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On Sunday afternoon I was pulled over by the USCG Auxilliary unit while pulling a surfer who was line-riding. They gave me a warning saying that what we were doing was illegal. I asked them what they thought we were doing, and they said teak surfing, and proceeded to explain that by stating that teak surfing was surfing the wave off the back of the boat. The threat was made that they would just warn us, but if the Sheriff saw, then we would be getting a large ticket.
I proceeded to explain that what we were doing was MUCH different from teak surfing, and that there are no laws against wakesurfing.
Unfortunately, it was like talking to a wall. They said do you know how much carbon monoxide is coming off the boat, right there, to which i said, yes, and the levels are acceptable when the rider is not down on the platform. They said that this wasn't true and that our rider (who was wearing a life vest) was going to die if we kept doing this.
Finally, they said that this was a ticketable offense in the boating safety code. I asked to see the section that specifically mentiones wakesurfing, and they said that they didn't have a copy of the law on their boat.
How do we get people to understand?
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