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LRSLA · 09-23-2004, 11:23 AM

So all the experts are wrong and your right?

The sound level at my steering wheel on my Sea Ray
20 foot bow rider with an 325hsp IO is 86dB. Add the wind noise and your up over 90dB. Add the sun, thirty MPH wind, heat, physical exertion
and after three to four hours on my boat I come off feeling wiped.

Accidents happen because people get tired and get sloppy.

Even car drive education programs push the concept of
being well rested when driving. Hell three hours behind the
wheel of a car is enough to tire me out.

So why is it so hard to believe that three to four hours being bounced around on a lake, fried by the sun and blown by the wind might just bring enough stress to bear on your body to lower your response time.

My only point is that fun day on the lake can be a safe day on the lake.
It sucks when mothers and fathers have to go home after a vacation to our lakes missing part of their family. And in most cases it's because some one just didn't abide by a regulation or didn't have exposure to the fact that recreational boating can be very dangerous.

Fast on the water is fun, but as I have mentioned before fast also means that
bad things happen faster. Noise on the water means that other boaters are distracted and being distracted is never a good state for an operator to be in
on the water.

I try to think of parallels for the high performance boats on the waters.
I think NASCAR is a good one. I don't remember ever seeing a NASCAR
vehicle going down a street in my neighbor hood. In fact NASCAR vehicles are not street legal. So why do the same rules not apply to our national water ways.

Why can a fellow go out and buy a boat with twin 1000hsp engines
practically no exhaust and a top speed of 100Mph+ and run it
were ever he wants. Would this same fellow even think of running a
NASCAR vehicle down his block or running a top fuel dragster down the
street. No, he would never to that. Why, because he would have his car
impounded the first time he tried.

The same rules should apple on the water that apply on the street.

09-23-2004, 11:23 AM	#87
LRSLA Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Safe is as Safe Does So all the experts are wrong and your right? The sound level at my steering wheel on my Sea Ray 20 foot bow rider with an 325hsp IO is 86dB. Add the wind noise and your up over 90dB. Add the sun, thirty MPH wind, heat, physical exertion and after three to four hours on my boat I come off feeling wiped. Accidents happen because people get tired and get sloppy. Even car drive education programs push the concept of being well rested when driving. Hell three hours behind the wheel of a car is enough to tire me out. So why is it so hard to believe that three to four hours being bounced around on a lake, fried by the sun and blown by the wind might just bring enough stress to bear on your body to lower your response time. My only point is that fun day on the lake can be a safe day on the lake. It sucks when mothers and fathers have to go home after a vacation to our lakes missing part of their family. And in most cases it's because some one just didn't abide by a regulation or didn't have exposure to the fact that recreational boating can be very dangerous. Fast on the water is fun, but as I have mentioned before fast also means that bad things happen faster. Noise on the water means that other boaters are distracted and being distracted is never a good state for an operator to be in on the water. I try to think of parallels for the high performance boats on the waters. I think NASCAR is a good one. I don't remember ever seeing a NASCAR vehicle going down a street in my neighbor hood. In fact NASCAR vehicles are not street legal. So why do the same rules not apply to our national water ways. Why can a fellow go out and buy a boat with twin 1000hsp engines practically no exhaust and a top speed of 100Mph+ and run it were ever he wants. Would this same fellow even think of running a NASCAR vehicle down his block or running a top fuel dragster down the street. No, he would never to that. Why, because he would have his car impounded the first time he tried. The same rules should apple on the water that apply on the street.