Whistle on small boats???

[Kola16]

My uncle told me that he knows a kid that got a ticket for not having a whistle in a small aluminum boat Can someone find this law for me? I have never heard of this, and neither did my uncle. I know almost every boat on the small lakes fishing for trout would get a ticket 

[lokidog]

One of the boating laws is you have to have a noise making device, not sure of the exact law.  Might depend on boat size as well.

[Dhoey07]

It's a smart idea to have one anyway but was he on the Columbia or lake Washington?

[carpsniperg2]

Yes I am pretty sure any boat has to have some kind of noise device.

[Kola16]

It's a smart idea to have one anyway but was he on the Columbia or lake Washington?

No. A small lake in Snohomish County.

[Mfowl]

Not sure of the exact law but I believe its part of the Coastguard required safety equipment, (noise making device.) If they were on navigable waters the rule would apply. Small lakes where small boats aren't required to have vessel registration might not apply. I have my gear with me where ever I take my boat so I am not familiar with which waters might be excempt. I have been inspected by the Coastguard and Marine Patrol enough that I don't take any chances.

[Wa hunter]

I was inspected by a game warden on riffe lake at the boat launch and the only thing he had a problem with was I did not have a whistle.  He gave me a 5 minute dissertation on why I should have one.   I was in a 12' boat with a 9.9 hp. 

[KFhunter]

I like those cans of compressed air myself - over a whistle.


They'll sure wake your fishing partner up in a hurry if the fishing is slow and they nod off.

[KFhunter]

lot's of other uses too 

[splitshot]

  my son got a warning ticket last year on williams lake.  a good idea.  i carry several as everyone does that i go with.   mike w

[JLS]

Any vessel is required to have a sound producing device, i.e. whistle, air horn, etc.  It does not matter what body of water or propulsion type.

[Kola16]

Hmm.......never heard of this rule....have to go buy a rape whistle now 

lot's of other uses too 

Oh hell ya!!!! I am sooooo doing that Or better yet, tape it to the floor just in case they don't open the door all of the way 

[KopperBuck]

My horn shorted out on my bass boat but have a whistle for emergencies. Got checked that day and BOOM.. Passed inspection.

[tony04]

i got checked one day and showed them the small air horn i had. they recommended a whistle because the air horns have an expiration date i guess.

[KopperBuck]

^^^ same with fire ext. just a reminder

[Smossy]

Hahaha love the door air horn. Im so gonna nail somebody with that someday.

[smdave]

Washington state

[WSU]

I had a warden tell me last year that I needed a whistle and a throwable PFD on my drift boat.

[buckhorn2]

We were trout fishing at failor lake and there were two sheriffs cars there checking all equipment needed and they were writing tickets steady. They checked the boats for numbers and 2013 stickers-fire extinguishers-horn and whistles make sure you check because they were;nt warning tickets the people we talked too said 87.50 for any violations.

[Ripper]

When I got checked last year not only did they say I had to have a whistle, but it had to be accessible! They recommended that I keep it on a string around the steering wheel. That was in my 21 foot Seaswirl, so size of boat doesn't matter.

[Fishstiq]

More uses for air horns...



 

[CP]

WAC 352-60-065   
Sound producing devices.
  No person shall operate, or permit to be operated, a vessel on the waters of this state without sound producing devices as follows:

     (1) A vessel of twelve meters (39.4 feet) or more in length shall be provided with a whistle and a bell and a vessel of one hundred meters (328.1 feet) or more in length shall, in addition, be provided with a gong, the tone and sound of which cannot be confused with that of the bell. The whistle, bell and gong shall comply with Chapter 33, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 86. The bell or gong, or both, may be replaced by other equipment having the same respective sound characteristics, provided that manual sounding of the prescribed signals shall always be possible.

     (2) A vessel of less than twelve meters (39.4 feet) in length shall not be obliged to carry the sound signaling appliances prescribed in subsection (1) of this section, but if she does not, she shall be provided with some other means of making an efficient sound signal.

How loud can you scream?

[ghosthunter]

WAC 352-60-065   
Sound producing devices.
  No person shall operate, or permit to be operated, a vessel on the waters of this state without sound producing devices as follows:

     (1) A vessel of twelve meters (39.4 feet) or more in length shall be provided with a whistle and a bell and a vessel of one hundred meters (328.1 feet) or more in length shall, in addition, be provided with a gong, the tone and sound of which cannot be confused with that of the bell. The whistle, bell and gong shall comply with Chapter 33, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 86. The bell or gong, or both, may be replaced by other equipment having the same respective sound characteristics, provided that manual sounding of the prescribed signals shall always be possible.

     (2) A vessel of less than twelve meters (39.4 feet) in length shall not be obliged to carry the sound signaling appliances prescribed in subsection (1) of this section, but if she does not, she shall be provided with some other means of making an efficient sound signal.

How loud can you scream?

My handgun?

[klickman]

Any vessel is required to have a sound producing device, i.e. whistle, air horn, etc.  It does not matter what body of water or propulsion type.

Yep that is correct. 

[Kola16]

More uses for air horns...



 

Another good one 

[Wacenturion]

lot's of other uses too 

You should not have shown me that..........

[broadhead]

Get a ticket for not having a rape whistle? What has this world come to.

[lokidog]

At least a whistle is a lot cheaper than a flare kit that expires every few years... do these things really go bad if kept dry?

[Kola16]

I was checked on Sat and Sun for my rape whistle, but I had it