"Stubby" wrote in message
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john smith wrote:
MORRIS -- A local boater who repeatedly swerved in front of a floatplane
on Bantam Lake to prevent it from taking off was arrested on a warrant
Sunday, authorities said."
Remainder of story can be found he
http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc...923730.story?c
oll=hc-headlines-local
Could this be a relative of this group's "skylune"? ;-)

No medical, no license required.
Anyone can drive a boat.

But there are maritime right-of-way rules. Airplanes on the water must
obey these as well as boats. Seaplane bases are just like real airports
and are regulated by Federal law.

I used to fly on a river at 10AM on Saturday mornings. My only conclusion
is there are many drunks on their SkiDoos at that time. They even try to
become propellor-bait by trying to out run the plane or in some cases,
playing "chicken" with it. I haven't read about any accidents involving
these fools so we can't rely on Darwin to cull out the weak ones.

They have quite a few accidents. They make excellent organ donors as most
of their deaths are head injuries which leaves the rest of the typically
young body an excellent source for spare parts.