Too quiet? Too loud?

Woodsy · 08-07-2005, 07:26 PM

Boater...

Captains Call or Quick & Quiet does let you switch. But if you have mufflers on your thru hull exhaust, it just makes it that much quieter... they should revisit the max db limit, and allow switchable exhaust. As a matter of fact, Merrill Faye sells some of his Chapparalls that way, even though the switch is technically illegal.

There is no boat on the lake that is legal with straight thru non muffled exhaust. The key being legal. Some of the loudest boats on the lake have some sort of muffler, its just that the mufflers really don't do much to muffle anything. So I am saying, revisit the MAX db loudness, set an absolute maximum the boat cannot exceed, then allow switchable to quiet the boat down from there.

Woodsy

08-07-2005, 07:26 PM	#11
Woodsy Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Weirs Beach Posts: 1,968 Thanks: 80 Thanked 980 Times in 440 Posts	Boater... Captains Call or Quick & Quiet does let you switch. But if you have mufflers on your thru hull exhaust, it just makes it that much quieter... they should revisit the max db limit, and allow switchable exhaust. As a matter of fact, Merrill Faye sells some of his Chapparalls that way, even though the switch is technically illegal. There is no boat on the lake that is legal with straight thru non muffled exhaust. The key being legal. Some of the loudest boats on the lake have some sort of muffler, its just that the mufflers really don't do much to muffle anything. So I am saying, revisit the MAX db loudness, set an absolute maximum the boat cannot exceed, then allow switchable to quiet the boat down from there. Woodsy Last edited by Woodsy; 08-08-2005 at 09:45 AM.