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Silver Duck · 01-09-2006, 09:29 PM

but I'd like to propose even more stringent solutions!

W/R/T endangering children swimming near your dock, nobody, in any kind of boat, has any business running on plane anywhere close to your dock. Not ever! Let's all cooperate to see that such boneheads get caught and banned from the lake - permanently, one strike and you're out!

W/R/T being run over in your boat, yes, I fear that too. Especially where I like to pootle along at night while running at hull speed (maybe 6 - 7 mph). Here the 45 mph limit would definitely help, in that there'd be more time to spot the bonehead and get out of the way. (Sadly, 45 is still more than fast enough to make a collision potentially deadly.) But again, nobody in any kind of boat has any business being within 150 feet of you while on plane. Such folks ar either scofflaws or inattentive operators. Either way, they're boneheads and we don't need them on the lake, either! (Though, maybe one strike and you're out is a bit harsh. What say you?)

W/R/T the lake becoming a proving ground, I'm not quite sure what to say to that. I'll freely admit that some performance boats can reach speeds which should not be attempted by anybody other than experienced race drivers under controlled conditions, but probably are. I feel certain that these speeds are well above 45 mph in that kind of boat; but there is a sane limit. I'd be curious to get some input from some performance boaters about what they think that limit is.

W/R/T the economy being ruined by an out of control lake, well, at least for me personally, the craziness over by the Weirs on a weekend afternoon seems more out of control and "nervouses" me more than go fasts out in the broads (but, admittedly, different things bother different people.) Even in a 30 ft. cruiser, I avoid that area like the plague at such times. I'm not at all certain that even 45 mph is reasonable in those areas when boat traffic gets heavy; but tht would mean that the MP would need to enforce both absolute and conditions-based speed limits. Personally, I think that having the MP over there (and maybe over by marker #3?) bagging boneheads would do more to bring the lake under control than having them hang out in open water waiting for speeders.

Silver Duck

01-09-2006, 09:29 PM	#51
Silver Duck Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Billerica, MA Posts: 364 Thanks: 40 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	I.L. - In many ways, I agree with your fears, but I'd like to propose even more stringent solutions! W/R/T endangering children swimming near your dock, nobody, in any kind of boat, has any business running on plane anywhere close to your dock. Not ever! Let's all cooperate to see that such boneheads get caught and banned from the lake - permanently, one strike and you're out! W/R/T being run over in your boat, yes, I fear that too. Especially where I like to pootle along at night while running at hull speed (maybe 6 - 7 mph). Here the 45 mph limit would definitely help, in that there'd be more time to spot the bonehead and get out of the way. (Sadly, 45 is still more than fast enough to make a collision potentially deadly.) But again, nobody in any kind of boat has any business being within 150 feet of you while on plane. Such folks ar either scofflaws or inattentive operators. Either way, they're boneheads and we don't need them on the lake, either! (Though, maybe one strike and you're out is a bit harsh. What say you?) W/R/T the lake becoming a proving ground, I'm not quite sure what to say to that. I'll freely admit that some performance boats can reach speeds which should not be attempted by anybody other than experienced race drivers under controlled conditions, but probably are. I feel certain that these speeds are well above 45 mph in that kind of boat; but there is a sane limit. I'd be curious to get some input from some performance boaters about what they think that limit is. W/R/T the economy being ruined by an out of control lake, well, at least for me personally, the craziness over by the Weirs on a weekend afternoon seems more out of control and "nervouses" me more than go fasts out in the broads (but, admittedly, different things bother different people.) Even in a 30 ft. cruiser, I avoid that area like the plague at such times. I'm not at all certain that even 45 mph is reasonable in those areas when boat traffic gets heavy; but tht would mean that the MP would need to enforce both absolute and conditions-based speed limits. Personally, I think that having the MP over there (and maybe over by marker #3?) bagging boneheads would do more to bring the lake under control than having them hang out in open water waiting for speeders. Silver Duck