Three years on opening day in the pm I dropped into Cottage Lake in tubes
for a few quick hours with my kids. We all has SOSpenders on. Well the Game
Warden was hanging out next to the portapotty waiting for the tubers to
have the call of nature. When the guys/gals got out of the water, he cited
everyone of them for not having a type 3 floatation device. I spoke to him
about it he stated it was law.
Paul
At 01:24 PM 6/10/00 -0700, you wrote:
>I think, as metioned earlier, that I have also heard that a float TUBE does
>not require a lifejacket..a BOAT does. It may be necessary to redefine a
>pontoon BOAT as a pontoon tube to avoid the use of a floatation vest and the
>long arm of the law! Remember, whatever devise you use has to say...COAST
>GUARD APPROVED. Jere And a good question to ask them, "Do I really need to
>carry a fire extinguisher and a flare gun in my Pontoon boat?
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Abbott, John C. SM1(SW) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 10:55 AM
>Subject: RE: Fish & Game at Rattlesnake WAS: Life Preservers
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>> Greetings from the Arabian Gulf,
>>
>> Great thread here...
>>
>> I have a Mustang Floatation Jacket- not a life jacket. Now the numerous
>> times I have been checked by Fish and Game I received 50/50 comments about
>> this very issue... I even was once stopped by the Coast Guard (the jacket
>> is their design) out on Hale's Passage in my pontoon and gave me a "thumbs
>> up." Then there was a time I was stopped by a Sheriff on Chamber's Creek
>> and almost cited.. it took a lot of explaining to get out of that one...
>>
>> As far as legal requirements, any type of water craft requires a life
>> jacket. However, wearing of the life jacket,
>> I haven't seen anything difinitive in writing. Maybe it is a judgement
>call
>> on the enforcement official... Comments?
>>
>> John Abbott
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>>
>> > > checking licenses and compliance. We got a rather stern warning for
>not
>> > > having life jackets with us on the pontoon boats. According to the
>> > > officer, a wearable life jackets (cushions don't count) IS a
>requirement
>> > > on pontoon boats but not in float tubes. Tho I usually carry a life
>> > > jacket on a river, I rarely do on the lakes and in spite of having
>been
>> > > checked numerous times over the years, never been told that a wearable
>> > > life jacket is required with a pontoon boat. Anyone care to comment on
>> > > the legal requirements (v. common sense arguements)?
>> > >
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