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Originally Posted by radioman
The problem is that those coming up from salt water are use to the Red, Right, Returning rule. The Spar navigation rules are unknown to so many and when you try to explain they simply do not listen. How can you change attitude??
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That’s fair and unfair. I’m very comfortable on salt even with traffic on the busiest days. And RRR doesn’t always apply.
But I do approach the lake with caution. Still after ‘learning’ the lake for 5 years, I find the system confusing at best. I think a lot of people get in and hit the throttle and go from there. Some are lucky some aren’t, often never realizing how close they were. I’ve have near misses too. I find the lake to be an entirely different type of boating.
This happens in salt too. I see people float thru 2’ areas in Boston all the time and somehow make it by. The fancy new gps screens are awesome but no replacement for basic seamanship and local knowledge.
I am having fun learning the lake and so far ...no problems
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