Boat Wake Question on TaneyComo

[BIG K]

having just sent the state water patrol a 137 dollars for not displaying my lights at 10: 30 in the morning in front of lilleys i got online and studied the navagation light laws and it states that non powerd vessels under 23 foot so this includes kayaks  paddle boards etc. must display a lantern or light device of some type in darkness fog or rain and poor visiblty conditions. i have yet to see this from any of the kayak rentals in the area. i think the water patrol officers need to go to the source and refresh them on these laws.

 

[Phil Lilley]

Interesting.

Sorry about the ticket....

[ramman123]

On 7/28/2016 at 3:33 PM, Travis Swift said:

ok okay it was May 31st's one cast from this year.  in the last 30 seconds I come from being in the trophy area in my tracker, you can't see me wave but if you listen as they cut to the picture of Duane you can hear my motor go from 34 smoking miles an hour to zero and I whip the boat around to the left......it catches Phil's attention and he says "kids are having fun".......which was way better than "than dumb $$$ in that red tracker was waving at me and almost tboned a family...........  ahahahahha

i just rewatched that episode LOL

[Phil Lilley]

I don't remember what I saw or why I said that...

 

[Gatorjet]

On 7/29/2016 at 6:17 PM, BIG K said:

having just sent the state water patrol a 137 dollars for not displaying my lights at 10: 30 in the morning in front of lilleys i got online and studied the navagation light laws and it states that non powerd vessels under 23 foot so this includes kayaks  paddle boards etc. must display a lantern or light device of some type in darkness fog or rain and poor visiblty conditions. i have yet to see this from any of the kayak rentals in the area. i think the water patrol officers need to go to the source and refresh them on these laws.

 

I think it would also be good if they displayed a flag during good light similar to the ones we are required on our ATV's in the offroad parks. Even better would be a small strobe light.

Not as much of a problem with brightly colored kayaks, and vests, but some of them are much more earth tone colors, and easily blend in with the surroundings. Not on a collision course, but I was supprised by just such a kayak one day when all that caught my attention at first was the flash of his paddle in the water. 

[Phil Lilley]

Next time we see a MHP guy down here we're going to ask why kayaks aren't included in the all-round light requirement.  May be it's just motored boated?  Don't know.  But if I had a kayak biz I'd put lights on them.  I guess the white strobe lights I put on my jons made them legal... I didn't know about the rule when I bought them.  I bought them because we thought it would be smart...  just took 30 years to grow that brain.