"Clams Canino" wrote in message
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Hi!

This might parrot what others said, but in my opinon the more you can
hound
wreckless jet-ski's the better. hehe And then of course wreckless
boaters
in general.

OUI is important too, but use your head. A couple guys out in a rowboat
with
a 5hp Jonnyrude, fishing, with a 12 pack in the cooler ain't the real big
problem, it's the speedboats with intoxicated operators that think they're
Mario Andretti. LOL.

Equipment checks are a good way to "bust balls" of someone you stopped for
operation. But to stop people *just* to do equipment checks is annoying as
all hell. There's enough strange operatoin out there to keep you busy.

And lastly, don't "become" the problem. There are a lot of narrower places
that just by inserting your boat in the middle - you *create* a no wake
area - this really ****es off people pulling skiiers and tubes etc. They
have have to drop of plane or get ticketed by Marine Patroll *because* of
the damn Marine Patroll boat. So...in narrow areas stay near the edges
please.

And as a personal favor. grin Older couples often don't have an extra
person to "spot" for the skiier.Yes, I know the law (in most states)
requires a spotter, but it's often just me and my wife. So I put a
rearview
mirror on the boat and call the German shepard my spotter. A warning will
do
just fine - as we're at least *trying* to get it right with the mirror.
Sometimes you just can't find a spotter without kidnapping someone - a
worse
crime. Don't make me have to get a blow up doll.grin


-W

I'll be looking for the ski-boat with the blow up doll in the back - you got
me to laugh on that one!
Anyway, I agree with your points on jetskis and reckless operation, I plan
to hit them pretty hard. Thanks for the tip on the narrow areas, although I
would have thought that to be common sense. Maybe it's different in your
area. And as a question on the safety checks, other than the marinas in my
town, most people use a public boat ramp area. Would you be offended if the
cops did a safety inspection on your vessel while you were waiting in line
to launch at a boat ramp? It seems to me like it would save time that way.
Thank you for your input.
--
-= swatcop =-

"If it wasn't for stupid people I'd be unemployed."

"swatcop" wrote in message
m...

Would you be offended if the
cops did a safety inspection on your vessel while you were waiting in line
to launch at a boat ramp? It seems to me like it would save time that way.


That's a good idea. Include proper anchors in the list of necessary toys.
I've had the CG look over my yacht and check everything EXCEPT the anchor. I
can't tell you how many times I've had to hoist MY anchor to get out of the
way of some putz with an undersized anchor whose boat starts drifting and
threatening other anchored boats because the guy's motor won't start fast
enough.

Fishing is my church. Nobody disturbs my worship with my whining about it.
:-)

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
"swatcop" wrote in message
m...

Would you be offended if the
cops did a safety inspection on your vessel while you were waiting in
line
to launch at a boat ramp? It seems to me like it would save time that
way.


That's a good idea. Include proper anchors in the list of necessary toys.
I've had the CG look over my yacht and check everything EXCEPT the anchor.
I
can't tell you how many times I've had to hoist MY anchor to get out of
the
way of some putz with an undersized anchor whose boat starts drifting and
threatening other anchored boats because the guy's motor won't start fast
enough.

Fishing is my church. Nobody disturbs my worship with my whining about it.
:-)

Alrighty then. I'm actually writing down everything that I get out of my
inquiry, so thank you for your input.
--
-= swatcop =-

"If it wasn't for stupid people I'd be unemployed."

MOST importantly. Come back HERE often to post the best "idiot" stories.
!!!

I'll give you the best one I ever heard:

A friend of mine is a State Trooper. One night he was gassing up his
vehicle at one of the little "Statie stops" they have here for the Troopers
to gas up at. So while he's filling his (unmarked) car, the subject pulls
up to the pumps, drunk as a skunk, and when the Officer comes over to the
subjects window to see what he possibly could want - he slurrs: "Fill her
up please".

A moment of silence follows while the officer looks at the subject ,
meanwhile the subject is looking the officer up and down, and becomes dimly
aware of the real situation.

Subject rolls down his window - stucks out both hands - and says "OK you got
me - that was pretty clever"

Poor cop said he had a hard time stopping laughing long enough to ask the
guy for his liscence and reg so he could start the OUI arrest.. LOL.

