If this is the case, then the Dept of Safety's own boater's guide is in error, and 270:74 VIII makes no sense. Why the need to travel at headway speed in a strait line from shore in a cove, when travel at headway speed is allowed anywhere in the cove? I guess I will work to have our cove designated, but I still think the intent of the law, it's wording, and it's intepretation by enforcement, are all in disagreement. In doing a Google search, I even found an article by a reporter questioning what the law really means versus what it says.
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