She Got a DUI... on a Kayak?!

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]I'm drunk as a skunk. That's exactly what 38-year-old Katie told Marine police right before her arrest in Florida. She's spotted paddling completely backward in a dangerously busy channel. Holding a beer, no life jacket. The officer immediately pulls her aboard. He initiates seated field sobriety tests. Notice the tactical move here. Marine officers use seated tests because asking a suspect to stand on a rocking boat would easily invalidate the test in court. Katie fails miserably, and legally that matters. A kayak is considered a water vessel, meaning boating under the influence carries the exact same penalties as a standard DUI.

[00:00:36]Placed in handcuffs, she argues at the station that she wasn't actually driving, but the law doesn't care and she's hauled off the jail. Should kayaking drunk carry the exact same penalty as driving a car? Let me know below.