06-15-2012, 01:05 AM
[quote Flyfishinglover]ya i know how you feel boat insurance is a pain in the but. I gota pay for my small 12-15ft float pontoon that has a electric motor. Its electric motor come on and still gota pay for it.[/quote]
I like the Gebhardt idea....
Now FFL - um, pontoon's don't have 50+ HP unless you're really driving a pontoon - you DO have to register your rig if you have a motor - period - but not insurance.
I stepped the bounds - when jumping from my 12 foot flatbottom to a 14 ft 65horse fiberglass. I don't know if I even had the placard that tells me body limits!
Irony of it - I got nabbed - first trip out - EVER with this new boat at Mantua. Was halfway across the lake with a motor that was NOT happy with bad gas. So we puttered. i get a boat come up and 'ask us' to go talk to the guy in the 'yellow shirt' - turns out it's Barney from Mantua - and he wants to write me up for "proximity" in the wakeless area.
Some how my little fishing boat that couldn't make a wake if it WANTED to - gets a citation to protect the "$40K Wakeboard Boats".
So is it ok for a local cop to send a civilian out to ask a boat to return to launch? And by chasing halfway across a lake to notify?
Gist I got was - the FEE was a given. I could "fight" but judge sides with prosecutor, so a "plee in abeyance" they still get their fee ($240!) and I get a free "record".
I think in your situation - there's no matter of "opinion" on what accounts for "wake" or "whitewater" - so it's horse hockey. You should have full grounds to fight it. But for what a lawyer costs - reclaiming your gas/time - sorry probably shafted there. Ah - the " system ".
I like the Gebhardt idea....
Now FFL - um, pontoon's don't have 50+ HP unless you're really driving a pontoon - you DO have to register your rig if you have a motor - period - but not insurance.
I stepped the bounds - when jumping from my 12 foot flatbottom to a 14 ft 65horse fiberglass. I don't know if I even had the placard that tells me body limits!
Irony of it - I got nabbed - first trip out - EVER with this new boat at Mantua. Was halfway across the lake with a motor that was NOT happy with bad gas. So we puttered. i get a boat come up and 'ask us' to go talk to the guy in the 'yellow shirt' - turns out it's Barney from Mantua - and he wants to write me up for "proximity" in the wakeless area.
Some how my little fishing boat that couldn't make a wake if it WANTED to - gets a citation to protect the "$40K Wakeboard Boats".
So is it ok for a local cop to send a civilian out to ask a boat to return to launch? And by chasing halfway across a lake to notify?
Gist I got was - the FEE was a given. I could "fight" but judge sides with prosecutor, so a "plee in abeyance" they still get their fee ($240!) and I get a free "record".
I think in your situation - there's no matter of "opinion" on what accounts for "wake" or "whitewater" - so it's horse hockey. You should have full grounds to fight it. But for what a lawyer costs - reclaiming your gas/time - sorry probably shafted there. Ah - the " system ".