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Title: Whistle on small boats???
Post by: Kola16 on April 29, 2013, 09:12:21 PM: 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 :dunno:
Title: Re: Whistle on small boats???
Post by: lokidog on April 29, 2013, 09:14:39 PM: 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.
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Post by: Dhoey07 on April 29, 2013, 09:18:48 PM: It's a smart idea to have one anyway but was he on the Columbia or lake Washington?
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on April 29, 2013, 09:19:40 PM: Yes I am pretty sure any boat has to have some kind of noise device.
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Post by: Kola16 on April 29, 2013, 09:20:19 PM: Quote from: fckfords07 on April 29, 2013, 09:18:48 PM
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.
Title: Re: Whistle on small boats???
Post by: Mfowl on April 29, 2013, 09:28:29 PM: 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.
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Post by: Wa hunter on April 29, 2013, 09:33:56 PM: 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.
Title: Re: Whistle on small boats???
Post by: KFhunter on April 29, 2013, 09:39:14 PM: 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.

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Title: Re: Whistle on small boats???
Post by: KFhunter on April 29, 2013, 09:41:23 PM: lot's of other uses too :tung:

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Title: Re: Whistle on small boats???
Post by: splitshot on April 29, 2013, 09:50:42 PM: 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
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Post by: JLS on April 29, 2013, 09:51:04 PM: 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.
Title: Re: Whistle on small boats???
Post by: Kola16 on April 29, 2013, 11:01:40 PM: Hmm.......never heard of this rule....have to go buy a rape whistle now :yike:

Quote from: KFhunter on April 29, 2013, 09:41:23 PM
lot's of other uses too :tung:

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Oh hell ya!!!! I am sooooo doing that :chuckle: Or better yet, tape it to the floor just in case they don't open the door all of the way :chuckle:
Title: Whistle on small boats???
Post by: KopperBuck on April 29, 2013, 11:28:23 PM: My horn shorted out on my bass boat but have a whistle for emergencies. Got checked that day and BOOM.. Passed inspection.
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Post by: tony04 on April 29, 2013, 11:36:38 PM: 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.
Title: Whistle on small boats???
Post by: KopperBuck on April 30, 2013, 12:33:05 AM: ^^^ same with fire ext. just a reminder
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Post by: Smossy on April 30, 2013, 12:41:51 AM: Hahaha love the door air horn. Im so gonna nail somebody with that someday.
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Post by: smdave on April 30, 2013, 01:22:41 AM: Washington state
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Post by: WSU on April 30, 2013, 09:26:33 AM: I had a warden tell me last year that I needed a whistle and a throwable PFD on my drift boat.
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Post by: buckhorn2 on April 30, 2013, 09:41:15 AM: 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.
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Post by: Ripper on April 30, 2013, 10:30:52 AM: 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.
Title: Re: Whistle on small boats???
Post by: Fishstiq on April 30, 2013, 11:08:56 AM: More uses for air horns...

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:chuckle:
Title: Re: Whistle on small boats???
Post by: CP on April 30, 2013, 11:20:42 AM: 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?
Title: Re: Whistle on small boats???
Post by: ghosthunter on April 30, 2013, 11:41:47 AM: Quote from: CP on April 30, 2013, 11:20:42 AM
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???????
Title: Re: Whistle on small boats???
Post by: klickman on April 30, 2013, 05:50:37 PM: Quote from: JLS on April 29, 2013, 09:51:04 PM
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.
Title: Re: Whistle on small boats???
Post by: Kola16 on April 30, 2013, 06:09:43 PM: Quote from: Fishstiq on April 30, 2013, 11:08:56 AM
More uses for air horns...

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:chuckle:

Another good one :chuckle:
Title: Re: Whistle on small boats???
Post by: Wacenturion on May 03, 2013, 10:57:49 PM: Quote from: KFhunter on April 29, 2013, 09:41:23 PM
lot's of other uses too :tung:

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You should not have shown me that.......... :chuckle:
Title: Re: Whistle on small boats???
Post by: broadhead on May 06, 2013, 09:01:52 AM: Get a ticket for not having a rape whistle? What has this world come to.
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Post by: lokidog on May 06, 2013, 09:08:30 AM: 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?
Title: Re: Whistle on small boats???
Post by: Kola16 on May 06, 2013, 11:08:13 AM: I was checked on Sat and Sun for my rape whistle, but I had it :IBCOOL: