Kayak Safety Flags

[Kracken]

Originally Posted by Turtle Boy

Lower impact uses of the lake need to be encouraged. Quadruple the number of kayaks on the lake and the difference would be hardly perceptable. Quadruple the number of power boats and the difference would be insane (see acres per second utilized). My power boat is used probably 20 hours per season. The 3 kayaks and one canoe are used probably 5 hours between the four of them. And when is the last time a kayak crashed into an island at some ungodly hour of the early morning (and the maximum damage most likely would be a small scratch to the kayak)? And when was the last complaint against one kayak not giving into the right of way of the other kayak?
Yes we know occasionally a kayak blown away from a beach in the wind could be responsible for a massive search and rescue but I suspect wayward kayaks are responsible for a tiny fraction of the the MP's time and efforts.

Really?

If you hit an island at 29mph at 2:00am, if your kayak capsized in the broads 3:00pm, if you fell into your bowl of Fruit Loops and drowned this morning, what difference does it make what time and how it happened.

A water rescue, ambulance ride, or coroner’s office visit can result from a ride in a 38 foot cruiser or a 12 foot Sea Kayak.

If there were 4 times as many vessels of any kind there would be 4 times as many incidents. Although if there were 4 times as many power boats there would be four times as much revenue to fund the NHMP, milfoil eradication and….oh wait that not true…never mind.

TB,

I have to give credit where credit is due. You have been steadfast and consistent as it pertains to safety and equal rights to share the lake’s resources. While I have most often disagreed with every argument you have made, I have respected the fact that you have been unwavering in your beliefs. However, I am totally confused why on this subject, you are straying away from the principles you have agued for in the past.