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BigFoot
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We have in common?
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3/16/2006 9:25:01 AM
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I have been safely on the sidelines throughout this heated discussion but I might as well throw in my 2 cents..........I have never been fond of the big, fast boats on LM since one Sunday during the mid tto late 90's. My wife and I were in a 16' Glastron heading North near Pleasure Point when we saw two big long monsters coming at us from the opposite direction. I quickly veered left to get as far away from the impending
disaster as possible. When the waves hit us, it threw both of us and the boat up in the air. Luckily, the boat landed bottom first and we fell back down into the boat escaping with only bruises and bad memories. Those waves also threw a pontoon boat parked at Pleasure Point Marina up onto their dock. However, through this forum, I have found that
big boat owners can be very nice people. I have enjoyed the posts from
Cat, Scarab, and most of the other big boat owners. I have mixed feelings about the pending legislation. It appears that Gerald Dial is
overreaching by trying to solve a problem in his district and throwing
in all the other landlocked lakes in Alabama. Most of all, I hate to see
a few people with their own agendas deciding what is best for us on
Lake Martin. I might have favored such a law had it been done in
a timely fashion....not after the horses are out of the barn. I think it
is grossly unfair to pass a law now that would hurt people whose
investments were acquired in a legal fashion. Perhaps, more can
be done in the area of liscensing, enforcement, etc. I think we have
been lucky not to have more boating fatalities on LM than we have. In
a state with no watercraft speed limits and allowing 14 year old kids
to operate 185 HP pwc's, bad things are going to happen as the lake
becomes more populated. I don't see Dial's proposed law as addressing this issue at all and hope that it is defeated.
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