Phantom
Don't be looking for me to tear your post apart; anything that gets a drunken operator out from behind the wheel before they have a chance to hurt somebody is just fine with me!
Nor do I consider hanging out in Braun Bay, etc. watching for instances of BUI to be entrapment.
As for monitoring the channel, it's definitely better to takle care of getting kids off the bow and into PFDs before the boat throttles up. (Though it might be better not to make the actual stop in the narrowest part of the channel unless there's something really dangerous going on.)
The MP is also
welcome to board my boat for a safety inspection any time they wish. If they ever find something safety-related that I've overlooked, I'll figure that they've done me a service and are owed a sincere thank you!
Silver Duck