I am on Hudson River at West Point and NYS Park police do "Safety Check" and ticket me for "No Distress Flag". I had several flares and orange smokers which classify as other aproved USCG visual distress euipment and tell officer that I have these,....but he does not care. So is a distress flag Mandatory on a 10'10" PWC? I usually ride on Lake Champlain and VDS are NOT required!! The nys parks boating guide page 60-62 says other equipment is OK
http://nysparks.state.ny.us/boating..._guide.pdf
should i fight this??
the real stupidity is ...I actually have this flag and thought I had left it in garage because PWC went in for service last week, but in fact I had moved it from front trunk to inside a bag in the rear trunk and since I haven't looked at since May I forgot where I had i