Inconsistency with some of the answers the above being one of them,were they past the sea bouy,etc.
This thread is floundering.
It's 2017, with all that money involved and the (affordable) technology we have, it's probably time to think about using video recorder or two per boat that starts blinking red once the boats leave the slip until they come back.
You would think that with the money at stake the competitors would insist on sealed cameras on every boat.
You would. It might cost $200 a boat and you could reuse them.
Expecting fishermen to tell the truth?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Thats rich!