Capt B convention/ No wake at #2

[itchin for fishin]

It seems that Capt B may have had a convention around Eagle Island today. Unbelievable some of the action. The best was the guy ignoring all markers on the #44 side of Eagle island and went through the rock garden. How he got through there without leaving outdrive hardware I'll never know.

On the other side at #2, it is time for the no wake zone here. How there hasn't been any accidents here stumps me. Heavy congestion with numerous long skinny boats cruising 45+. Why do we need for someone to get hurt or killed before the inevitable correction is made. This area is nothing short of dangerous.

[The Skipper]

I recall a time when the area between Eagle and Governors Island was a No Wake Zone. If memory serves me right it was like that for a few years and then went back to the way it is today.

How to relieve the congestion? Place more and better markers on the other side of Eagle.

[madrasahs]

Yesterday afternoon, Cap'n B went by towing a young lady on a tube (big three-story mush-boater flying an oversized red Marine Corps flag).

Nothing wrong there, but two Jet-Skis were jumping his wake 150-feet behind him (but just 75-feet from the little lady).

While the Jet-Skis may have "felt legal", they were endangering the "tubette". I would have ceased the wake, and continued at headway speed.

[DRH]

Yesterday afternoon, Cap'n B went by towing a young lady on a tube (big three-story mush-boater flying an oversized red Marine Corps flag).

Nothing wrong there, but two Jet-Skis were jumping his wake 150-feet behind him (but just 75-feet from the little lady).

While the Jet-Skis may have "felt legal", they were endangering the "tubette". I would have ceased the wake, and continued at headway speed.
Sounds like Cap'n B's siblings were operating those jet-skis. While jumping wakes may be fun, doing so is illegal in NH.

[Dave R]

How to relieve the congestion? Place more and better markers on the other side of Eagle.

Just replacing the broken black one on the north side would be a nice start. I hate going through there on weekends. Never fun, almost always dangerous. When coming from Center Harbor down to that area I almost always go through Sally's Gut to avoid the mess around Eagle Island. Going south/east from there, I typically go around the south side of Governer's Island.