I wouldn't think it would work. Radar detectors only work if someone else is getting hit with the radar, otherwise you are just getting a reading that you have been hit with radar.
That being said, the nature of boats traveling over water is that you are not in a long line (as on the highway) and everyone might be going a slightly different course, so in theory you could pick up the radar if you were close enough but in general on the water I would think that the only time you will hear the detector go off is to give you enough warning to get rid of the open beer to reduce your in the very near future hassles.
Because the radar units that are being used by the MP are similar to the ones that the State and Local PD use on occation in that they are not broadcasting radar nonstop but are more of a point and shoot deal, this is the style that is used for speed traps and construction zone patrols most often.
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