Lake of the Ozarks Noise??
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08-20-2013, 06:47 AM
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I've actually seen Water Patrol pull over boats in the no wake/spectator area and check boats for loud exhaust. There was a thread about it happening at the 2010 Shootout on MWBP.
That said, I don't think a single 525 boat will get their attention for noise and they do tend to be more lenient on shootout week.
That boat is old enough to go by a lower set of standards but I still don't think it'd pass the db levels of the easier test.
That said, I don't think a single 525 boat will get their attention for noise and they do tend to be more lenient on shootout week.
That boat is old enough to go by a lower set of standards but I still don't think it'd pass the db levels of the easier test.
08-20-2013, 07:00 AM
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I think the rule has been for the week if you are REGISTERED for the event you get a pass while testing. The law actually states "participating in a sanctioned event" and the event runs Saturday and Sunday.
Take that for what it is worth. Give them a reason and I am sure someone can get a ticket this week, keep it on the downlow and not make 6,000 RPM runs all over the lake and they probably have better things to keep an eye on this week.
Take that for what it is worth. Give them a reason and I am sure someone can get a ticket this week, keep it on the downlow and not make 6,000 RPM runs all over the lake and they probably have better things to keep an eye on this week.
08-20-2013, 07:06 AM
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Again, during the day you will be fine. Leave a bar at night and you have just given them a reason to come say hello to you and hey, while we're here can you please blow into this tube. As long as you are sober, they may or may not give you a pass on the noise.
08-20-2013, 11:43 AM
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Doc, just curious, but the WP wouldn't be able to check someone's Shootout registration status if they pulled someone over, right? Without proof either way, seems like a driver could tell them that whether they were registered or not.
08-20-2013, 12:11 PM
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For the most part the last few years the WP hasn't been stopping too many boats for noise. There was a time when they would get you after the Shootout was done for the day when visiting the local on the water establishments... If your registered for the Shootout they almost always look the other way but if you give them any reason to stop you they will check everything. I wish I could just pull my mufflers I miss the noise on weekends like this but being EFI it would have to be remapped...
08-20-2013, 02:49 PM
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I have never been messed with on LOTO for noise, besides once leaving party cove, basically just an excuse to see if I was sober. Last year shootout weekend I passed two WP CC Donzi's, I was running about 100, and my boat is LOUD, they didn't even look. A single 525 will seem very tame to them this particular weekend.
