Georgian Bay noise law ???
 

You will be taking a chance and could get a ticket. Not likely on the open bay but close to populated areas. Tobermory is definately a problem as the OPP station is right across from the gas docks. Pentang is where the poker run will be based again next wekend and they are some tolerant there but have been known to write the odd ticket. They will write you up in Honey Harbour as well. No idea of the cost tho.
I threw my downturns away and ran with 6 straight pipes this weekend with no tickets in the Midland / Penetang/ Honey Harbour area. I have mufflers on order tho as it seems to be the right thing to do.:D
Good luck,
Bob

The original law would count the flappers on the end of wet pipes as sound abatement! the would cover you as quick fix . there is no decibel # your required to meet that I know of now. I was just there yesterday and there were some noise makers around.:evilb:

The OPP has been instructed to clamp down on boats with no mufflers this year. You will be taking your chances.

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Our family has owned summer property on Manitoulin Island (just northwest of Georgian Bay) for 50 years and I have taken my boats up there annually without a problem- I know all of the OPP guys up there personally and their stance has always been one of tolerance. They appreciate the revenue brought into Little Current and Gore Bay marinas (they're all hurting with these fuel prices!), and as long as the perf boaters are courteous, they'll put up with some noise. There have even been a few runs into Gore Bay and Kagawong in the last few years by the performance crowd, and the red carpet was rolled out for them wherever they went.
I don't know of any specific DB laws in Ontario, but I CAN tell you that the complaints are coming mainly from the ever-increasing sailboat/eco-tourist crowd up in the North Channel-Georgian Bay area. Be careful not to annoy that group in open water or marina areas and you should be fine.
If you see a big car ferry at Tobermory, it's Manitoulin bound! Put it on your destination list!
Jim

The car ferry is pretty cool indeed.

We have a place on south Georgian Bay, and in all my 34 years, I have never, ever seen a police boat in the area - at all. There used to be one in Wasaga, but it's very rarely around anymore.

There was an article in the Midland free press about safe boating and the legal requirements, and no mention whatsoever of max sound levels.

Still, I'd suggest mufflers as a courtesy to others.

There is no DB limit. There is a "muffler law" in Canada.

"muffler" means an expansion chamber, within the exhaust line of the propulsion engine of a vessel, specifically designed to reduce engine noise but does not include a muffler cut-out, straight exhaust, gutted muffler, glass-pack muffler, by-pass or similar device.

Prohibitions

Engines

37. (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall operate a power-driven vessel, and no person shall permit another person to operate such a vessel,

(a) unless it is equipped with a muffler that is in good working order and that is in operation at all times while the vessel is in use to prevent excessive or unusual noise; or

(b) if it is equipped with a muffler cut-out or by-pass, unless the muffler cut-out or by-pass is visibly disengaged in such a manner as to ensure that, while the vessel is in use, its exhaust gases are directed through the muffler or under water and that the muffler cut-out or by-pass cannot be engaged accidentally.

Straight from the Canada Shipping Act: Small Vessel Regulations.

25, on your transit from tobe to kilarney, stop off at club island. The most intense blue water I have ever seen in the bay.