Great. More laws and rules to protect stupid people from themselves.

How are the Fish n Wildlife peeps gonna count fish with a Pfd on?

When squirt boating is out lawed, only outlaws will squirt.
Wait. That's almost how it is already.

Wow. No squirt boating in king county, eh?

But then again, isn't the squirt boat itself a "personal flotation device" ?

I'm outta here for a bit. I'd rather listen to the birds chirping alongside the river.

That sucks.

Many states require that you wear a pfd in canoes and kayaks, but make exceptions for race boats, exhibition boats, ect... Some Southeastern squirtboaters have copied and waterproofed these exceptions and carry it with them. I haven't heard any cases where this worked... but... :-)

On the Ocoee and Nantahala, squirtboaters have quite a reputation and rangers pay close attention to them.

I have a PFD modified such that I can pull the flotation out of it, as do many other squirtboaters. It may fool them from a distance, but if they are close or really look at you, it has an odd, flat appearance. If a ranger sees you and tries to "pull you over", might I suggest you fake a swim and try to dig out your flotation, stuff it back in your PFD, then blame your swim on said Ranger?

Where's all the good squirtin'?

hahaha that is pretty funny. I think this affects maybe 20-30 squirters here in King County... lol

Also just to clarify for those that might think this is no big deal, its not really. The first citation carries no monetary penalty. They issue the first one more like a written warning so you know the new ordinance and so if you are cited again they can enforce it with a monetary penalty. So is it a big deal? not for my pocket book but certainly for my squirt boating within king county.

The citation does not say any of that , just the county ordinance cited in the violations box and the phrase "No PFD - 1st Citation, Warning Issued" in the notes. What really has me intrigued is the fact that you can't swim in the river without a PFD. I love swimming in the river, I mean not out of my kayak but I like finding little holes and practicing my fish manuevers underwater.... Guess that ain't happening in the county anymore.

what about one of those CO2 inflateable PFD's?

No .. actually I was manuevering underwater around a rootwad when some of my long hair got tangled up in the roots. Luckily I was able to break off the branch and when i got to the surface I figured for safety sake I better cut the hair lest that happen again. Although I know guys that do put weights in the boat the problem is that it changes the way you move underwater. Ideally you don't want weights because they cause you to go off axis while you are working your magic. Imagine you were making a blended strawberry smoothy and while you were adding the berries someone tossed a rock in the blender... now you know what I am talking about here.

Have you ever considered running for an office Dave?

James,

That sucks! I was once the target of a coast guard when I was surfing the groins @ westport during a red flag day. They sent a cutter and a ground crew to reel me in since I was in a "boat", they left the surfers alone. I waited them out, the surf was really good but it points out that we are all unfortunately at the mercy of "THE MAN". I call it the price of admission to enjoy the magical places we get to explore. My advice would be to pay the ticket, probably would be much cheaper than fighting it. Just my 2 cents.

Thats it, I have had enough!!! From now on I'm Kayking naked, swimming naked, parking naked, fu*k these assholes, They can write me up for not wearning a PFD and not having a parking pass while I'm NAKED!!!!!! hahahahahahahhaa

I heard about this on the radio. Does anyone know if it extends beyond King county? My girlfriend and her friends are going to leavenworth this weekend and want to do the tubing section. Pretty lame to wear a life jacket on a tubing run.