a friend on lake erie was out on his boat hosting 4 friends on a pleasant evening, minding his own business, not drinking or violating 'rules of the road.' his boat had current numbers and a current 'year' decal. he was -stop-and-boarded by the local boat police who demanded 'boat registration, and positive proof of identification.' 3 then came aboard the boat and tore through his stuff for an hour, checking ' equipment.' he was cited for ' short 1 life jacket.' he defended himself in court. the judges of pennsylvania superior court threw out the police stop-and-board, saying it was a violation of someone's constitutional rights to be stopped by police for an hour unless police have previous evidence of a crime being committed. (4th amendment US constitution.) the case name is commonwealth v. karash.) what's been your experience with your boat police ?