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MOriverbum
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 Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 7:56 pm Post subject: whats up with boat ramp fights? |
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| almost had to scrap today. guy said my boat was to loud. never fails it seems like the stupid sh#t always happens at the ramp, at the end of the day. Does this stuff happen up north? To top it off i even had my slip -in silencers in ( for the kiddo's) yet this guy ( who owned a pontoon) still wanted some. stickin to rivers from now on! small lake boaters dont really appreciate the bbc's beautiful song |
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Arthur
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Hahaha....I would LOVE to have a encounter like that! Stupid people.... after all was said and done I would glady wash the guys boat for free out on the water!!! |
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Will R
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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lol i second that motion!
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DIGGINSWEATINSWEARIN
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Location: Deroche B.C.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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Yah, ya gotta watch those guys, end of the day, end of a case of beer and suddenly everyone's a tough guy 
pontoon boat? pffffft! |
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whitecourtlife
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Location: Whitecourt, AB
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I love the sound of open headers in the morning!! |
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mudslinger
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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| with ya on that! Why is it people with pontoon boats got such a f!#%#$ attitude I've encountered that probably half a dozen times at least.someone got to have an answer cause i'm lost. |
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Xerophobic
Joined: 23 Jun 2005
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Location: Calgary Alberta, Canada
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:08 pm Post subject: Re: whats up with boat ramp fights? |
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| MOriverbum wrote: | | almost had to scrap today. guy said my boat was to loud. never fails it seems like the stupid sh#t always happens at the ramp, at the end of the day. Does this stuff happen up north? To top it off i even had my slip -in silencers in ( for the kiddo's) yet this guy ( who owned a pontoon) still wanted some. stickin to rivers from now on! small lake boaters dont really appreciate the bbc's beautiful song |
Open headers, silencers or not arent legal up here MO.
I can sympathize with your plight but at the same time I also recognise that our sport is frequently a target for a variety of bans and issues coming from all angles and numerous user groups. Open headers blatatly piss people off and only offer amunition to their complaints. From what I understand they were a large part of instituting a complete powered craft ban in this city years ago, a ban which will likely never be reversed, ever. (note: back then the law specified an exhaust system was required but offered no details as to what it had to entail)
Canadian laws now specifically require an "expansion chamber" style muffler(slip ins are a no go) and while we dont have a specific db rating for the water at least having that covered makes you legal even if the boat is still has a "nasty" note. The cross over style mufflers that seem very popular these days up here rob very little power and still let a healthy motor sound great without pissing off every second person on the water.
Cheers
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ALEX
Joined: 02 Aug 2005
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Location: red deer
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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| I believe the Calgary ban on boats on the river was aimed at jetskis .....some lawyers that lived on the river were annoyed by jet skis and organized the closure;at that time there were very few jet boats on the Bow ...the open header issue was primarily a problem with the fiberglass performance jet boats on the lakes. |
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HOOLIGAN
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:32 am Post subject: Re: whats up with boat ramp fights? |
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| Xerophobic wrote: | | MOriverbum wrote: | | almost had to scrap today. guy said my boat was to loud. never fails it seems like the stupid sh#t always happens at the ramp, at the end of the day. Does this stuff happen up north? To top it off i even had my slip -in silencers in ( for the kiddo's) yet this guy ( who owned a pontoon) still wanted some. stickin to rivers from now on! small lake boaters dont really appreciate the bbc's beautiful song |
Open headers, silencers or not arent legal up here MO.
I can sympathize with your plight but at the same time I also recognise that our sport is frequently a target for a variety of bans and issues coming from all angles and numerous user groups. Open headers blatatly piss people off and only offer amunition to their complaints. From what I understand they were a large part of instituting a complete powered craft ban in this city years ago, a ban which will likely never be reversed, ever. (note: back then the law specified an exhaust system was required but offered no details as to what it had to entail)
Canadian laws now specifically require an "expansion chamber" style muffler(slip ins are a no go) and while we dont have a specific db rating for the water at least having that covered makes you legal even if the boat is still has a "nasty" note. The cross over style mufflers that seem very popular these days up here rob very little power and still let a healthy motor sound great without pissing off every second person on the water.
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I hate leaving anyone out!~ I have taken it out on Sylvan a few times for a quick launch , rip and retreat and have yet to get into an altercation ..just usually get the thumbs up ..or at least I think its a thumb 
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bender
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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| there was a guy last summer took his offshore typr racing boat out for a rip on sylvan lol not sure how fast but hear it was load anyway he got his boat impounded for awhile and a few fines ....being impounded was something to do with papers not being right |
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HOOLIGAN
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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| bender wrote: | | there was a guy last summer took his offshore typr racing boat out for a rip on sylvan lol not sure how fast but hear it was load anyway he got his boat impounded for awhile and a few fines ....being impounded was something to do with papers not being right |
LOL that would have been Timmy from Extreme hot oil in Hinton ..
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