wstultz

Any word yet from the boys that went to Austin? Did they survive?

jeff1000man

Creedo called last night after he dropped his boat off. Said they had a blast. Rained a lot, but then it didn't. Generator and A/C kickin all weekend and lots of boozin and fun. Sid they stayed on the boat all weekend.

Saw Staley at Papas yesterday, so I guess those guys made it back too.

Havn't heard from anyone else yet.

jeff1000man

Presidential decree.

All VHF traffic undergone by the BS thread, club 105 and TMR marine must be conducted on channel 27.

For reference the #2 on your keypad is the letter"B" and the #7 on your keypad is the laetter "S". Thus making this the official "BS" channel.

Thanks, Management.

tomtbone1993

BWI crackdown looking successful

By Lucretia Cardenas
Updated: 05.25.09
Based on the numbers so far this Memorial Day weekend, Montgomery County’s law enforcers are optimistic that residents are getting the message – if you drink and operate a vehicle or boat, you will be arrested and prosecuted.

As of 5 p.m. Sunday, law enforcement made 28 driving while intoxicated arrests and five boating while intoxicated arrests over the weekend, Montgomery County Assistant District Attorney Warren Diepraam said. Last year, for the entire weekend, 51 people were arrested for DWIs and two for BWIs.

Of the people arrested, only seven refused a breathalyzer test and required a search warrant to draw blood.

“This means we only had a 20 percent refusal rate which is significantly lower than the normal 50 percent,” Diepraam said.

The lowest blood alcohol level recorded from the arrested was 0.087and the highest was 0.19, he said.

Law enforcement is also impressed to see few accidents on the roads and even fewer on Lake Conroe. None of the accidents that occurred Saturday or Sunday resulted in any serious injuries, Diepraam said.

“The police officers working the area say it’s slower than normal,” he said. “Maybe it’s the weather or maybe the message is getting out.”

The Montgomery County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office is seeing “a lot less traffic” on Lake Conroe, said Lt. Bryan Dubose. He said no boating accidents had occurred so far this weekend, something he couldn’t say this time a year ago.

“A lot of people knew this was coming,” Dubose said. “We had one boater tell us he hired a designated driver. That’s a new one for us.”

While some people don’t like the new enforcement, the majority of the boaters and Lake Conroe area residents are thankful for the protection, Dubose said.

“For every one person who has something bad to say, we have five people saying something good,” Dubose said.

This is the first year a multi-jurisdictional law enforcement effort is cracking down on BWIs. In the past, law enforcement focused on just “no refusals” for DWIs during holiday weekends. The task-force includes the Pct. 1 Constable’s Office, the Conroe Police Department, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Parks and Wildlife and the Houston Police Department.

Several Montgomery County judges are volunteering their time to serve blood withdrawal search warrants and the District Attorney’s office has prosecutors ready to draw up the warrants

kfvintx

Yep, it was a success. Got pulled over by one on Saturday for no reason other than to check for life jackets... just cruising around about 35 mph enjoying the day. Two other bow riders (one going faster than me), a wakeboard and a pontoon boat in immeadite area and they came straight to me. They never even took it out of gear going by asking to see the jackets. I think once they say two little kids and pregnant wife they knew we weren't the party boat but needed to check something.

jeff1000man

I saw them mainly harrasing pontoon boats and ski boats with way to many people. Rode aound all 3 days and never even had them look twice. Had 12 people on board sunday.

Didn't hear of anyone in the club being pulled over and there were quite a few guys up to their usuall shenanigans.

They can't really pull you gusy over if you actually on plane and moving, you can always bump up the sticks a little and act like you never saw them.

wstultz

We went for a booze cruise around 7:30 and NO ONE was out. It was like everyone disappered after 7:00. We threw anchor at the island and floated for a few minutes.

jeff1000man

The booze cruiser was still out and about, but speedily heading for an offload.

You should have checked in.

spk1

What kind of shenanigans do you mean??
Like thiiisss???

boatman22

[QUOTEWhile some people don’t like the new enforcement, the majority of the boaters and Lake Conroe area residents are thankful for the protection, Dubose said.[/QUOTE]

I would like to know who the h*ll they talked to...BLOWBOATERS...I did not see any Bird and Turtle guys pulling over ANY fishing or bass boats...you would think that would be job #1 to protect the wildlife and not f*ck asking for life-jackets...I would like to find a lawyer for get together a class action lawsuit for harassment......