I got cited @ no wake zone

[cheappc]

I got cited @ a no wake zone but I shut off my motor as soon as I got to the buoy?

i was going to gun it and start a lake water pursuit involving 3 jurisdictions @ lake Mead/Mojave , because I refused to sign the citation, then I was told I didn't have to sign anything? They cited me based on the name on the registration of the watercraft? So I could be riding anyone's water craft and they cite the name of the registered owner?

 

[xintersecty]

So you feel like you were not in violation of the no-wake zone? I teaching boating safety for the SC DNR as a volunteer.

No wake means the minimal speed to maintain steerage. http://wow.uscgaux.info/Uploads_wowII/095-45-01/Slow_No_Wake.pdf

Now if you chop the throttle right at the bouy and your wake carried past the buoy I would bet that would be grounds for a ticket.

Just be glad you did not have them chase you. The number of violations goes up a by a lot.
Failure to yield to an officer
Failure to maintain idle speed within a vicinity of a blue light
Blah Blah Blah

Also they would be more than happy to detain you for a blood test if you had ran.

 

[racerxxx]

Yes, your vessel should not create a wake going into a no wake zone. That is not a cut and coast point. I see guys do it all the time though.

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[cheappc]

So you feel like you were not in violation of the no-wake zone? I teaching boating safety for the SC DNR as a volunteer.

No wake means the minimal speed to maintain steerage. http://wow.uscgaux.info/Uploads_wowII/095-45-01/Slow_No_Wake.pdf

Now if you chop the throttle right at the bouy and your wake carried past the buoy I would bet that would be grounds for a ticket.

Just be glad you did not have them chase you. The number of violations goes up a by a lot.
Failure to yield to an officer
Failure to maintain idle speed within a vicinity of a blue light
Blah Blah Blah

Also they would be more than happy to detain you for a blood test if you had ran.

I don't drink, the young (19 years old) park ranger officer implied if I had been drinking, I smiled and said no welcome to check my blood alcohol level.

His supervisor just called me, after sleeping on it I did not want to file a formal complaint, his supervisor told me he just graduated from the academy and they get a little gung-ho.

The only gripe I had is when he stated "no your not going to get my supervisor your going to seat on this rock and accept your ticket" I thought that was funny. I called the authorities and demanded his supervisor, also I was not going to sign any ticket, or sit on any rock I stated to him he's going to have to arrest me.

He came back and stated I did not have to sign anything I also felt bad for my girlfriend who would have to drive back the spark and retrieve it by herself, but once he told me I didn't have to sign anything I was like cool, ok let's go then..

 

[xintersecty]

Well I am glad it's just a mus-understanding.

 

[Spimothy Leary]

water cops can be interesting characters at times. My experience is 80% are great 15% difficult, 5% major pains in my azz.

But the followup's are correct, its not a cut & coast into the no wake zone, although I've been guilty of that myself, I just usually keep a close eye out and if I see another watercraft anywhere I cut & coast early so as to not push any wake into the no wake zone just in case I have one of those gung ho types out there.

We have a LOT of no wake zones in my area, and they can be pretty heavily policed, since IMO its an easy way to snag a boater/skier for a violation. I've had a couple of verbal warnings for ideling a little too fast. The only ticket I've ever received was for going about 55 in a no wake, (I missed the sign, duh) but he was pretty cool about it.

 

[bajaman123]

Sounds like the LEO was being a bit obstinate, and it IS hard to not get the same attitude. I've fought many, MANY tickets in my lifetime and have only 'won' once; and the lawyer fees far outweighed the ticket cost but it had become a 'moral issue' by that point, lol! Any more both water and road cops will use just about ANY excuse they can find to pull you over to do a BAC. Huge revenue comes from citations.

Several years ago a friend of mine was idling his boat out of a marina after fueling, and a female friend was sitting on the gunwale of the boat so that was grounds for a Missouri lake patrol to pull them over. My friend got a little...chippy...with the LEO and so the guy kept them for about an hour, in 100 degree heat, and ended up citing them for:
1. life jackets stowed and not readily available
2. no throwable
3. no secondary signaling device

He 'graciously' didn't cite the young lady for her violation of not being seated...

 

[donkey]

me and one of my sons got pulled over on havasu,cali side by havasu landing.he cited us for going ,,get this,,COUNTER CLOCKWISE ON A CLOCKWISE LAKE!
the judge laughed,yes,laughed and dropped the charges.

 

[kwiktsi]

In the canals back behind my house, we get all the crotchety old coots yelling at EVERYONE to slow down, yet they cruise through faster than most... I try to always respect the no wake zones, but there are many times where if it is beginning to storm, I'll move through a little faster (no more then 10mph) and they get pissed. Funny enough, the waves from the storm are always over twice as high as any wake I'm leaving.

 

[cheappc]

To follow up with everyone, I paid the ticket, $125.00. That sucked. But I didnt want to be stopped and have a federal warrant for my arrest to screw up another vacation of mine. I learned a lesson though, Im gonna go in very slow at the wake zones. Just in case.

 

[zechamp]

I was stopped on my lake and issued a ticket for missing 1 life jacket. While waiting for them to fill out the ticket, I asked what their top speed was ( I was in our utility boat and had no chance of getting away). Glad to know that on my lake, my seadoo will run 10-15 mph faster than their boat.