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09/14/2017 08:08AM
"Safety Equipment Requirements
Boats licensed or registered in a country other than Canada
Foreign boats (those that are licensed or registered in a country other than
Canada) need to comply with the equipment requirements of the country in
which the boat is usually kept."
" *If everyone on board is wearing a lifejacket or a PFD of appropriate size, you are only required to carry :
. 1) a sound-signalling device; and
. 2) a watertight flashlight if the boat is used after sunset or before sunrise or in periods of restricted visibility."
From Transport Canada Safe Boating Guide
butthead
Boats licensed or registered in a country other than Canada
Foreign boats (those that are licensed or registered in a country other than
Canada) need to comply with the equipment requirements of the country in
which the boat is usually kept."
" *If everyone on board is wearing a lifejacket or a PFD of appropriate size, you are only required to carry :
. 1) a sound-signalling device; and
. 2) a watertight flashlight if the boat is used after sunset or before sunrise or in periods of restricted visibility."
From Transport Canada Safe Boating Guide
butthead
"never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups" George Carlin
09/20/2017 08:35PM
That may be the actual rule but outfitters in Atikokan are saying folks have still been ticketed. (maybe by officers not knowing the rule?) Got one online for 30-40 bucks. Better safe than sorry. --Goose
Soloing is sweet, but a good partner is "priceless."
09/21/2017 12:42PM
quote OldGreyGoose: "That may be the actual rule but outfitters in Atikokan are saying folks have still been ticketed. (maybe by officers not knowing the rule?) Got one online for 30-40 bucks. Better safe than sorry. --Goose"
A point of clarification, please. Are the outfitters saying that Canadians are being ticketed for not having a throwbag, or are those with non-Canadian canoes being ticketed? The law does differentiate between the two categories.
"Said one of these men, long past seventy years of age: 'I could carry, paddle, walk and sing with any man I ever saw. I have been twenty-four years a canoe man, and forty-one years in service; no portage was ever too long for me. Fifty songs could I sing. I have saved the lives of ten voyageurs. Have had twelve wives and six running dogs. I spent all my money in pleasure. Were I young again, I should spend my life the same way over. There is no life so happy as a voyageur's life!'"
09/21/2017 10:09PM
quote OldGreyGoose: "That may be the actual rule but outfitters in Atikokan are saying folks have still been ticketed. (maybe by officers not knowing the rule?) Got one online for 30-40 bucks. Better safe than sorry. --Goose"
Just print off the rules on a piece of paper and keep it with ya. A lot lighter than the useless junk they require.
I wonder if those ticketed were Americans in Canadian canoes? An outfitter canoe would be required to follow the rules.
Anecdotally I've been stopped 3x in the Q and never had an issue and I just have life jackets as MN law requires.
T
09/22/2017 07:44PM
Also, I believe it says that people from other jurisdictions wearing life jackets are not rquired to have a throw bag. Implying that if you wish to carry your life jacket on the floor of your boat you need to have one?
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