Posted on 12/15/2022 11:30:18 AM PST by libstripper
"This would be the greatest regulatory overreach in American maritime law" – that’s how Frank Hugelmeyer describes a proposal by the Biden administration to limit the speed of all motorboats over 35 feet from Florida to Massachusetts. "Not only are they creating a serious safety issue, they are creating a massive negative economic impact."
Hugelmeyer is president of the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA), and he is just one of a growing number of voices expressing outrage over the proposal put forward by the U.S. Commerce Department under the auspices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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They don’t care. They want us destitute and dependent.
Facts have nothing to do with legislation! They just get in the way.
Wealthy people who include many of their big donors.
Next, regulation of small fishing boats.
For the children. or the whales or something stupid.
I wondered what the Biden administration stooge crew at before the went to bed very spicy chili it’s the only reason the can come up with such stupid ideas.
You hit a whale at high speed and the bottom will be split wide open.
That’s nothing. Here in Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer said we couldn’t boat with others unless we were related and cohabitation partners during COVID.
I see what you did there... HAHA!
GPS Trackers will be required.
Actually none in FL.
Link to proposed map - shows existing and new proposed.
BIL is in NC and fishes almost weekly out of Hatteras - owns a 42’ Bertram.
I asked him about this and I might as well have lit up a stick of dynamite - with no fuse!
>>No, it’s a voluntary installation
AIS is not voluntary for most commercial ships. See the U.S.C.G. regulations below
https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/ais-requirements
Gretchen Whitmer is full on crazy she proves it with her actions.
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