Downtown 42, He was stopped on Green Lake, the cop said the property owners bought the decibel meters for them, go figure! Steve

bummer, tnks.

Here's Florida's:

The 2007 Florida Statutes

Title XXIV
VESSELS Chapter 327
VESSEL SAFETY View Entire Chapter

327.65 Muffling devices.--

(1) The exhaust of every internal combustion engine used on any vessel operated on the waters of this state shall be effectively muffled by equipment so constructed and used as to muffle the noise of the exhaust in a reasonable manner. The use of cutouts is prohibited, except for vessels competing in a regatta or official boat race, and for such vessels while on trial runs.

(2)(a) Any county wishing to impose additional noise pollution and exhaust regulations on vessels may, pursuant to s. 327.60(1), adopt by county ordinance the following regulations:

1. No person shall operate or give permission for the operation of any vessel on the waters of any county or on a specified portion of the waters of any county, including the Florida Intracoastal Waterway, which has adopted the provisions of this section in such a manner as to exceed the following sound levels at a distance of 50 feet from the vessel: for all vessels, a maximum sound level of 90 dB A.

2. Any person who refuses to submit to a sound level test when requested to do so by a law enforcement officer is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(b) The following words and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in this subsection.

1. "dB A" means the composite abbreviation for the A-weighted sound level and the unit of sound level, the decibel.

2. "Sound level" means the A-weighted sound pressure level measured with fast response using an instrument complying with the specification for sound level meters of the American National Standards Institute, Inc., or its successor bodies, except that only a weighting and fast dynamic response need be provided.

History.--s. 7, ch. 59-400; s. 11, ch. 63-105; s. 1, ch. 65-361; s. 5, ch. 86-35; s. 47, ch. 91-224.

Note.--Former s. 371.56.

anybody know where i can find a printable DB test on hardin mufflers to keep my local fish cops at bay.

i got pulled over in flagler county and the fish cop told me that he shouldn't be able to hear the boat from 50 feet. he also told me he doesn't like loud boats. i have a 496ho mag. we have a hardin marine store(keith eickert) in palm coast. the boys there sold me the turn down mufflers. hopefully that keeps the fish cop happy. the officer doesn't even have a DB meter. he told me its up to discrestion. that aint right.

Right or not it is up to the officer to decide what is too loud if the db test cannot be performed as outlined in the book. From someone who has had his share of noise problems my advice to you would be to not ever slow down!

I just had all the mufflers cut out of my cat. Lets people know i am coming up on them at high speeds and keeps the jet ski's on their toes.
I got a kick out of the can't hear the boat at 50 foot comment. You can hear my boat at half a mile if you listen and that is the way I prefer it. It's just safer that way.

I like that; safety first!

I agree!!! Loud pipes save lives.....