Originally Posted by
markmac60
This is a subject near and dear to my heart, since I like my beer. I fish Cumberland Lake in SE Kentucky most of the time. On 'lakecumberland.com', the following four paragraphs are listed specific to drinking alcohol. I know it's not an official law enforcement website, but I can't imagine they provide inaccurate info on such a serious subject:
The only "bars" on Lake Cumberland are found in several Burnside restaurants. The only one of these actually "on" Lake Cumberland is Harbor Restaurant at Lee's Ford Resort Marina, though all of Burnside's restaurants are very near the lake.
All of Lake Cumberland is considered a public place. If you are outside the cabin of\
[your boat drinking beer out of a labeled container, it is no different that sitting on the side of the road drinking beer or walking down the sidewalk drinking one, and that will get you in trouble in both wet and dry counties in Kentucky.
When you are inside the cabin of your boat, you are out of public view and can legally consume all you want as long as the driver isn't drinking or under the influence.
If you remain inside the cabin of your boat while intoxicated, you are not in a public place anymore than you would be in a rented motel room and are therefore NOT subject to arrest. Kentucky law says you must be "manifestly under the influence" in a public place to be subject to arrest.