[libstripper]

Truly a monstrous overreach because most boats in that category use planing hulls, not displacement hulls. For anything much over 20 feet the average boater with a planing hull needs to at least get up to about 20 miles an hour. I know, because I have a 24 foot boat that doesn't really operate well unless it's at about 30 mph. This insane, socialist proposal will devastate whole industries and much of the recreation industry on the East Coast without doing any good for anyone, including the whales.

[G Larry]

It is the government hands which need tying, NOT the citizens!

[17th Miss Regt]

This insane, socialist proposal will devastate whole industries and much of the recreation industry on the East Coast without doing any good for anyone, including the whales.

Biden administration: "OK, so what is your gripe?"

[JBW1949]

13 minutes late.....

[Fido969]

An “overreach”? How much should they have reached?

I hate that term. It says governement authoritariamism is fine, as long as you don’t “overreach”.

[rktman]

Silence is demanded. If you wish to hit whales, make sure they are left whales.

[bert]

A mortar mounted on fast boat can hit houses in Nantuckett

[ConservativeInPA]

Where do they get this crap? It’s a constant assault on freedom. In this case, I doubt there is a single normal American that has thought about regulating boat speed.

[Boogieman]

Well, let them try to enforce it. What are they going to do, post “speed traps” everywhere on the high seas?

[JSM_Liberty]

Tha author of this article is Douglas Kennedy; Bobby Kennedy’s son.

[SaxxonWoods]

They are going to get huge blowback on this one from a lot of wealthy people. Yachts aren’t worth as much if they have to travel that slowly.

[JustaTech]

I suggest experimenting with transducers mounted below the waterline, to broadcast orca noises to warn off the whales. If it works it could be commercially packaged as a relatively low-cost product.

A waterproof transducer with orca noises already programmed in, some wire, a switch and connection to electrical power, is all that’s needed.

[subterfuge]

Picking on Florida. Biden the bully.

[lastchance]

They don’t care. They want us destitute and dependent.

[Texas resident]

Next, regulation of small fishing boats.

For the children. or the whales or something stupid.

[wardamneagle]

Where's the data that shows whale strikes by boats are....how many? And who's reporting these whale strikes? The boat owners? This is total Bullsh*t....FJB

[Vaduz]

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.

[1FreeAmerican]

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!