[sunset on the dock]

Originally Posted by onlywinni

Although I disagree with your views, you seem like an intelligent person.

Please answer this for me, because I dont recall receiving an intelligent or reasonable answer to date:

If I am traveling 65mph across the Broads on say a Tuesday afternoon and there is not another boat or land within 2000 feet of me-What is the Harm?

I'll answer the question with a question. I'm traveling down Rt. 93 at 100 MPH; there is not another car within 2000 feet of me. I feel this is reasonable and prudent(good car, low to the ground, good tires). Another question. I'm driving down my street at 60 MPH (better yet, somebody else's street). The speed limit is 35 MPH. The road is straight, school is in session, and I have a good car, low to the ground, good tires. It seems reasonable and prudent to me. What is the harm?

Originally Posted by onlywinni

I should also add that my boat does not have a loud thru hull exhaust when I am at wide open throttle.

I've heard these boats without loud thru hull exhausts at full throttle. They're only quiet when you have ear plugs in.

Originally Posted by onlywinni

I can answer my own question and the answer is NO ONE, because I did this almost everytime I was out this season and will continue to do so when it is safe, regardless of what ridiculous laws there are.

Until you get caught that is. There may have only been 1 ticket written this year but that may well change. And the hassle of waiting for the MP to write your ticket, going to court, possibly paying a fine and having it affect yout driver's license may change your mind. Like most of you on this forum, I too am for enforcement of all of our existing laws on the lake, not the least of which is our existing speed limit. Perhaps with the inevitable increase in registration fees this will be improve. If not, a speed limit in and of itself is a deterrent for most.

Originally Posted by onlywinni

But back to my question:

If I am traveling 65mph across the Broads on say a Tuesday afternoon and there is not another boat or land within 2000 feet of me-What is the Harm?

So that was you this summer. Now I remember. My wife kept saying "who is that noisy fool who keeps going back and forth across the broads?" (Don't get mad at me, get mad at her...she said it.)