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Is it me or are people crazy? Or just stupid?
Over the last few weekends boating on the lake, I've been horrified to see some of the place people choose to pull their kids on tubes! Last weekend we saw a few boats pulling small children on tubes through the choke point near FL44 REALLY? Is it me? Or is this just flat out crazy? There is no way this is a safe practice. I cringe at some of the place I see people doing this?
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Just a guess... I bet most of those boaters were tourists or first timers to the area. It is certainly understand that at 1st timer would not fully understand the magnitude of this particular lake. It is massive.
This makes me wonder... do the local rental companies even warn about or suggest area's for tubing/skiing/rafting? Or even warn of the dangers? |
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LMAO
I think he just called Rattletrap a ROOKIE !! (which of course he is -- all due respect) OH crud -- just noticed I crossed over 1200 posts -- gotta get a life ! .
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Lol!!
How many seasons is it going to take till I'm at least a "Junior"
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I have testimony too numerous to list on antics of gross stupidity and this is just at the launch ramps!! I'll be on a valet or slip list very soon... |
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No longer a "Junior"?
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Let's help Rattletrap with some answers to the question "When am I'm at least a Junior?" Not too snide now. For example, You get promoted when: You start sneaking out of work Wednesday noon for the week end and you're not calling it "vacation days". Last edited by Descant; 07-07-2016 at 02:55 PM. Reason: Error matching response to words in quote |
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vacation days? HELL NO!! That's what "sick days" are for............
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So in the end --- still a "Rookie" till he shuts the GPS off and makes it all around by chart & compass. : Double Crud - post #1203....... Definitely need a new hobby .
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Not only stupid, just plain asses. I lost count off how many cabin cruisers passed at 50 to 80 ft at 40mph. I just wave and say thank you. Like Bmers and Volkswagons have the reputation on the road, I'm starting to see a pattern with boats.
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You should always use caution but the 150' rule is a joke. Try going thru Boston harbour, they get 20' from you.
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The 150' rule is a law only in NH. Not Boston Harbor or anyplace else, as far as boat to boat passage is concerned.
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I know. If there's no room or getting pinched by others it's expected, But generally there's no effort. They know they throw a big ass wake. Just as I stay clear of smaller vessels, It's just courteous, which I really don't expect.
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You are a rookie when
You launch your boat. A number of people are trying to launch their boat yet you hold the launch ramp up by getting the water tube in the water and putting the kids in. Then proceed to plane away from the launch ramp with kids in tow.
You decide to tow the tube with kids in tow through, Weirs Channel, Eagle Island no wake zone, Governors Island bridge, Sally's Gut, Long Island bridge, Hole in the wall, any and all no wake zones with heavy traffic. You launch your boat at Irwin Marine. You leave the launch at planning speed and continue on the wrong side of the buoy and leave you outdrive in the rocks. I can go on. I've seen them all! And one wonders why I don't enjoy the weekends on the lake. I don't!
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Is it me or are people crazy? Or just stupid?
My dock mate was coming into Smith Cove (Fays Boat Yard) following a bowrider that was pulling a tube with two kids on it. The kids fell off mid channel, the bowrider stopped and traffic in both directions came to a stop. Talk about stupid!
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Stupid is; when I was pumping gas at a dock on the lake back in the 80's and some out of stater asks me " when does the tide go out"
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My husband is one of those idiots!!!!
My husband and I are new to the Lake, we have a place on Mirror Lake but in September we upgraded to the big lake. The first thing I did was get a Bizer map, the 2nd thing I did was call a friend to have us give us a lesson in boating. Well my husband is now an "expert of the lake" he has never even looked at or read the Bizer. Yesterday we went out on a boat trip and I almost jumped out in fear for my life!!!! We live in Ambrose Cove and I have down to Wolfeboro down pretty good but follow the map like a BIBLE!!!
He's driving and he says to me "Ohhh I learned that you can go on either side of these buoys, I saw a bunch of huge boats doing it yesterday" Than we are coming up on some sailboats and I warn him they may have the right away if under sail so watch out... he barks "well how the hell am I supposed to get by???" Another point when I tell him to slow down so I can find look for a marker he says you cant just slow down!!! At this point I start screaming at him about what an idiot he is and he should have taken the proper boating exam and actually learn about the lake. I try to explain the markers and South/West .. North East and it's just not making sense to him because he "saw other huge boats doing it" I said bring me back to shore you are a danger to others!!! I love him dearly but some people have no interest in actually studying a map, they think they will learn while doing, that's a great idea but not on a lake with a piece of machine that could kill or harm others. |
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He'll do fine, until he hits a rock or has another issue. I hope his insurance is paid up.
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Responsible Navigation
When we purchased our first boat in 2000, I started of slow, I learned how to navigate the lake using the map and compass, why , the senior members of this forum recommended it. I learned never follow the boat in front of me as they may not have learned the map or the lake properly. I am now on the lake 15 years and while I am older and the boat is bigger with GPS. I still use those principles . I focused on learning one section of the lake at a time and the more I learned the more I wanted to learn about the navigational challenges and history of the big lake. The advice I learned from this site and its members have helped me a great deal, it all started with can you help me learn or understand x? We all have made our mistakes on this great
Lake but it's the learning that comes from it. The most important lessons for me is the responsibility you have as a boat captain for the people you leave the marina with and bring back , safely. Safety first , yes the boaters Class is one of those building blocks And one my 20 year old daughter is about to attend so she learns like her dad. Thanks to all on this forum who have helped me learn over the past 15 years |
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Many boaters just look ahead and do not see what is beside them or the effect their wake has on other boats. I think the laws in NH have made most of us (at least those of us that follow them) more aware of safety and better boaters. |
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We're missing navigation lights on our little motorboat, but there's still light after sundown, so we'll just tow this water-toy slide over to the next customer:
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I have the opposite problem! I've been boating on the lake for over twenty years. When my wife and I are out on the lake she is always trying to get me to go in between islands and poke into areas are probably passable, but not deep enough or clearly marked so that I am comfortable. When I refuse, she says "well there is another boat in there" or something like that. I just refuse and let her deal with my inadequacies! |
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BUT...it is always YOUR fault.
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happened this weekend
Going through the graveyard, (you know how tight that is) we were passed by a very large cabin cruiser going in the opposite direction. He was going top speed and never let off the throttle as he passed us as we thru our arms up in the air. But capt bonehead must of thought he was in the right as he flipped us off....seriously?
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Amazing what you will see...
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Sadly one of my first runs through a large buoyed area showed a boulder or rock every hundred yards or so with underwater boulders with spalled off tops. The really fresh ones standout as much lighter than the rest of the rock. Also, some markers mark one lonely rock, others mark acres of 'dragons'. |
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