In the Spirit of Compromise....

jrc · 08-20-2009, 09:54 AM

The "come for a test next week" law, was kind of a joke, right? If you were going to fail the test, you could always add mufflers for the test.

If this fixed the problem and now the boat was quiet, then great the law works. But some people would "borrow" mufflers for the test and a few days later be back to loud.

The new law allows a standing still test at idle. But can they do this on the spot? Or do they still need to schedule a test?

Personally I think there are two situations:

A boat comes from the factory with an exhaust system, the factory certifies that it produces a certain noise level. If this noise level is under the limits then done deal.

If you modify your exhaust, then you become the factory. You should have to have it measured before you put it on the lake.

08-20-2009, 09:54 AM	#11
jrc Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NH Posts: 2,689 Thanks: 33 Thanked 439 Times in 249 Posts	The "come for a test next week" law, was kind of a joke, right? If you were going to fail the test, you could always add mufflers for the test. If this fixed the problem and now the boat was quiet, then great the law works. But some people would "borrow" mufflers for the test and a few days later be back to loud. The new law allows a standing still test at idle. But can they do this on the spot? Or do they still need to schedule a test? Personally I think there are two situations: A boat comes from the factory with an exhaust system, the factory certifies that it produces a certain noise level. If this noise level is under the limits then done deal. If you modify your exhaust, then you become the factory. You should have to have it measured before you put it on the lake.