It looks like the water police will be getting some new boats to crack down on hoons etc
They seem to have caught numerous people recently.
POLICE have issued nearly 3000 penalty notices to people doing the wrong thing on Victorian waterways in the past six months.
I'm sure these boats will pay for themselves quickly just with wave runners http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victor ... 9b2ef814e2
I know there old boats which looked a lot lighter and smaller had twin 350hp giant engines. I've seen them chase someone down. Didn't have a chance to get away.
They should have some smaller boats on patrol as well. Ie. 24ft. to blend it better. the police boats stand out too much and you can spot them in the distance easily. if you were doing something wrong you have time to react. I've seen this first hand when there were 30+ plus boats fishing 2 distinct areas around Point cook. You can see the police boat in the distance checking other boats. A lot of boats packed up and moved because they were spotted 600m away.
vicyak wrote:I know there old boats which looked a lot lighter and smaller had twin 350hp giant engines. I've seen them chase someone down. Didn't have a chance to get away.
They should have some smaller boats on patrol as well. Ie. 24ft. to blend it better. the police boats stand out too much and you can spot them in the distance easily. if you were doing something wrong you have time to react. I've seen this first hand when there were 30+ plus boats fishing 2 distinct areas around Point cook. You can see the police boat in the distance checking other boats. A lot of boats packed up and moved because they were spotted 600m away.
Not me of course. I'm all legit.
There's a bass strait boats offshore 24 docked at Hastings on a semi permanent basis for the last upteen years and engine changes. Other than the rubber on the sides, to anyone else it looks just like a normal bsb 24 from over 1km away
Edit: and they have a Haines 600R that's virtually unmarked. They have a range of boats