"So how'd you get this one?"

"He just kinda drove up and surrendered."

-W

"swatcop" wrote in message news:a1NCb.12546

Alrighty then. I'm actually writing down everything that I get out of my
inquiry, so thank you for your input.

"Clams Canino" wrote in message
news:2GNCb.533063$HS4.4073767@attbi_s01...
MOST importantly. Come back HERE often to post the best "idiot" stories.
!!!

That's a deal, as long as you guys keep steering me in the right direction.


I'll give you the best one I ever heard:

A friend of mine is a State Trooper. One night he was gassing up his
vehicle at one of the little "Statie stops" they have here for the
Troopers
to gas up at. So while he's filling his (unmarked) car, the subject pulls
up to the pumps, drunk as a skunk, and when the Officer comes over to the
subjects window to see what he possibly could want - he slurrs: "Fill her
up please".

A moment of silence follows while the officer looks at the subject ,
meanwhile the subject is looking the officer up and down, and becomes
dimly
aware of the real situation.

Subject rolls down his window - stucks out both hands - and says "OK you
got
me - that was pretty clever"

Poor cop said he had a hard time stopping laughing long enough to ask the
guy for his liscence and reg so he could start the OUI arrest.. LOL.

"So how'd you get this one?"

"He just kinda drove up and surrendered."

-W

That about sums up the quotation after my signature (see below).
--
-= swatcop =-

"If it wasn't for stupid people I'd be unemployed."

"swatcop" wrote in message
m...

That's a good idea. Include proper anchors in the list of necessary
toys.
I've had the CG look over my yacht and check everything EXCEPT the
anchor.
I
can't tell you how many times I've had to hoist MY anchor to get out of
the
way of some putz with an undersized anchor whose boat starts drifting
and
threatening other anchored boats because the guy's motor won't start
fast
enough.

Fishing is my church. Nobody disturbs my worship with my whining about
it.
:-)

Alrighty then. I'm actually writing down everything that I get out of my
inquiry, so thank you for your input.

By the time we're done with you, you may regret having asked for input. :-)

"Doug Kanter" wrote in.


That's a good idea. Include proper anchors in the list of necessary toys.
I've had the CG look over my yacht and check everything EXCEPT the anchor.

I don't know where you are, Doug, but the requirement to have an anchor
aboard is not Federal. Many states have placed their own requirement for an
anchor, and generally the CG will include the anchor as required in those
states.

JG

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in.


That's a good idea. Include proper anchors in the list of necessary
toys.
I've had the CG look over my yacht and check everything EXCEPT the
anchor.

I don't know where you are, Doug, but the requirement to have an anchor
aboard is not Federal. Many states have placed their own requirement for
an
anchor, and generally the CG will include the anchor as required in those
states.


Well, then people without anchors should be tried on the spot by the nearest
12 *other* boaters. If judged to be stupid, they should be fed day-old
unrefrigerated nightcrawlers.

I have spoken.

"Doug Kanter" wrote

... the requirement to have an anchor
aboard is not Federal. Many states have placed their own requirement
for
an anchor, and generally the CG will include the anchor as required in
those
states.


Well, then people without anchors should be tried on the spot

Oh, I agree with you in principle (we might negotiate the nightcrawler
thing). I've been teaching in the CG Aux for several years, and we always
have to take time to clearly explain this irony. My personal opinion is
that only a fool would be afloat without an anchor, even on a pole raft.
But that is the law, odd as it seems.

In Canada, an anchor _is_ a federal requirement. See
http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/obs-bsn. They do not, however, state anything about
the anchor except that it exist!

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Charles T. Low
- remove "UN"
www.boatdocking.com
www.ctlow.ca/Trojan26 - my boat

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"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in.


That's a good idea. Include proper anchors in the list of necessary
toys.
I've had the CG look over my yacht and check everything EXCEPT the
anchor.

I don't know where you are, Doug, but the requirement to have an anchor
aboard is not Federal. Many states have placed their own requirement for
an
anchor, and generally the CG will include the anchor as required in those
states.

JG