Bryant's I/O Surfable Boat

Originally Posted by jtech

Can't wait for the local Sheriff to have a field day with this one. Legal distance or not, we all know they will ignore the facts and come up with some BS reason to hassle you about surfing behind and I/O.

Other than that, it will probably cost $50-60k which at that point most buyers will buy an inboard.

How exactly does the local sheriff know if you are surfing behind a V-drive or an IO right now inthe world?

Originally Posted by wakebordr11

How exactly does the local sheriff know if you are surfing behind a V-drive or an IO right now inthe world?

When he see's you put it in the water at the dock. Trust me, they might not know everything but some of them (the ones on my lake) do. He is my neighbor and patrols 3-4 days a week and is very in tune with the in's and outs of boats and safety.

Off topic: My buddy got a $500 ticket for not slowing down in a normal channel (not a no-wake zone) when the Sheriff insisted with "hand signals" and yelling at him to slow down. No lights on the Sheriff boat, no signs, no on the water incidents. Buddy calls the County clerk to find out when he can request a hearing. The clerk said the Sheriff never turned in the ticket to them to process. Ticket dropped. Just another example of them over reaching for no reason which I would suspect them to do in this case, legal or not.

Originally Posted by jtech

When he see's you put it in the water at the dock. Trust me, they might not know everything but some of them (the ones on my lake) do. He is my neighbor and patrols 3-4 days a week and is very in tune with the in's and outs of boats and safety.

Off topic: My buddy got a $500 ticket for not slowing down in a normal channel (not a no-wake zone) when the Sheriff insisted with "hand signals" and yelling at him to slow down. No lights on the Sheriff boat, no signs, no on the water incidents. Buddy calls the County clerk to find out when he can request a hearing. The clerk said the Sheriff never turned in the ticket to them to process. Ticket dropped. Just another example of them over reaching for no reason which I would suspect them to do in this case, legal or not.

So I will now counter with:

Show me the law that states it is illegal to surf behind an I/O. I feel like you might be trolling me, but I digress.

If your overreaching alleged sheriff neighbor, which makes me question your judgement in not befriending this guy since you see him so often, has a problem with surfing any boat, it isn't due to it being an I/O or due to the persons relative distance to the prop. It's carbon monoxide risk/fears and teak surfing that is illegal and hence why surfers in certain areas get hassled, type of boat has nothing to do with it. Yet I am interested to see these laws.

On a strictly personal level, the wild platform this thing has, I would be okay surfing behind it without fear. I've never had a body part so much as go under the teak platform while surfing, and if I am riding with the nose of the board touching the platform, I am likely closer to the prop than you would riding behind this boat.

Intrigued. If these are priced competitively and additional makers enter the market with additional innovations and technology to closely mimic wakeboat performance, we may be able to see less ridiculous jet boats and potentially see more competitive wakeboat prices if the competition is stiff enough - one can dream anyway, but competition is always a good thing.

Originally Posted by wakebordr11

So I will now counter with:

Show me the law that states it is illegal to surf behind an I/O. I feel like you might be trolling me, but I digress.

If your overreaching alleged sheriff neighbor, which makes me question your judgement in not befriending this guy since you see him so often, has a problem with surfing any boat, it isn't due to it being an I/O or due to the persons relative distance to the prop. It's carbon monoxide risk/fears and teak surfing that is illegal and hence why surfers in certain areas get hassled, type of boat has nothing to do with it. Yet I am interested to see these laws.

On a strictly personal level, the wild platform this thing has, I would be okay surfing behind it without fear. I've never had a body part so much as go under the teak platform while surfing, and if I am riding with the nose of the board touching the platform, I am likely closer to the prop than you would riding behind this boat.

Intrigued. If these are priced competitively and additional makers enter the market with additional innovations and technology to closely mimic wakeboat performance, we may be able to see less ridiculous jet boats and potentially see more competitive wakeboat prices if the competition is stiff enough - one can dream anyway, but competition is always a good thing.

No trolling here my friend. And my neighbor is not the problem, it's his fellow officers that tend to blow things out of proportion on occasion. My point being that like my other neighbor, you can be minding your own business, following the law as it is and they will, at times try to dig up stuff to stick on you. I could be guilty of stirring the pot in this case, but I have read the threads years ago about them thinking that surfing was teak surfing and writing tickets. Eventually it all works it's way out in Court, the Sheriff gets some education and the fine gets dropped but who wants to deal with that when all we want to do is enjoy our limited time on the water?

I also attached a Google maps pic of my "alleged" Sheriff neighbor. His name is Duane and he is a great guy.