Greetings from the Arabian Gulf,
Great thread here...
I have a Mustang Floatation Jacket- not a life jacket. Now the numerous
times I have been checked by Fish and Game I received 50/50 comments about
this very issue... I even was once stopped by the Coast Guard (the jacket
is their design) out on Hale's Passage in my pontoon and gave me a "thumbs
up." Then there was a time I was stopped by a Sheriff on Chamber's Creek
and almost cited.. it took a lot of explaining to get out of that one...
As far as legal requirements, any type of water craft requires a life
jacket. However, wearing of the life jacket,
I haven't seen anything difinitive in writing. Maybe it is a judgement call
on the enforcement official... Comments?
John Abbott
> > checking licenses and compliance. We got a rather stern warning for not
> > having life jackets with us on the pontoon boats. According to the
> > officer, a wearable life jackets (cushions don't count) IS a requirement
> > on pontoon boats but not in float tubes. Tho I usually carry a life
> > jacket on a river, I rarely do on the lakes and in spite of having been
> > checked numerous times over the years, never been told that a wearable
> > life jacket is required with a pontoon boat. Anyone care to comment on
> > the legal requirements (v. common sense arguements)?
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