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Quickest way to see more laws?
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4/14/2008 11:08:47 AM
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Okay, could be wrong, but from my understanding, yes, the boat has to be permanetly housed on lake martin. Therefor, you can not trailer it back and forth to the lake. I guess in order for it to be housed, you are going to have to prove that. Also, any boat that meets the criteria and was for sale by a dealer on Lake Martin. So that tells you why all the marinas have those nice big ones under wraps... they were waiting for this day to come.
As for the permits. It is my understanding that the Marine police are still waiting on official word on how they are suppose to respond to this law. You can pass a law all day long but you must also say what the penalties are and establish them or the law is no good. The Big Boat Owners (as many like to call us) who have a "residence boat" as defined by Alabama law already have to go through yearly inspections due to the sanitation systems that are on board our boat. I am guessing the easiest way for the permit to work is for them to give you the permit in conjunction with this inspection. Regulation, Regulation, Regulation....
You know, I really think this stinks, and I won't go into all of it because I know I get too upset. I will say this, I have studied constitutional law (from a univeristy, not on my own) and this goes against everything that I learned in school about the intentions of our forefathers. There are a lot of people who post that is is a result of us breakijng some law so tougher laws had to be inacted.... no, absolutely not. I have my children with me... we are respectful, we obey the guidelines. Does our boat create more wake? Not more than your wake board boat... trust me, I can have you read some nice paperwork done by a professional whose job is to know wakes... pretty interesting what a little information will do. Are we dangerous? The boat is not dangerous the driver is. You might want to mention this to your 14 year old who like to hang right behind my boat instead of maintaining the proper distance and putting my family in danger. From now on, I will make sure that one piece of equipment follows me to the lake everytime... that is my camera. That way I can take a picture, of the boat, driver and registration number and will turn it in to the marine police and sign the warrant myself. Am I bitter, no not really, heck the PP family has been blessed. Unlike many of our friends, we still get to keep our dream alive. But I will not be blamed for something I didn't do, and if the goal is to make the lake a "safer" place, I will do my fair share.
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