Common sense?

[Uncle Fun]

Originally Posted by Rusty

IMHO posting a picture on a forum of people in a boat who are fishing is an invasion of privacy.
Why can't people mind their own business??

Rusty, If you are on a PUBLIC body of water you have NO EXPECTATION of privacy... I am not sure why you are adamant and think this it is an invasion of their privacy... It's the same as if you are on a public street in your car and a traffic camera takes a picture of you/your car going through an intersection... In addition, there is no revealing information by this picture as to the bow number of the boat or the identity of the people... How can yo invade their privacy if you don't know who they are??? IMO, there is nothing wrong with the photo other than allowing others to see what dangerous situations exist and thus maybe preventing someone else from doing the same thing... If that kids falls off the front of the boat (i.e. losing his balance, not because the boat was going 2mph) and the driver immediately either puts the boat in neutral or kills the engine, let me tell you that the prop will still be spinning until the boat stops... Anyway you slice it, it is wrong and dangerous... That's the bottom line...

[John A. Birdsall]

someone on this thread stated the law that said it is against the law to operate a boat......I like to point out that they key word to what they are saying is to "Operate" the young man standing on the bow is not operating the boat. Acting stupid perhaps but I don't think he is operating the boat.
Now should the skipper have done something? You bet he should. The boat should have stopped and the person caused to sit or stand within the boat.

[SIKSUKR]

This discussion reminds me of little Billy driving the boat while Norman looks for rocks from the bow. You know what happened next.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

This discussion reminds me of little Billy driving the boat while Norman looks for rocks on the bow. You what happened next.

Somebody put rocks on the bow of a boat and Norman was looking for them?

[BrownstoneNorth]

Originally Posted by John A. Birdsall

someone on this thread stated the law that said it is against the law to operate a boat......I like to point out that they key word to what they are saying is to "Operate" the young man standing on the bow is not operating the boat. Acting stupid perhaps but I don't think he is operating the boat.
Now should the skipper have done something? You bet he should. The boat should have stopped and the person caused to sit or stand within the boat.

http://boat-ed.com/nh/handbook/oper.htm

Unlawful Operation

"Riding on the Bow, Gunwales, or Transom is allowing passengers to ride on a power-driven vessel in places where there may be a chance of falling overboard while underway. This includes passengers straddling the bow or riding on the gunwales."