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Descant · 05-11-2015, 11:11 PM

If they can see your tax sticker and your name and home port on the transom, wouldn't they need some probable cause to board? Boarding, I think, is a lot more serious than drifting alongside and issuing a summons for not having enough PFD's on board. (If I were MP, I wouldn't board until I had cause and back up. Pretty embarrassing to get bumped overboard and have the bad guy drive off while I swim around trying to reach my patrol boat. Not exactly like "Would you open the trunk, sir?" And since we're talking documented vessel on a lake, we're talking 5 tons, 26+ feet. Not a boat that is quickly trailered or hidden.

05-11-2015, 11:11 PM	#18
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,597 Thanks: 1,418 Thanked 1,705 Times in 1,109 Posts	Cause? If they can see your tax sticker and your name and home port on the transom, wouldn't they need some probable cause to board? Boarding, I think, is a lot more serious than drifting alongside and issuing a summons for not having enough PFD's on board. (If I were MP, I wouldn't board until I had cause and back up. Pretty embarrassing to get bumped overboard and have the bad guy drive off while I swim around trying to reach my patrol boat. Not exactly like "Would you open the trunk, sir?" And since we're talking documented vessel on a lake, we're talking 5 tons, 26+ feet. Not a boat that is quickly trailered or hidden.