Unhooked3d, I must admit when I read your post I was a bit dubious and thought 'No that cant be right . . . can it' ?

So I went searching and I reckon you're 100% spot on the money . . . .

Page 16 of Dept of Transport Recreational Skippers Ticket Workbook

www.transport.wa.gov.au/mediaFiles/marine/MAC_P_RST_Workbook.pdf

Alcohol and drugs

It is a legal obligation that no person shall navigate or attempt to navigate a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Alcohol is absorbed quickly into the blood and travels rapidly to all parts of the body. It affects your brain???s ability to make judgments and process information. It also impairs your consciousness and vision. The effect of alcohol may cause you to take more risks than you would normally. Remember, alcohol slows down your reaction time to marine hazards.

Well Whhoooppppeeeee EFFing Do, "It's a legal obligation" but I don't know, I cant find what the "legal obligation" is anywhere?
Do any of the more experienced boaties know more?

I'm fairly sure it's the same in NT as well. People'd drink out in there boat all day, the police couldn't do anything while they're were out there so would set up booze buses near a boat ramp and get people as they drove away.

slammin said...
Don't know about WA but the NT has been done to death many times. You are operating a vehicle and can be done DUI. Same as operating a bicycle or any other vehicle in a public area. Just read the 5min's silence (NT News) if it's not a croc story then it's some idiot DUI'ed on a motorised scooter who should be dead they have such a skinfull. FWIW Cop's love breathalysing people in their boats at the ramps, they don't need them to drive away. The problem the NT has is that it is such a huge area who knows whats going on away from the "habitated" areas.

Vehicle yes boat no. Not on road.

what if you were powering your boat down the road pissed? (well trying to anyway i guess).