Name:   Tarpon - Subject:   Wake Board Boats Date:   7/28/2014 2:34:15 PM

Having lived full time on the lake for over 12 years I can speak to the wakeboard boats, PWC, etc. that seem to be totally oblivious of the damage done to seawalls, boat moorings, etc.  It appears the boat operators are generally young people who have most likely never paid for repairs because Daddy has always done so.  Doubt the 100 foot rule on wakes really makes any difference because the energy generated by the passing watercraft travels all the way to shore, i.e. seawalls.  I would like to see areas without homes, seawalls and docks set aside for wakeboarding and seadoos.  Probably not going to happen as our population becomes more and more "it's all about me".  Someone once told me "there are boaters and there are people who own boats".  I try to tell myself that the lake is ours almost all of the time and there are really only about 10 to 12 weekends that are absolutely wild.  I would also observe that many times pontoon boats (as displacement hulls they create a large wake) just out for tour are just as guilty as the others when it comes to wakes, etc.