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Originally Posted by John A. Birdsall
"...In either 2004 or 2005 The police boat came to me while I was learning to sail my boat and asked how long was my boat. 11'9" I am glad that he did not want to measure it..."
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Me too, on my 20-footer.
But the MP asked how long your boat was, and they asked me the very same question. If you'd answered 12-feet truthfully (and therefore operating illegally), wouldn't the MPs be compelling you into self-incrimination?
In my case, the MPs also asked me if I had a tape measure on board—still another case for the Fifth Amendment, IMHO. (That is, providing I'd produced a tape measure that they use to establish my boat's true length.)
Not a problem to produce personal identification upon MP request, but a request that compells you into a ticket?
NightWing (heck,
everybody) is silent on this.