Stay in the boat!

[CooperS7777]

Originally Posted by 8gv

About ten years ago I was operating my boat at headway speed on the lake side of the Weirs channel.

A MP boat was idling about watching.

The officer noticed my teen aged boys, who were seated in the bow, each had an arm hanging over the side.

He shouted over to me "Their whole body must be in the boat while underway! That's an $85 [or maybe $65] ticket!"

While I have enough sense to know not to have them hang over the bow, I never considered their arm being over the side an issue.

Now I know.

I have been educated but not cited which works for me!

I don't ever recall reading or hearing anything beyond the RSA below.

270-D:7 Riding on Gunwales, Bow and Transom. – No person shall operate a motorboat or ride as a passenger in a motorboat while sitting on either the starboard or port gunwales or the transom, and no person shall straddle the bow while the motorboat is in operation underway.