sentences:  It was a headline from the Armadale City News and it related to the local maritime restrictions that were being put in place.Once you're stuck with a name you can't really do anything about it.Since their formation, New Rules for Boats have managed to reach the finals of the Western Australian Music's "The Next Big Thing 2004" (with previous winners including John Butler, Fourth Floor Collapse and Snowman), be nominated for various WAMi awards for 'Best Country Act', released their debut EP, "All At Sea", and performed with international acts such as Ben Kweller, Kathleen Edwards, the Mountain Goats and Electrelane, as well as Australian stalwarts Machine Translations, The Grates, The Panics, Eskimo Joe, Little Birdy, Dave McCormack and 78 Saab.The band has toured nationally with Bob Evans & The Panda Band and their songs have been played on stations such as Triple J, RTRFM (Perth) & FBi (Sydney), 96fm (Perth), Edge Radio (Hobart), 3RRR (Melbourne), 4ZZZ (Brisbane) and 2SER (Sydney).