I agree, NO BOOZE...times have changed.

"Corsair23" wrote in message
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I agree, NO BOOZE...times have changed.


That's just law enforcement grandstanding to "appear" they are doing
something... gee? Who put out the press release??? heh

Silly sheeple.

Last night we had we had a "fireworks party" out at the T41 "Beer Can
Island". It took me 13 minutes to get there on plane at 7pm.... it took
me 1.5 hours to get home trolling at 1200 rpm at 12:30AM with a BAC of
between .08 and .10.

I'm *very* hesitant to plane the boat out at night in the dark anyway,
because I'm afraid some drunk fisherman will have his lights off. But I
never **EVER** go above troll if drinking. For one thing, the marine patroll
doesn't bother inobtrusive trolling people... and further it's just not
safe... and yes I wore my PFD to pee off the swim platform - just in case.


I'm very aware and very sensitive to drunk boaters - my cousin was
(famously) killed by one in NH on a Memorial Day weekend. But that *doesn't*
mean my sence of right and wrong change with the wind of public opinion. A
drinking boater or a canoe at NO speed can't really hurt a fly. The possible
exception being *themselves* if they fall in the water and drown... and I
don't want Big Brother Nanny interfering with good old fashioned Darwinism.


I have no problem with little boats (and pontoons) running at "headway
speed" with a load of beer and good old boys with fishing poles aboard.
HOWEVER... I'm all for throwing the book at BUI's up on plane. All the
Marine Patroll has to do is look for "strange behavior" in order to get the
real assholes off the water. Not some bull**** PR stunt, a "sweep" like that
is waste or resources and money. (but it looks good in print)

Personally... after the last few days... I think the flaming idiots who run
a tube side to side in the travel channels are the worst problem. I've had
**way** too many chances to contribute to Darwinism by running thier
sniveling offspring on a rope over. I'll take a **trolling** drunk any day
over those child endangering assholes.

-W

W: Charlie.... kill the stereo and start the motor. please.
C: WHY???
W: Because I see a boat comeing up way too fast for 3AM, and I'm afraid he's
even drunker than we are (if that's even humanly possible). I just wanna be
ready to get TF out of his way if he's too blind to see our anchor light.
You can kill it again when he's gone by us....

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:27:50 GMT, "Clams Canino"
wrote:

I have no problem with little boats (and pontoons) running at "headway
speed" with a load of beer and good old boys with fishing poles aboard.
HOWEVER... I'm all for throwing the book at BUI's up on plane. All the
Marine Patroll has to do is look for "strange behavior" in order to get the
real assholes off the water. Not some bull**** PR stunt, a "sweep" like that
is waste or resources and money. (but it looks good in print)

Ah - I get it.

Slow drunk boaters are better than fast drunk boaters.

Unbelievable.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:27:50 GMT, "Clams Canino"
wrote:

I have no problem with little boats (and pontoons) running at "headway
speed" with a load of beer and good old boys with fishing poles aboard.
HOWEVER... I'm all for throwing the book at BUI's up on plane. All the
Marine Patroll has to do is look for "strange behavior" in order to get
the
real assholes off the water. Not some bull**** PR stunt, a "sweep" like
that
is waste or resources and money. (but it looks good in print)

Ah - I get it.

Slow drunk boaters are better than fast drunk boaters.

Unbelievable.

I'll take 50 slow drunk boats to one fast one anyday.
Unless you're suspending all the laws of physics (like mass and inertia)
then yes.. I'd say the above statement is a no brainer. Quite believable.
In fact, if they are at anchor and stopped (with the light on) they can be
passed out on the boat for all I care - they are harmless and moot. The
bigger the boat and the faster it's going - the more potential problem it
becomes. Simple math.

Small drunk boats trolling (or paddling) around (on closed lakes) are very
unlikely to cause any real trouble. IMHO the biggest risk they face is not
having the Situational Awareness (SA) to react in time to power up to get
out of the way of the *real* problem... the drunks who are driving the boats
at normal speeds or faster.

Like I said.. back "in the day" Charlie and I spent many a night on Little
Sebago in poor condition. What scared *me* was the idiots running too fast
and some without the lights on. Even hearing a boat coming caused us to get
nervous.

-W