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PWC Season Opener; Rules & Regs
ANNOUNCING THE START OF THE YEAR 2008 PWC HUNTING SEASON!
SPONSORED BY THE FRATERNAL AND BENEVOLENT ORDER OF THE PERSONAL WATERCRAFT HUNTING ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
SEASON DATES:
STARTS: SUNRISE, MEMORIAL DAY FRIDAY (May 23, 2008)
ENDS: SUNSET, LABOR DAY MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 1, 2008)
FOR THE OFFICIAL AND LEGAL HARVESTING OF PWC’S.
1. HARVESTING OF PWC’S FROM WITHIN A HUNTER VESSEL IS ONLY ALLOWED WHEN SAID VESSEL IS TIED TO A FIXED DOCK; AT ANCHOR; PULLED UP ONTO A BEACH; EITHER WHILST LAUNCHING OR RETRIEVING SAID HUNTER VESSEL AT A CERTIFIED BOATRAMP; WHILST TAKING ON FUEL AT A MINI-MART WHERE TRAILERED PWC’S ARE KNOWN TO FREQUENT AND CONGREGATE; OR WHEN ENGAGED IN ANY FISHING ACTIVITY AND/OR WHEN PROCEEDING TO, FROM OR ENGAGED IN ANY SAILING ACTIVITY INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SAILBOAT RACING.
2. IT WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL HUNTERS TO KEEP PERSONAL SCORE OF ALL PWC’S TAKEN DURING THE SEASON.
3. PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED AT THE SEASON’S CONCLUSION FOR THE MOST PWC’S TAKEN.
4. FOR THE MOST PWC’S TAKEN EACH MONTH, AND FOR THE LARGEST MEASURED HANDLEBARS TAKEN DURING THIS SEASON, ADDITIONAL SCORING POINTS WIL BE AWARDED FOR PWC’S TAKEN AS SHOWN BELOW.
A. PWC’S TAKEN AT HIGH SPEED IN CLEARLY MARKED “NO WAKE” ZONES.
B. PWC’S TAKEN AT ANY SPEED IN A CLEARLY MARKED “SWIMMING AREA.”
C. PWC’S TAKEN AT ANY SPEED AT THE WEATHER MARK AS A RESULT OF INTENTIONAL COLLISSION BY A SAILBOAT WHILE ENGAGED IN AN ORGANIZED SAILING REGATTA.
D. ADDITIONAL BONUS POINTS WILL BE AWARDED FOR PWC’S TAKEN ANYTIME AFTER DARK OR IN AREAS AND/OR CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONDITIONS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY REGARDLESS OF ANY STATED RULES.
5. ALL PARTICIPANTS SHOULD NOTE THAT, IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE UNSPORTSMAN-LIKE METHODS AND BEHAVIORS ARE EXHIBITED AND/OR UTILIZED IN THE TAKING OF PWC’S, THOSE PARTICIPANTS WILL BE AWARDED ADDITIONAL BONUS POINTS. HOWEVER, BONUS POINTS WIL NOT BE AWARDED FOR UNSPORTSMANLIKE METHODS AS NOTED BELOW:
A. RAPID JIBES FROM PORT TO STARBOARD AND RETURN WHEN PWC’S ARE WAKE-JUMPING WILL NOT BE ENCOURAGED.
B. HARVESTING OF PWC’S BY THE METHOD COMMONLY KNOWN AS “CLOTHES-LINING” WILL BE FROWNED UPON.
C. HARVESTING OF PWC’S BY THE METHOD COMMONLY KNOWN AS “CLOGGING” (WHICH IS THE SPRINKLING OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF 6” PIECES OF SHREADED POLYPROPOLENE LINE IN FRONT OF APPROACHING PWC’S) WILL NOT BE ENCOURAGED, BUT WILL NEITHER BE ENTIRELY PROHIBITED IF NO ONE ELSE SAW YOU DO IT.
D. DISPLAYING OF HARVESTED PWC’S ON TOP OR ON THE BOW OF YOUR BOAT, OR IN THE BACK OF TRUCKS, WILL BE RESTRICTED TO ONLY ONE DAY TO LESSEN THE TRAUMA AND RESULTANT SUBSEQUENT PERIODIC SCARCENESS OF OTHER PWC’S NOT YET HARVESTED.
6. NOTE: PWC HARVESTS SHOULD BE DISPOSED OF AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BY BURNING, SINKING OR CRUSHING, EVEN IF THE PWC IS STILL IN OPERATING CONDITION. HOWEVER, HANDLEBARS SHOULD ALWAYS BE SAWED-OFF AND KEPT FOR POST SEASON MEASUREMENT AND DETERMINATION OF THE WINNER(S), AND TO HANG UP OVER THE MANTLE PLACE. ADDITIONALLY, HARVESTERS WHO CHOOSE TO GUT AND CLEAN PWC’S AT THE LOCATION OF THEIR TAKING SHOULD EXERCISE ALL DUE CARE TO MINIMIZE OIL AND GAS SPILLAGES.
REMEMBER OUR MOTTO: “GET ‘EM ANY WAY YOU CAN!”
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