Joe: Where did you hear about this? I just talked to Sgt.Haines, Jeffco Sheriff's Dept., and he said there was one 12 ft Smokercraft cited by their marine patrol for no PFDs, but he said they are not checking float tubes! Like the Coast Guard, they're still not considering tube-type craft "a boat," yet.
I guess it's no big problem to let the rumor go, as it's not a bad idea to have a PFD and whistle (I usually do), but who's fibbing here?? If there's a real news story here, I'll get it into the papers, but... I'd need a witness or two.