Just for perspective I was curious about the statement that there are only a couple of square miles that are more than a mile from the shore. I was a bit surprised to see that this is actually a true statement.
Out of curiosity I ran the calculation with only 17 boat spacings from shore. 17 boats could pass in a half mile and I wanted to see how much this would change the two square mile statistic.
The attached drawing shows that it has a rather large impact if you count the square miles that are a half mile from shore. I estimate about 12+/- square miles. I have also included the length of two 5 minute rides at 60 miles per hour to show how big the lake can be.
It is fortunate that we are blessed to have a lake with so many areas that are not ideal to fast boats and still have such open areas where fast boats can roam. Both sharing the lake.
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