Texas wins first prize

[texasair]

In the stupid boater contest,

"The U.S. Coast Guard retrieved 21 people stranded aboard a boat in Galveston Bay on Sunday evening, the service said.

The 20-foot boat was carrying nine adults and 12 children, the Coast Guard said. They were stranded about a mile from the Texas City Dike.

A Coast Guard crew towed the boat safely back to shore, but officials scolded the group for not having proper safety equipment for everyone aboard.

The boat carried only five life jackets, the Coast Guard said.

The boat's operator was cited for not having enough life jackets, for exceeding the boat's maximum safe capacity and for not having proper fire extinguishing equipment, a Coast Guard spokeswoman said. The boaters were not fined, but would have to pay if they are caught breaking the rules again, she said.

"It is the law to have a flotation device for everyone onboard your vessel," said Zack Edwards, the command duty officer at Sector Houston-Galveston."

 

[JamesTXSD]

We've come across those types in every state we've visited. Have you seen those who let their kids dangle their feet/legs over the bow while running at speed... with no life jackets on? Or, pulling their kids on tubes while running in circles and S-turns so the kids are flying over the wake... with no life jackets on?

Ya know what we call pulling kids on a tube in the Tropical Tip? Trolling for sharks. :twisted:

I have yet to find the state that has a lock on Stupid Boater Tricks.

 

[localboy]

We've come across those types in every state we've visited...I have yet to find the state that has a lock on Stupid Boater Tricks.

Amen.

Have you seen those who let their kids dangle their feet/legs over the bow while running at speed...

We just saw this in Canada. Only kids up front, two under FIVE! All four parents in the boat with drinks in hand. :disgust :amgry