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Originally Posted by Moultonborolifeguard
About the swim lines... The law might state that they can't be more than 50 feet from shore or in more than 6' of water but the weirs lines are I would say more than 50 feet from shore. Also the moultonboro lines are more than 50 feet from shore and in about 6' of water. I would know because I put them in. Try to come down to the beach and tell us they can't be there and see what happens. Also as to allowing people to swim into the lines or not people, we can definitely not allow people to enter our swim area, we do it all the time.  |
...you have rules for people swimming OUTSIDE your lines - (which I would argue are not much further than 50 feet off shore) because you are a town beach and thus the public is provided some safety features and amenities not found at private areas - like lifeguards and bathrooms and picnic tables - example - I have noted that you folks in the bright orange suits get annoyed when people swim from your beach out to the bobber line and then proceed past the line. I have witnessed this from the beach, so thats a fact - however I have also watched on a number of occassions folks swimming off boats and jet skis and from the opposite shores the condos to the left of the beach - over to your beach and coming under your bobber line, on many occassions and no whistle....
Again you have posted rules on beach behavior.
The same is true at our association - we have a bobber line about 40 feet out and in just about 6' of water and while we do not appreciate folks anchoring off the beach and swimming around our area - we know it is pristine water and there is really nothing we can say - until one of them decides to climb aboard the associations raft (which is NOT inside the bobber but is certainly not public domain!) - then you can hear even the old timers hollerin'...same with the dock....its private. The water sure isn't - but the facilities set out for us to enjoy the water are certainly private.