sail2wind - the Dutch patrol the lagoon and will ticket dinghies with no anchor or no life jackets; this is common knowledge amongst the cruisers. They do not do spot checks of dinghies, but if they stop you then they will ticket you. To make things worse, you have to go to the court in Philipsburg to pay the fines; and they won't let you clear out until that has been done. During the Heineken, when patrols were frequent, the vests (the cheap non-inflatable kind) were prominently displayed on each dinghy and run through the same wire and lock that prevents the dinghy, fuel tank, and outboard from going walkabout.