Coast Guard seeks record $80,000 penalty for Chicago charter operator

Members of a Coast Guard boarding team embark on the 35' pleasure boat, Fun, on Lake Michigan off of Chicago, June 9, 2018. The owner was fined $80,000 by the Coast Guard for violating federal regulations while operating the Fun and another boat as an illegal passenger vessel business. Coast Guard photo/MCPO Alan Haraf

Coast Guard officials in Chicago are seeking $80,000 in penalties against a Lake Michigan charter operator who they say persisted in for-hire cruises despite repeated warnings that he was violating regulations.

Robert Glick of Chicago, who owns the 37’ Sea Ray cabin cruiser Allora and the 35’ pontoon vessel Fun, operating as Offshore 312, was cited for violating three separate federal regulations for each boat while operating a business that involved transporting paying passengers.

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