On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:44:10 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Today, I don't bring any beer on board, but would allow a passenger to
bring some as long as they limited their consumption so they will be
below the legal limit at the end of the day. I don't want anyone to be
driving home drunk. I figure a beer an hour will keep someone below .08.

Now there's another consideration.

When I was running SWS semi-full time, the rule was no alcohol onboard
- period. I even turned around and returned to the dock when one
client brought some orange juice on board spiked with vodka. (By the
way, don't believe it when they tell you vodka doesn't smell - its
does).

Now when we returned to the dock, that was another story. Break out
the case of beer kept on ice in the slip's storage locker and let's
sit back and talk over the trip. I always kept an eye on that though
because of the very reason you stated - I didn't want anybody driving
home intoxicated.

It seems to me that there are a number of different ways of looking at
this open container law.