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Originally Posted by Islander
So Evenstar should go somewhere else so as not to get in the way of a GFBL?
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There are many areas on the lake (150 ft around all shoreline, shoal, coves, channels, ...) where it is not possible or desirable for larger boats to go at all, let alone to go fast. Those areas are completely open to smaller boats. However, Winni is also a BIG lake and has areas appropriate for other uses as well. In those areas the smaller boats will need to share the lake with larger, faster, and yes, potentially more dangerous boats. Kayaks and other small boats are looking for paths to stroll through the woods. Powered boats are looking for highways. It is not inherently "right" that all modes for travel be paths or all be highways. Both are needed. Most smaller lakes in NH have been designated as "paths". Where we tend, I think, to disagree is whether parts of the big lake are really highways and may be more dangerous for vessels that are looking for paths.
We don't play in roads because there is danger from cars, even though all the rules say that the cars should yield to pedestrians. We can walk along a road and walk across it (walkers have "access") but prudence says that we should minimize our time spent on a road to keep personal danger to a minimum (thus we have mall walkers
). And on the busiest highways we DO exclude walkers, bicyclists, and other smaller, slower modes of transport.