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With the amount of new boaters few arrests made for DUI. A total of this year. The Safety Kill Switch must
around Lake St. Clair, the St. Clair 108 tickets were written for No Wake be worn by the captain. This law ap-
Marine Sheriff would to like to share violations, the majority in the North plies to any motorized boat with 3 or
that the majority of 2021 season acci- and Middle Channels (see updated more HP and under 26’.
dents included mostly incidents due to warnings page 8.) No Wake citations 1. Do I need to keep the Engine
operator error - unable to control the were also issued in the Sni, Broad Cut, Cut-Off Switch Link attached at all
Wide Cut, Big Fisher, Snooks Hwy., times? No. The Engine Cut-Off Switch
Muscamoot Bay, Pine River, Black Link doesn’t need to be attached when
River, and the St. Clair River - well the vessel is idling or performing dock-
that about covers
every waterway!
Take a moment
to review our No
Wake Law page
8 to avoid a fu-
ture ticket and
Photo: NASBLA disruption in your
day. Marine Division,
Also important Marine Division, Macomb County Sheriff
St. Clair County Sheriff
boat in rough weather, or the inability for this season, Sergeant Martin Stoyan Sergeant Patrick Maceroni
to moore the boat properly causing the effective 4/1/21, a Lieutenant Tina M. Old
boat to float freely and collide with an- new federal law
other boat. began and the
As usual, tickets were still very high Coast Guard will The Marine Sheriffs’ Update
around the St. Clair Flats area with a be enforcing it

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