Actually, in Georgia it does.
On the lakes they have police in boats. They give tickets, they give sobriety tests, and you will get a boat dui and go to jail.
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Actually, in Georgia it does.
On the lakes they have police in boats. They give tickets, they give sobriety tests, and you will get a boat dui and go to jail.
If drinking while you were in a boat in Florida, there would be a whole lot less of it ........... boating that is.
Just don't go over the legal limit.
...whatever "floats your boat!":D
Well my boat is in Michigan. And in Micchigan you can enjoy boating and also have a beer. Same law as driving a car here. Except you can have open containers in boats. Peneltys for DUI boating are the same as a car. They make no distinction. The serif department patrols most inland lakes and the Coast Gaurd patrols big water.Quote:
Originally Posted by FVR
RiM, you started me thinking...which is always a bad thing.:rolleyes: So let's say a guy's on the lake and his boat sinks, stranding him 400 meters from shore. He's got a choice...stay with his cooler full of bear or strike out for shore without it. He decides to stay with his beer, drinking it while treading water. Before you know it the "boat cops" show up and bust him for public intoxication..or what ever...but he's SAVED! Problem solved, he even gets free room & board for the night!:D
What if the guy was really prepared and when his boat started sinking he simply got into the spare boat he never goes out with out?
Now I may be wrong but aren't built flotation devices required on watercrafts?
(so that a boat would sink but only to a certain level?)
When I was about five yrs old my father did hit a rock which madea rathe large gash and with 4 adults and 2 kids we only went as low as the gunnels, that was 50yrs ago in and old boat of that time.
I hadn't heard that it was requied. Some boat manufacturers do, but I don't think it's a requirement. (can you imagine what your canoe would looik like:D)Quote:
Originally Posted by tsitenha
Both my last canoes did have at the bow and stern a small compartments with floatation material inserted (liquid just like insulating foam) into them, and my wife got a 14' john boat (Tracker), again with floatation material under the seats. All my Lund, and my Misty River boats had this foam material in any open/enclosed space such as seat wells.
I'm sure many manufacturers of smaller boats do that. Boston Whaler is pretty renowned for making boats that won't sink. Around here at least it isn't a requirement. I used to have a 20 ft Sprot Craft that would have had no trouble sinking.:D My wife (long before we were married) had an 85 ft sail boat.....there are now bouys marking where it sank.
I can atest that a mid 80s ski natique will sink..
The boat we use for trapping is 20' long and has a stern tank for floatation. But attached to that stern tank are two 60hp Yamaha 4 strokes. I think that if it had a gaping hole in the bottom it would sink like lead brick.
That's what I love about my kayak; can't sink it. No motor to crap out on it, either.
Kayak, yeh it won't sink but you may end up face down in the water.
I had a great boat back in the 70's and 80's. It was a 17 1/2 foot Folbot. It had a wood frame and a real thick viynl skin.
We shot the Del. rapids in Trenton NJ, a place where many a canoe broke in half. My boat just bounced off, did break a rib but the viynl never ruptured. We also shot the Lambertville wingdam, boat was full of water and still floated us down river.
If you were sitting down in the boat, you could not get thrown or fall out, now if you folded the seats up, ya could take a spill.
I used it as a duck boat for years, rebuilt the interior and it carried me safely through the waters of the Del. in Dec. and Jan., then carried me through many more duck seasons on the Ches. and Patapsco river in Md.
As you can see, I just love duck hunting.
make camp wet?
i go home to my girls, complain a few sec. and I get dry cloth and warm food.
the bonus of having a few (girls, that is).
You have a few girls?:confused:
I thought they were called "ewe's":eek:
:d:d:d:d:dQuote:
Originally Posted by klkak
I just couldn't help myself.........I am so weak....:DQuote:
Originally Posted by nell67
I'm in Michigan too.
Only if you don't meet the alcohol limit on a breathalyzer. Don't know what that limit is for impaired operating a motor vehicle (boat or car).Quote:
Originally Posted by ryaninmichigan
Quote:
Same law as driving a car here. Except you can have open containers in boats. Peneltys for DUI boating are the same as a car. They make no distinction. The serif department patrols most inland lakes and the Coast Gaurd patrols big water.
Klkak - you're so ba-a-a-a-a-a-ad.
most canoes do have them... but in the bow and stern the most likly to get hit and damagedQuote:
Originally Posted by crashdive123
I don't think they are required but I can't imagine having a boat without them. Heck, if the boat doesn't come with one just put some of that expandable foam in a can into both ends of the boat and you're set to get back to land. I've run rapids in my more foolish days and torn big holes in my boats. They never sank, though some did become rather unique sculptures on the shoreline.Quote:
Originally Posted by tsitenha
If the author really wants me to figure out what I'm going to eat (I need to be out longer than overnight before I panic about food), I'm in a lake, I'm walking the last few feet into shore. My feet will stir up the wapato tubers that grow in abundance here and they'll float to the surface. It doesn't matter what time of the year it is, they'll be there. A few of them cooked over the open fire and I've got supper.
In Wisconsin though I would have that beer in the boat too, as well as munchies for after I've drank the beer. I'm thinking that I would just enjoy a nice fire, watch the stars, and think I was the smartest person in the world (which often happens after a few beers).
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every canoe I have owned has had floation in the bow and stren . in wi. to be drunk it is 0.08 car or boat but in canoe or kayak you can drink all you want just dont make a seen.
Im going to go with the wild edibles I can find by the lake. Since its late already and i am wet the least amount of energy I spend looking for food the better of I am.
To give my answer to the original question, I would make some tea out of pine needles to warm my body and get some vitamin C in me.
first rule to survival be prepared, most of us if not all should have a dry bag with survival gear, getting dry and warm would be first for me, liveing up north dont like to be wet and cold specially in winter the rest would be a walk in the park
I thought someone would try "using their waterproof mobile phone to order pizza, and ride back with the delivery guy"
Why food at all. Remeber the "Rules of Three's" here. Water is more important, esp. since I know I have only a short walk ahead.
Using the term "Dead Head" I would guess it is in the south. Pick some palmetto hearts, ferns, etc. while you are resting around your fire and then stop off for some biscuits in the morning
What I do appreciate is that people on this forum are not afraid to express what they really think.
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