Boat(s) Owned poll

[VtSteve]

Originally Posted by Acres per Second

Apples to oranges: Your wake will be greater at the relatively slow speed in this photo.

(And a roostertail is not a wake).



Then you missed this post on polling of boater opinions here.


Your user-name is also new here, if I'm left to guess, and missed the same post: (here).



The more concise questionaire should have read:

1) Yes, I do own a GFBL Boat on Lake Winnipesaukee.

2) Yes, I do own a GFBL Boat but on different waters.

3) No, I do Not own a GFBL Boat on Lake Winnipesaukee.

4) No, I do Not own a GFBL Boat but on different waters.

What validity does a poll have when it includes votes of those who boat on distant waters?

Was it a committee that drew up this poll?


Actually, I have ten boats, but these eight are on Winnipesaukee!




1) This poll is in the Speed Limits forum.

2) Dave R is right: this poll should have been limited to SL opponents.


You don't suppose it was Winnipesaukee Cowboys who, after Midnight, "used their switchable exhaust at night"—to abuse such rights—that brought about today's restriction on what is a totally residential neighborhood?


Nobody's asking for perfection.

While an Internet poll can be defeated by a determined group, a poll does has to be reasonably concise.

IMHO

Unreal

Who's screwing up my poll?

It was a simple question too. As are many I ask.

[hazelnut]

Vt why even bother reading APS posts? I always skip them it saves on Aspirin, Booze and other medications. Seriously I'd put APS on ignore but I'd miss out on the pure entertainment value. Don't lose any sleep over it.

[ApS]

Originally Posted by VtSteve

I know what you mean. I suspect ELChase and others put YES in the poll

So this poll expected "NO" votes should dominate?

A poll shouldn't anticipate, nor encourage, an outcome.

Originally Posted by hazelnut

"...Vt why even bother reading APS posts...?"

This poll can't stop world-wide participation. (The situation I'd previously linked to).

For the Speed Limits forum, I would've thought there might be a more-meaningful poll of, say, Rattlesnake Islanders for a narrow "Unrestricted Speed Zone" off their shore. There was an equivalent zone there, and is described on these pages here. Just like before, the "Unsafe Passage" regulation would be waived. It's deep there, and that shore already discourages small boaters due to wakes and what Mother Nature already throws against its shore. I can't say I've ever seen a kayak there. Nobody else goes there.

Rattlesnake Islanders at this forum are already self-documented, speed-enthused, and would participate. It would exclude world-wide participation.

Originally Posted by VtSteve

"...Who's screwing up my poll...?

These words of mine are only opinions: I haven't voted.

Some are apologizing for their undocumented sub-45 speeds—where's the definition of GFBL?

[VtSteve]

In the spirit of what may very well be the first great weekend of this "summer". I'm taking a 40 mile jaunt across the lake to NY and having a great time on the water. Winds were forecast to be 5 knots, but they're 12 already. So this won't be a quick ride in my non GF boat.

El mentioned safety and Bonehead in the same post. My job is done