Big Wakes, what to do?

[Bear Islander]

Originally Posted by jrc

Well liar is a strong word but right in this post you say that you're really concerned about dropping water quality and congestion. Yet you lobby hard on this board for laws like a speed and HP limit. These will at best tangentally, improve these things. Why not lobby for a direct solution? A ban on out-of date septics systems, stronger bans on lawn and fertilizers and a numerical limit to the number of power boats on the lake would directly address your concerns. If your concerned about wakes, why not a weight limit instead of a HP limit or better yet a ban on making big wakes.

It's all the indirection that bothers me.

Tangential is better than nothing.

A stronger septic law like the "Title 5" in Massachusetts is a great idea. I believe fertilizer near the lake is already banned by the Shoreland act. A numeric limit is OK, what would be the details? Who gets to be one of the few? A weight limit instead of horsepower limit is fine by me, adds up to about the same thing.

Be prepared, there will be a lot of resistance to all those ideas.