fountain4play

What it meant was I could do one of two things....pull the boat out of the water or take it back to my dock immediatley.... It wasn't an option to continue to boat the WP officer said he would notify the other offices that I would have safe passage back to our place 17 miles away...

Funny thing is that once I got the slip-in's installed and decided to take them out a couple weeks later the same WP officer pulled me over within a 1 mile of our cove the first time back on the water....

He wanted to know if I had quieted it down. Not wanting to be a smarta$$ since I just spent a couple grand to get it done I replied yes I had installed the mufflers... He then asked if I had them checked...at that point I fired up one of the motors and asked him if he thought I needed to?

He said no they sounded fine and we went on our way...I have no problem with the noise requirements but do miss the sound of the boat un-muffled... I knew it was loud, I even brought one of our db meters from work and it was 105db's at idle in the cockpit....LOL...

I might even have to sign up for the Shoot-out just to be able to pull them out for a weekend now that they have an agreement with the WP for all of the racers...

thumper038

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Noise Noise Noise

O.K. I had enough we live here FULL Time the wife and kids like the windows to rattle when a boat goes by!!! Thats why we moved here!!!
Time to listen to full time residents!!! We all run to the deck when somthing with big cubic inches goes past.!!! just part of the lake.
LOUD PIPES SAVE LIVES Im gonna paint Harley on the side pass it on

Griff

Trust me, for what you have, you are not going to stand out at LOTO for being loud.

They will pretty much check/ask you about alcohol usage anytime they stop you.

MnFastBoat

Try 84 in MN!

mrquad1

anyone knowing thier state or local db limits post them here as it will make a big impact on where all of us boaters will travel to,i personally want to hit several poker runs in different places but dont need a trip ruined due to not knowing all the requirements of the different places thanks

Griff

No noise enforcement here in Nebraska. I think it says 86 or 89db on the books.

getchasum111

Lake Cumberland has no noise restictions

MnFastBoat

Any boat operated on the waters of Wisconsin must be muffled to effectively reduce noise. Specifically, it is illegal to operate a boat that exceeds a noise level of 86 dB (decibels).

Minnesota
Boats built before January 1, 1982 must not exceed 84 decibels (dBA) during a pass-by test or 86 dBA measured during a stationary idle test.
Boats built on after January 1, 1982 must not exceed 82 decibels (dBA) during a pass-by test or 84 dBA measured during a stationary idle test.

Kansas
Any boat operated on the waters of Kansas must be muffled to effectively reduce vessel noise. An effective muffling system is required for the exhaust of each internal combustion engine and the use of cut-outs is prohibited. Specifically, it is illegal to operate a boat that exceeds a noise level of 86 decibels when measured on the “A” scale at a distance of 50 feet or greater.


Found this link online and replaced the state name in the url with what I wanted.
http://www.boatus.org/onlinecourse/s...ws/Kansas.html

MnFastBoat

here is an easier map

http://www.boatus.org/onlinecourse/s...ements_map.asp

Mentalpause

try this link http://www.cpperformance.com/TechTip...noise_laws.htm