400: Live aboard at anchor drinking?

[Mike OReilly]

Just a quick follow up, here's the quoted section from the Ontario law on alcohol consumption on boats. I believe all other provinces have similar legislation:

CONSUMING LIQUOR IN A BOAT,
ONTARIO LIQUOR LICENCE ACT REGULATION 718

Alcohol may be consumed on a boat...

Sec. 3 (7) ...with permanent sleeping accommodation and permanent cooking and sanitary facilities, other than a boat used to carry passengers for hire, is considered to be a private place while the boat is at anchor or is secured to the dock or land.

[Lodesman]

Originally Posted by rslifkin

Possibly, but it depends on what period of time you're talking about. If it's 2 or 3 drinks over the course of 4+ hours that's very different than 2 drinks in the first hour.

Exactly!
"Drink" also has a wide variety of connotations. A beer will usually take more time to enjoy, than a shot. On a hot afternoon, I typically prefer lower-alcohol choices such as a shandy or radler, as I find them more refreshing, and you can have a few without getting tipsy. Equally, one could enjoy a glass or two of wine during the course of a meal, without going over the line. This of course assumes one can enjoy a drink for its flavour and/or how it might enhance a meal, rather than just for the numbing effects.

[merrydolphin]

Originally Posted by Simi 60

Maybe you could have simply stumped up the coin for a better anchor , set an alarm and improved your anchoring skills.

Ha ha oh, that’s funny. A. At the time I had the “best anchor money could buy” a “genuine” CQR. There was nothing better back then. (And we know how well they work). And B. Set an alarm. What alarm. This was looooog before GPS, chart plotters or anything even close to this. And C. If my panicked wife couldn’t wake me, no little beep beep would.
However i did have a good sextant on board, the best navigation tool that there was then too. It would have done be about as much good.
Or, wait, what a concept……..not drink so damn muchl! Haha.

[merrydolphin]

Originally Posted by IolantheSF

Read up on Russell Perdock and Bismarck Dinius. The deputy deliberately rammed an anchored sailboat at high speed, murdered a woman, then charged the bystander who was sitting in the cockpit having a beer for it and ruined his life. A messy case with plenty of reporting in Latitude 38.

You know, I remember that case in Latitude. Pretty screwy for sure. One of those “blue line “ things.