On 9/4/03 12:42 PM, in article hQK5b.351873$o%2.161048@sccrnsc02, "John R
Weiss" wrote:

"Doug "Woody" and Erin Beal" wrote...

2. Interestingly enough, international law makes an exception for
straights. In other words, if the strait is less than 12 miles wide, it may
still be international waters/airspace. I had never considered this
possibility until some lawyer briefed me up on it. There's a fancy name to
it too. Lawyers (or sea lawyers) feel free to jump in.

IANALB, Innocent Passage.


There you have it. I'm sure there's a sea lawyer shingle hanging on JR's
wall...