Quiet till NOW
well, I swore to myself that I would not get into this debate -- but here I am.
Yes, I am an avid & concientious boater (for over 40 years)
No, I am not a New Hampshire resident
Yes, I spend more than 45 days a year boating on Winni (which I believe qualifies me to speak)
Here are my general observations after being on the Lake since last Wednesday!
1) the boating activity was FAR below what I expected (for the Holiday week-end) In fact Thursday/ Friday / Saturday morning -- hardly a boat could be seen -- This was also true oddly enough of Monday as well and our cottage looks right out at FL#1
2) MP was (in my humble opinion) very remiss in the way they issued the 600 foot ruling -- I too checked before departing for the Lake Wednesday and no such requirement was in place - nor was I advised to expect the potential for a 600 foot ruling -- I only found out over-hearing VHF radio chatter on SATURDAY!!
3) MP was very active in enforcing the 600' rule in a number of places - "Barber Pole" to "Hole in the Wall" area, in and around Mark & Timber and behind Sleeper....perhaps there were others but those were spots I personally saw them aggressivley enforcing headway throuhout the week-end.
4) The new NWZ at Eagle was missed by an occasional boater--- to be expected in my opinion, yet they typically "paid the price" as MP was Lurking there most of Sat & Sun. To this topic, I am again a little disappointed in MP for not using the LARGE no wake buoys versus the standard size during the initial season for this "new" area ...... perhaps they don't have them anymore as I also noticed the large ones were also replaced by standard sized markers in the Wiers channell.
5) Prepare yourselves for FL#44 to be the big debate here this Fall
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