Swim Raft Registration?

[Shreddy]

Originally Posted by Mink Islander

I agree. Raft out to a max 150 ft plus 150 ft safe passage plus at least another 150 feet to the opposite shore. And then you need to add something as a buffer for the boat to operate in, right? If taking a max 300 feet away from the operating area in the cove makes skiing impossible now, then the cove was awfully narrow to start with. IMO. Your's may differ.

And Kamper, the lake IS very big and you really shouldn't expect that all areas are suitable for all activities. Skiing in small coves sounds sketchy at best. The homeowner is completely within his rights to have a raft and if that impacts the skier, so be it. And as I stated earlier, if the raft were a sailboat moored how do you feel? Would you tell the homeowner he's being a jerk and not a "good neighbor" because he bought a sailboat and dared to moor it off his property? I'd also tell you that a ski boat doing laps in a small cove sounds like the inconsiderate one to me.

Doesn't apprear the raft is blocking safe passage or obstructing access. Sorry, under current law, the ski boat loses this argument -- and has a reasonable alternative to go use his boat somewhere else.

You're not overly familiar with the WHOLE lake then as their are several coves that are small and acceptable for skiing/wakeboarding. One of the coves I ride in, is very small. In all honesty, there is less than 150ft to shore on both sides. It's not a no wake zone, and marine patrol has sat in or just outside the cove before with no issues. This particular cove is commonly used for skiing/wakeboard as it's calm. If you ski/wakeboard, you know that it's only enjoyable to do so under calm conditions, which on a weekend are rare to find. So, us riders often try to find these calm coves. Now, if a landowner were to stick a raft out in this particular cove, all skiing/riding would be completely shutoff for the most part.

All I'm saying is that you are basing your judgement off of opinion as you've stated above. I'm just trying to paint a practical scenario, and assuming that this is what the original poster is fighting unfortunately.

[Rattlesnake Gal]

I would like to suggest that you put your telephone number and lake address on any water toys, especially the big ones like swim rafts and trampolines. Chairs that you like that might get blown away too.

Last year it was great knowing where to bring the escaped trampoline we found. It also was nice to be able to call the owner to let them know what had happened.

Years ago, we rescued a swim raft and had it for several weeks before the owners came for it. We would have brought it back if we had known where to bring it.
(I have always wondered if they thought that we stole it. They just showed up and took it away, without speaking with our son's who happened to be at the camp when it happened.)

If you find or lose something big, be sure to contact Marine Patrol: 603-293-2037 or 1-877-642-9700 (toll free)

Thanks!

RG

[Bluesman]

I am sure this is old news for most folks, but registration of swim platforms is not required as I was just informed by NH safety Services