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Mr. Moyer · 08-06-2008, 07:33 AM

I agree with ifb and ossipee boater on the age requirement for the lookout. Especially for the 2 tuber rule. It has gotten to the point that i can barely go wakeboarding or water skiing because we don't have the required 3rd adult. Do the math, if I'm skiing, my wife is driving, my 8 yr old can not look out, so we need the additional adult, its even worse if one of the kids wants to tube with mommy. It's definatly a far cry from the days when 2 could go out at 6am with a rearview mirror and ski until they were exhausted.
I'm aware of the written law, but lets be honest, if I was skiing and was passed out, the odds on my wife and her girlfriends being able to get my fat ass into the boat are quite slim. An 8 or ten year old is about as helpful.

On a side note, nightwing are you a marine patrol officer? I can almost count the seconds when someone writes an entry to the forum questioning any rule or activity of the MP, until you respond.
This nation was founded on the questioning of authority. We can not just blindly follow the direction of those who make laws. Take a look into the older laws still on the books in most staes and you will find many that you disagree with, and think are sensless. Also take a look at a few that have been repeled over the last 30 years (a list much shorter then those added, unfortunately) and you will find some very sensible removals. For each of these there was a time and a place, but they were questiond and thus removed. We are a nation, and more importantly a state that prides itself on consitently getting better. Without questioning of all things, this is impossible.

08-06-2008, 07:33 AM	#10
Mr. Moyer Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 49 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	it's ludacris I agree with ifb and ossipee boater on the age requirement for the lookout. Especially for the 2 tuber rule. It has gotten to the point that i can barely go wakeboarding or water skiing because we don't have the required 3rd adult. Do the math, if I'm skiing, my wife is driving, my 8 yr old can not look out, so we need the additional adult, its even worse if one of the kids wants to tube with mommy. It's definatly a far cry from the days when 2 could go out at 6am with a rearview mirror and ski until they were exhausted. I'm aware of the written law, but lets be honest, if I was skiing and was passed out, the odds on my wife and her girlfriends being able to get my fat ass into the boat are quite slim. An 8 or ten year old is about as helpful. On a side note, nightwing are you a marine patrol officer? I can almost count the seconds when someone writes an entry to the forum questioning any rule or activity of the MP, until you respond. This nation was founded on the questioning of authority. We can not just blindly follow the direction of those who make laws. Take a look into the older laws still on the books in most staes and you will find many that you disagree with, and think are sensless. Also take a look at a few that have been repeled over the last 30 years (a list much shorter then those added, unfortunately) and you will find some very sensible removals. For each of these there was a time and a place, but they were questiond and thus removed. We are a nation, and more importantly a state that prides itself on consitently getting better. Without questioning of all things, this is impossible.