New buoys to aid in 150' rule

John A. Birdsall · 08-15-2006, 11:14 PM

More than likely my court date would be in the middle of the week. My cost of getting their would be $60.00 in gas, one way, $60.00 home. 120.00 for a 57.oo ticket. And my bet would be that I could not get to the court by boat anyway. Which if so, would cost more in boat gas. Tomorrow morning if I can find the damm ticket I will pay it.

I think also that since the Marine Patrol Officer is a collledge student, he could not make the court date either. But I am not gonna waste extra money just to contest it. I think that is what New Hampshire courts are counting on.

In Ct. I have gotten tickets for failure to have flares on my boat. But at the time the law said 2 miles from shore, and Norwich finest had no juristiciton 2 miles from shore, and I would not take my 16 1/2 ft boat 2 miles from shore. So I beat that charge five times in court, and then I scraped the CT registration from my boat.

08-15-2006, 11:14 PM	#23
John A. Birdsall Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Norwich, CT Posts: 599 Thanks: 27 Thanked 51 Times in 35 Posts	Ticket More than likely my court date would be in the middle of the week. My cost of getting their would be $60.00 in gas, one way, $60.00 home. 120.00 for a 57.oo ticket. And my bet would be that I could not get to the court by boat anyway. Which if so, would cost more in boat gas. Tomorrow morning if I can find the damm ticket I will pay it. I think also that since the Marine Patrol Officer is a collledge student, he could not make the court date either. But I am not gonna waste extra money just to contest it. I think that is what New Hampshire courts are counting on. In Ct. I have gotten tickets for failure to have flares on my boat. But at the time the law said 2 miles from shore, and Norwich finest had no juristiciton 2 miles from shore, and I would not take my 16 1/2 ft boat 2 miles from shore. So I beat that charge five times in court, and then I scraped the CT registration from my boat.