Show Booting Bungling The boating fraternity must protect itself against the actions of well-meaning bureaucrats who take much of the pleasure out of the 1 sport through nautical warns an article in the current issue of Yachting AN editorial by Yachting editor Bill Robinson underlines the ridiculousness of having people unfamiliar with boats enforcing laws and adjudicating disputes and interpretations concerning these auxiliary brush racing informally with another received a ticket from a marine policeman because a member of the crew was on the windward rail with his feet over the says the Yachting AS anyone who has ever been on an auxiliary this is a normal and by boat was under sail and her auxiliary outboard was not in continues the the officer claimed that she was a power vessel because she was equipped with a motor and that she was breaking a state statute which prohibited persons on powerboats from sitting in this IN the judge agreed with the arresting officer and the owner was fined because was in effect operating a powerboat even though it was under sail at the The judge also ruled mat the practice could be continued in sanctioned but was a violation in all other LOGIC of this case is concludes the Yachting all who use the waters for pleasure should be horrified there should be enforcement officer in a. position of responsibility such an abysmal ignorance of standard and that this ignorance can be backed up by the constituted legal authorities of a |