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Name:	Spot Remover -	Reply
Subject:	Mav. I read your thread
Date:	4/29/2009 4:24:24 PM

So this is to one individual (I just hope this adult (?) reads this.)
It is not a good idea going 2/3 throttle in a pontoon with a 6 or 7 year old boy on his knees on the front of the boat looking under the boat to watch the water pass by the pontoons.
With the good weather, come idiots.
Is it possible for me to make a citizens arrest?

Name:	BigFoot -	Reply
Subject:	Mav. I read your thread
Date:	4/29/2009 9:19:53 PM

..not sure about the citizens arrest but I am sure it must be illegal for ANY rider on a pontoon to be on the front OUTSIDE
the rail. I have seen this many times..for example where a child would be riding on the front with their feet dangling down into the water...if they fall into the water while the pontoon boat is underway, the child (adult, anybody) would be immediately channelled into the prop....I cannot imagine that anybody would be so stupid as to allow this...but it does happen and all too frequently!

Name:	BigFoot -	Reply
Subject:	Mav. I read your thread
Date:	4/29/2009 9:23:27 PM

..sorry about that URL entry in my previous post...accident

Name:	roswellric -	Reply
Subject:	Big?
Date:	4/29/2009 9:36:52 PM

Are you talking to yourself?

Name:	BigFoot -	Reply
Subject:	Big?
Date:	4/30/2009 8:56:09 AM

I guess so, rr....I'm such a good listener, why let it go to waste?

Name:	lovethelake -	Reply
Subject:	Mav. I read your thread
Date:	4/30/2009 10:28:28 AM

I'm called the "Boat Nazi" because I won't let anyone hang their limbs from anywhere, and I make everyone sit appropriately in my boat.
In a 25 foot pontoon boat @5mph you have less than three seconds to completely stop the boat if anyone falls underneath the front. At 10mph <1.5 seconds, and at 20mph less than 3/4 sec. Not Safe at ANY Speed (Wasn't that a book?)

Name:	Sandy Tiger -	Reply
Subject:	Mav. I read your thread
Date:	4/30/2009 10:32:27 AM

Now Don't misunderstand...I agree with all of you BUT I don't think I've ever heard of that happening in the 30 years I've been on the lake.

Name:	Spot Remover -	Reply
Subject:	Mav. I read your thread
Date:	5/1/2009 12:39:39 PM

Geez, what a reply!

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