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Do you, or do you NOT have boating and drinking laws on that side of
Erie?
If so, can you simply describe them, and briefly, the penalties for
these acts. ie: When are you allowed to drink on a boat, Do you have
to be moored? Can you drink in transit.
A friend says the laws are vastly different for the US, as opposed to
Canada.

S.

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On Oct 9, 8:11?am, "JimH" ask wrote:
"Corsair23" wrote in message

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Do you, or do you NOT have boating and drinking laws on that side of
Erie?
If so, can you simply describe them, and briefly, the penalties for
these acts. ie: When are you allowed to drink on a boat, Do you have
to be moored? Can you drink in transit.
A friend says the laws are vastly different for the US, as opposed to
Canada.

S.

http://www.boater101.com/Course/docu...Hstatelaws.pdf
================================================== ===
SL 14. Boating Under the Influence

It is unlawful to operate or be in physical control of any vessel underway,
or manipulate any

water skis or similar device if the person is under the influence of alcohol
and/or drugs. A

person is considered to be under the influence with a Blood Alcohol Content
(BAC) of 0.08 or

more.

NOTE: The legal detection limit for persons under 21 years of age is 0.02
Blood Alcohol

Content (BAC).

Anyone who operates a vessel, water skis or similar device is deemed to have
given consent

to a chemical test or tests of their blood, breath, or urine to determine
alcohol or drug content

if arrested. If a person under arrest refuses to submit to a chemical test,
the person is

prohibited from operating a vessel or water skis or from registering a
vessel for a one-year

period. If the person is the owner of the vessel, the registration
certificate and tags will be

impounded for a one-year period.

========================================

So how about open containers?

Can the skipper be sipping a highball at the helm and be OK as long as
he only blows 07.9?

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"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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On Oct 9, 8:11?am, "JimH" ask wrote:
"Corsair23" wrote in message

ups.com...

Do you, or do you NOT have boating and drinking laws on that side of
Erie?
If so, can you simply describe them, and briefly, the penalties for
these acts. ie: When are you allowed to drink on a boat, Do you have
to be moored? Can you drink in transit.
A friend says the laws are vastly different for the US, as opposed to
Canada.

S.

http://www.boater101.com/Course/docu...Hstatelaws.pdf
================================================== ===
SL 14. Boating Under the Influence

It is unlawful to operate or be in physical control of any vessel
underway,
or manipulate any

water skis or similar device if the person is under the influence of
alcohol
and/or drugs. A

person is considered to be under the influence with a Blood Alcohol
Content
(BAC) of 0.08 or

more.

NOTE: The legal detection limit for persons under 21 years of age is 0.02
Blood Alcohol

Content (BAC).

Anyone who operates a vessel, water skis or similar device is deemed to
have
given consent

to a chemical test or tests of their blood, breath, or urine to determine
alcohol or drug content

if arrested. If a person under arrest refuses to submit to a chemical
test,
the person is

prohibited from operating a vessel or water skis or from registering a
vessel for a one-year

period. If the person is the owner of the vessel, the registration
certificate and tags will be

impounded for a one-year period.

========================================

So how about open containers?

Can the skipper be sipping a highball at the helm and be OK as long as
he only blows 07.9?

Don't you mean 0.079? The leading zero in 07.9 is meaningless, and anyone
with that high a blood/alcohol level would be the equivalent of "embalmed".
8)

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On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:13:38 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

So how about open containers?

Can the skipper be sipping a highball at the helm and be OK as long as
he only blows 07.9?

7.9? What the hell do you folks drink out there in Seattle -
embalming fluid? :)

I think you mean .079.

When I went on my ride along in SC, I asked a question about that -
what do you do if somebody flows a .079 and the answer was
interesting. If they fail the field sobriety test, but still blow
..079, they arrange for a ride and tow or move the car off the road.
The follow up question was what if they pass the FST and the obvious
answer was then there wasn't any need to take the BAC test which
should have been obvious even to me. :)

The intersting thing was the trooper told me he's had people fail the
FST and when the BAC was given, the results were well below the legal
limit. Presents something of a problem for enforcement. :)

However, the chances of a skipper remaining at .079 while sipping a
drinkie-poo underway is pretty low.