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Re: Skin-on-Frame: First Float
By:Allan
Date: 5/15/2011, 2:12 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: First Float (Kevin McAtee)

: oops sorry, over 13 has to be registered

That looks suspiciously like a law or regulation made by someone with no knowledge at all of the things the law was to be applied to.

I can think of a few reasons why it might be a good idea to have a registration requirement for something as big, heavy, fast and potentially dangerous as a 15' powerboat or sailboat, but I can't think of any reason why it should be necessary to register something that is unlikely to weigh more than 30 or 40 lbs and is most unlikely to travel faster than 5 or 6 knots.

Don't the legislators understand the differences between powerboats and kayaks?

Or is there something I don't know about America? :-)

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: First Float
Kevin McAtee -- 5/15/2011, 1:00 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First Float
Allan -- 5/15/2011, 1:29 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First Float
Kevin McAtee -- 5/15/2011, 1:34 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First Float
Kevin McAtee -- 5/15/2011, 1:36 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First Float
Allan -- 5/15/2011, 2:12 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First Float
Eric Bailey -- 5/15/2011, 2:23 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First Float
Tony Olsen -- 5/15/2011, 8:27 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First Float
Kevin McAtee -- 5/15/2011, 7:49 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First Float
Bill Hamm -- 5/16/2011, 12:45 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First Float
Pete Notman -- 5/15/2011, 3:22 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First Float
Dave Gentry -- 5/15/2011, 11:47 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First Float
Kevin McAtee -- 5/15/2011, 12:23 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First Float
Paul G. Jacobson -- 5/15/2011, 7:34 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First Float
ancient kayaker -- 5/15/2011, 2:01 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First Float
Brian -- 5/16/2011, 7:31 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: First Float
Bill Hamm -- 5/17/2011, 12:57 am