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Originally Posted by Airwaves
I do recall that the Witches were marked better in years past. I don't know if I'd go as far as saying they were "ringed" by bouys.
As for Orange markers. These would be the same Orange bouys that were discussed in the West Alton sandbar thread as being used to mark a rafting zone?
See the problem? You start straying from accepted and legal navigation aids and no one understands the meaning of them.
As far as the NASWA boat running aground a few years ago, if the comment was accurate and it was at night then an Orange ball wouldn't have helped. I recall my father telling me the Mount even ran aground on the Witches years and years ago.
The Witches could probably use a couple more day bouys and maybe a couple more lighted bouys.
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The NASWA boat ran aground during the day ... with an NBC film crew aboard for good measure !
They were up for the NASCAR race that weekend and I forget which racers were also aboard. It was the original topic for
this thread from ye olde forum. In any case you'd have thought the NASWA people would know the lake well enough to be able to avoid the Witches (which I think is a reasonably well defined hazard). As to whether more markers or bouys are needed ... I think there are a number of extra (beyond the spars at the north and south ends) "Danger rocks" signs around the Witches right now. Someone said there were more bouys back in the 70's but I don't recall them. May have been there, I just don't recall the all of 70's that well
To me it all comes to knowing where you are on the lake and what hazards are around. It can be tough on the newcomers but oldtimers have no good excuse. IMO the area just north of the Graveyard is more poorly marked, and more hazardous, than the Witches are (but then again I don't go up that way that much).