Got it, thanks

The water patrols shuold just sit at the ramps. They could write a bunch of tickets for L.B.U.I. ( loading boat under influence ) and it would also relieve a bunch of the congestion at the ramps on weekends.
ed

I like where your heads at. How about sit at the ramp and watch the crazy's launch their boats, then write them a ticket and tell them to go home. That would save a lot of time at the ramp and aggravation out on the water!

So I take it you want people ticketed for being stupid? Just checking.

Yes. Yes I do.

There is a serious problem with your premise.... you can NOT legislate stupidity out of existance, It must be Darwinized.

I hear ya, but I can't wait that long.

You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but the Coast Guard is a rescue organization, a law enforcement organization and part of Homeland Security. They have specific procedures to guide how their operations are conducted, whether it is a safety check or a rescue mission. We have been boarded on the Delaware River near Naval loading areas by armed CG personnel that where just doing their duty. Didn't have a problem, treated us in a respective, but authoritative manner. Glad they are out there.

I've never really been bothered around home but.... In old saybrook ct.
I dropped scot off at the marina gas dock to go get the truck and trailer for his rough rider, and idled up River a mile or so to the ramp "between the bridges". As I'm pulling into the ramp with another guy on board with me I see the dep flailing his arms and yelling something. Then out comes the megaphone..... "SHUT IT DOWN!" Well the river has an 6+knot current. Yeah sorry bud ain't shutting down and losing control of this thing. Not exactly easy to get stag 900's spinning in back pointed the way you want. I get into the dock and the guy says "why didn't you shut it down???!?!?" Sorry sir but this isn't mine and I'm not going to scratch it or put it on the rocks. And isn't the first rule of boating safety to always be in control of your vessel? After a little talk and showing him the tailpipes were full of baffles to quiet it down, that efforts had been made he calmed down and let us go.

It's not that money is getting tighter , any govt agency has an unlimited supply , it's that the justification becomes more difficult to
warrant such a bloated and dysfunctional agency ...thus begins the hyper- enforcement of the misdemeanor , which as we know
can easily turn into a brass- ring felony ....imho