FYI zero tolerance

[camp chef]

I have heard from a reliable source (friends who just returned) that the OPP has been busy in the Armstrong area enforcing what they call a zero tolerance policy with regard to beer in the boat. Check with your resort operators before assuming that a beer at shore lunch is no big deal.

[Freytown]

Yikes. What’s next in Ontario…prohibition? I can see operating a motorized craft while DUI, but nothing in the boat for a shore lunch. Must be 1920’s again. I love Quebec.

[Pikeslayer8]

Originally Posted by camp chef

I have heard from a reliable source (friends who just returned) that the OPP has been busy in the Armstrong area enforcing what they call a zero tolerance policy with regard to beer in the boat. Check with your resort operators before assuming that a beer at shore lunch is no big deal.

Chef,

When I was in Armstrong last fall, I saw the multi-million OPP station being built on the north part of town. There was an impressive looking chopper on the helipad right there in town.

Looks like quite the imposing force to battle this dreadful affliction.

[ranger22]

Good it's about time. For those of you that want a beer during shorelunch that's to bad. But I was fishing beside 4 a-holes that where drinking rye and cokes all day and could barely stand. There boat was powered by a 200 v-rod. How would you like having that coming at you at high speeds. Honestly if they die I don't care. But what if they take somebody with them. Now that would be terrible. When I seen the CO i told them and who knows from there.

[PRO-V1]

Keep in mind kids it's a motorized vehicle, it would be like having a cooler of beer
in the passenger seat of your truck.

Mike

Originally Posted by ranger22

Good it's about time. For those of you that want a beer during shorelunch that's to bad. But I was fishing beside 4 a-holes that where drinking rye and cokes all day and could barely stand. There boat was powered by a 200 v-rod. How would you like having that coming at you at high speeds. Honestly if they die I don't care. But what if they take somebody with them. Now that would be terrible. When I seen the CO i told them and who knows from there.

these guys are not talking about getting ripped they're talking about ONE beer with lunch. Is one beer at lunch too much of a temptation for you? Reason no. 25 why I don't fush Ontario anymore!

[nicko]

This is one topic I always love to watch. I for one, love the no beer policy. I come up to fish. You want a beer, stay home. No one ever has one. I can't count the number of times I've been buzzed by some idiot that's had a few and thinks he's now driving miss Budweiser.

I laugh when I hear how much beer people drink. Why come to Canada to spend the entire time in a stupor? Of course it's probably a normal state for some. Alcohol and motor vehicles don't mix. I don't care if it's one beer or 50. Most people have a hard enough time driving a boat sober.

If you can't fish without a beer, you have a problem. Normal people can wait to get to camp to have one.

Nick

[Bigstorm]

For those of you that say a boat is a motor vehicle, here's a question, can you legally drive a truck/car with beer inside it in Ontario (no open bottles/cans)?

If yes, then why cant you have some beer in a cooler in a boat if the alcohol is not open or the driver is not drunk?

[Jig A Lowe]

I guess the question is: What exactly is the law in Ontario regarding alcohol on a boat and under what circumstances? Is it legal to transport alcohol to a camp site on a boat? Is it legal to have an open container on a boat that has sleeping accommodations? I have frequently observed passengers on yachts/cruisers/houseboats drinking whicle going thru locks. Prior to this thread, I had heard that it was legal to transport non-opened alcohol to a shore lunch and to return with the empties? Is there an offical web site that spells out the law on these situations? Seems like there are a lot of different interpretations.

[v-bay gord]

Originally Posted by Jig A Lowe

I guess the question is: What exactly is the law in Ontario regarding alcohol on a boat and under what circumstances? Is it legal to transport alcohol to a camp site on a boat? Is it legal to have an open container on a boat that has sleeping accommodations? I have frequently observed passengers on yachts/cruisers/houseboats drinking whicle going thru locks. Prior to this thread, I had heard that it was legal to transport non-opened alcohol to a shore lunch and to return with the empties? Is there an offical web site that spells out the law on these situations? Seems like there are a lot of different interpretations.

I believe that a watercraft that has accomodations on board would qualify for allowing alchohol. Ontario's liquor laws were probably thought up back in the dark ages. You can't just wander around town drinking a beer...you must be doing it in a residence (which could be temporary, such as a camp site). This is where they get you regarding drinking a beer at shore lunch.....drinking in public, so to speak, is not legit. Interpretation seems to be another factor. I believe an unopened container (bottle, case of beer) can be legally transported in a motor vehicle. Believable in a car, but in a boat? Where are you taking it? Can't drink it on shore, not in the boat either.......therefor the interpretation is I will give you a fine. I suppose you could challenge the interpretation in court. Who has the time to do that while on a fishing trip. I suppose the strict interpretation is a result of abuses that have ended up killing people. Right , wrong? Seems to be the way it is. A conservation officer may let it slide, a police officer may not.