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I have a 99' MAX II with an electric outboard motor, I live in New York on the coast.. I registered this Max as a boat & have all my stickers & numbers on the side.. I have a trailer with a launching permit so i am able to launch from a local marina ramp into the river which is almost always calm.. I used the Max this past weekend & came ashore at a small unmotorized craft launching beach on the bank of the river.. I was approached by 2 very irate hippys claiming that the 6x6 is ruining the ecosystem & is illegal to use along the waters edge.. Now as far as i know, the federal guideline for where "land" actually begins is the high tide mark.. Im operating in salt water.. I theoretically should be able to drive the Max along the entire coast if i stay at or below the high tide mark.. As i explained this to the hippys (whom waved me to come ashore to stall me so the cops could arrive), a cop came zipping in on a 911 call of someone with an ATV tearing up the marshlands.. Now my question is, as long as my wheels are in water below the high tide mark & i am registered as a boat, am i still legal in New York state? I do like to come ashore from time to time, albiet maybe the county park was not a good idea to land, but if i come up on a parcel of marshland, does it have to be posted as a preserve to advise me? there are no signs anywhere.. the Hippy insists the DEC can take the Max & give me $10,000 fines.. Now if i come ashore on unposted assumedly unprotected marshland?? - The fact that these 6x6's can traverse land to water & vice versa makes the current laws hard to interpret... The hippy said i cant ride along the waterline of the marshes either, well that is the high tide mark.. The cop told me i couldnt be in parklands with the machine & made me exit via water, now this i understand.. What are some folks input on this??, i am very curious as i do want to stay within the bounds of proper use to the best of my ability..
I have a 99' MAX II with an electric outboard motor, I live in New York on the coast.. I registered this Max as a boat & have all my stickers & numbers on the side.. I have a trailer with a launching permit so i am able to launch from a local marina ramp into the river which is almost always calm.. I used the Max this past weekend & came ashore at a small unmotorized craft launching beach on the bank of the river.. I was approached by 2 very irate hippys claiming that the 6x6 is ruining the ecosystem & is illegal to use along the waters edge.. Now as far as i know, the federal guideline for where "land" actually begins is the high tide mark.. Im operating in salt water.. I theoretically should be able to drive the Max along the entire coast if i stay at or below the high tide mark.. As i explained this to the hippys (whom waved me to come ashore to stall me so the cops could arrive), a cop came zipping in on a 911 call of someone with an ATV tearing up the marshlands.. Now my question is, as long as my wheels are in water below the high tide mark & i am registered as a boat, am i still legal in New York state? I do like to come ashore from time to time, albiet maybe the county park was not a good idea to land, but if i come up on a parcel of marshland, does it have to be posted as a preserve to advise me? there are no signs anywhere.. the Hippy insists the DEC can take the Max & give me $10,000 fines.. Now if i come ashore on unposted assumedly unprotected marshland?? - The fact that these 6x6's can traverse land to water & vice versa makes the current laws hard to interpret... The hippy said i cant ride along the waterline of the marshes either, well that is the high tide mark.. The cop told me i couldnt be in parklands with the machine & made me exit via water, now this i understand.. What are some folks input on this??, i am very curious as i do want to stay within the bounds of proper use to the best of my ability..
I live in Mass. and I carry a high powered paintball gun for situations like these. Hippies hate being shot repeatedly with a paintball gun.
I bet you would be hugging that tree when a black bear or wolf is after you! lol Thank god for non tree huggers who hunt and help control the population.
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