FCT safe or legal to sit on?

[SkiTundra]

Coming up in a few weeks is our annual governors fishing opener and I've been asked to carry a couple of AP photogs around for a couple of days in our 211. I expect one of the first thing they'll want to do is sit up on the tower and I'd bet one of them will want to stand on it.

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[Onevw2go]

RE: FCT safe or legal to sit on?

I am sure others will disagree, but I see the pros routinly shoot video and stills from the top of a tower. I personally use mine as a diving platform when we are parked and swimming and stuff. I dont see the harm in it.

[BrennanK]

It wont harm the tower I can tell you that. If you are not moving or just "trolling" I wouldn't have a problem with them sitting on it. Standing might be a bit much if a wave or something comes in you cant slid off it as if you were sitting in it but instead you would fall and that might be a law suit.
As far a legality, as long as the boat is not in motion I don't think you will get to much fuss and if you do it will be a simple please get off. No worries.

[AuMDLST]

Legally - No way, that is an easy if not given ticket (at least in Florida).
Safe? - That would be up to the person getting up there (I have done it several times - pics look good with view over the rope rather than under)

[WakeSlayer]

We take surfing pics from the tower occasionally. It is safe at 10mph, probably not any faster.

We also use ours as a diving platform.

[MyWakeIsBigger]

We sit on our tower all the time.. We once had 4 kids sitting on the tower for some fireworks. A buddy of mine when he bought his boat he had some gator grip on top.

[gride300]

i don't do it anymore but i used to do flips off my tower all the time, and it's fun on late night booze cruises to sit up there, but anything faster than idle is very unsafe.

[WakeSlayer]

I do have tread strips on mine.