Well, welcome home and happy birthday, huh?! Double sheesh. 💐

I am not at all familiar with sailing culture/ethos, but I guess there are marine customs of some sort?

Seems like your families, @catherinebleish and Alma, have a much stronger sense of self-ownership and property rights, than the average sea-farer does :-)

It makes sense to me that you'd disapprove a forced, or poorly timed, boarding of your vessel. I would, too! (Now, I would. But not back in my dark days when I still believed in authority.)

Meanwhile the folks on that FB thread show a strong sense of USCG tribalism, that's probably sprinkled with patriotism. And they are GRATEFUL for forced boardings, and invaded privacy.

It would take a very special analogy/metaphor/psychedelic, to help them SEE. That's what helped me, anyway. lol