Because of the
noise made by a politically-well-connected boat salesman,
tailpipe-exhaust noise measurement on the lake was changed two years ago.
If
Captain's Choice were to be allowed, the previous decibel level would have to be restored and the
tailpipe-exhaust noise measurement returned to "drive-bys" measurement.
(Measuring
noise at the dock has spawned a cottage industry to cheat on compliance with the
tailpipe-exhaust noise standard).
The trouble with "drive-bys" is that boat speeds have gotten
so fast, that "drive-by" measure for
tailpipe-exhaust noise itself has been gradually disallowed by many law enforcement agencies—
as a danger to themselves!
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...and those LEOs are in the Flatlands, where they won't ever hear The Loon—which, among other sounds, can echo and reecho softly among New Hampshire's lakes and mountains.
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