance of outrage, or intemperate or improper treatment of any person with whom they have any thing to do in the course of their duty, will meet with his pointed displeasure, & will be attended with correspondent consequences.” Alexander Hamilton’s words ring true today, and they should be taken to heart by Coast Guard personnel and PVA members alike. During annual vessel inspections and other interac- tions, it would be well for both parties to deport themselves with “prudence, moderation & good temper.” PVA members are free men and women, and as such, we expect our govern- ment servants to perform their lawful duties not with a domineering spirit but instead with “a cool and temperate perseverance in their duty.” n PVA CALENDAR For more information, including program details and registration infor- mation, go to www.passengervessel. com/SitePages/calendar.html October 18-20, 2017 PVA Western Region Meeting Kimpton Solamar Hotel San Diego, CA October 24, 2017 PVA Fall Committee Meetings Westin Annapolis Annapolis, MD October 25, 2017 PVA Fall Board of Directors Meeting Westin Annapolis Annapolis, MD October 26, 2017 PVA/Coast Guard Quality Partnership Meeting Westin Annapolis Annapolis, MD November 1-3, 2017 PVA Rivers Region Meeting Padelford Packet Boat Company St. Paul, MN November 8-10, 2017 PVA Great Lakes and Original Colonies Region Meeting with the Canadian Passenger Vessel Association Marriott on the Falls Niagara Falls, Ontario, CANADA* January 28-31, 2018 PVA Annual Convention at MariTrends 2018 Savannah, GA February 6-7, 2018 2018 Great Lakes Waterways Conference Marriott Key Center Cleveland, OH *U.S. Citizens traveling to Canada require a valid passport or passport card. Learn more here (or add the link: https://travel.state.gov/ content/passports/en/passports.html)