My family and I recently vacationed in VA. The resort we were staying at rented boats, so we rented a pontoon boat one afternoon. When the marina person (young male) was going over operation guidelines, he told us that VA law states that if a person is outside of the railing of the boat while the motor is running, you can be charged a $20,000 fine. (To give you a visual, basically you can't be on the back of the boat to fish while it's running.)
I am not that boat savvy, but my father is. He told the guy that we would be happy to respect their wishes that we stay within the metal railing, but that the law he was quoting is BS.
Has anyone ever heard of this law? I have done some preliminary searching for it, but can't find anything close. If there truly is no law, I would like to call the resort and complain.
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