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Maverick
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We Could Argue This Boat Bill
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4/10/2006 7:00:04 PM
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We could argue / debate or whatever this boat bill till we are all blue in the face and never resolve this matter.
I KNOW THIS POST IS LONG BUT PLEASE READ IN ITS ENTIRTY BEFORE RESPONDING
With that said, let me go back to my post of 4/5 entitled: Boat Bill Analysis / Questions, here are some excerpts:
"Boats over 30’ 6” Prohibited - Why 30” 6” because of the wakes they might produce? Wakes are not based on the length of the boat, but the draft and girth (or might be called beam) of the boat. A boats wake is based on the amount of water, which must be displaced to move the draft and girth of the boat through the water, and has nothing to do with the length of the boat. There are numerous boats, which have deep drafts, and wide girths, which are less than 30’ 6”. Just look at the large Sea Ray’s, Cobalt’s, etc. "
"Boats over 26’ 11”which can exceed 60mph. What did this provision accomplish, as there are numerous boats available, which are 26’ 11” or under and can exceed 100+ mph. and race in the ocean."
"So what does this bill really accomplish, other than maybe banning houseboats (not 100% sure it really does), in my opinion basically nothing other than to upset the owners of boats, which are classified in the bill as prohibited"
PLEASE READ ON – I KNOW THIS POST IS LONG
Ladies and gentlemen:
The problem is not with the size or speed of the boat, rather I would have to say the problem lies with it’s operator / want to be captain.
If go fast boats are not desired as they are to fast - the proper thing to do instead of stereotyping them would to be place a speed limit on the lake (actually Lake Tuscaloosa has one of 55mph and is enforced with radar, per a friend). As there are plenty of 26' or less boats, which can easily reach 100+ mph . So this provision of the bill did not accomplish anything, except place shorter go fast boats on the lake, which I am sure are not as easy to handle as the larger ones in rough waters, etc.
Shoreline erosion has nothing to do with a cabin cruiser as there are plenty of pier busting boats out there less then 30' 11", only way to slow down shoreline erosion is by limiting the distance and wake size a boat can produce in relationship to the shoreline. So say within 100 feet you have to be at idle speed or something like that (not 1/4 plane), etc. Then at say 150 feet, wake not larger than 2 feet, or something like that etc etc, etc. These are just examples in an attempt to get my point across in terms of the ration of distance from shoreline to wake size, etc as you could never enforce the actual wake size. Ever see a wake boat at 12-15 MPH with a full ballast want to see a pier-busting wake. Or a bass boat doing about 60 MPH then coming to a complete and abrupt stop right at your shoreline, or a PWC cruising your dock at 20 MPH with three people on it, believe it or not the PWC will through off a 2 foot wake.
So in the end what I am trying to get across, is we can all argue back and forth all day long and nothing is ever going to be accomplished as this bill really did not accomplish one darn thing, as the operators are the problem, not the boats. And unfortunately there have been people whom are very responsible captains whom have been wronged by the bill as they have been stereotype by society.
So the long and short of the matter, is in my opinion nothing has changed or will change, until we change the operators.
PS - My fleet of boats do not violate any of the provisions of the bill and yes I do own property on Lake Martin and better yet on the main channel, so I see plenty of boat traffic and wakes.
URL: Boat Bill Analysis / Questions Post
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