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Name:   Harborcon The author of this post is registered as a member - Email Member
Subject:   I have a question....
Date:   9/6/2006 3:40:53 PM

I don't have a boat. But I love to ride in boats. I don't have a jet-ski, but rode one once (we rented it for the day at a cost of more than my first mortgage payment!), and would love to have one to sashay around the lake. But for now, I just paddle around at the end of my dock, or sit in my floating chair with my book. My question is, when I see inappropriate boating behavior in my slough, who do I call? And by the time I run up to the house and get someone on the phone, the chance of the perpetrator still being there is nonexistent. As I understand it from reading the boating regulations for the lake, sloughs are pretty much no-wake zones; yet we get jet-skis, ski boats and huge pontoon boats in our very narrow slough, all going hell-for-leather at top speed almost to the end of the slough, where they slam on the brakes and make a sharp turn to head back out, still at breakneck speed. I also love speed. Love downhill skiing. But when these boats come speeding into our slough, they aren't usually looking forward - they're watching the wake boarder, or skiier, or tuber flying along behind the boat. My goal is just to move my old body out of the way quickly enough to avoid being a news item. I always wave, hoping I will be seen and avoided and, so far, it's worked. Wish there were some way to convince folks that the high speeds are for the bigger water... In the mean time, I feel it's my responsibility to look out for me and hope those who are oblivious to safety practices don't find our pretty little slough.

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               Pier Pressure - Pier Pressure - 9/6/2006 11:24:31 AM
                    OSMS - Pier Pressure - 9/6/2006 12:10:21 PM
                         OSMS - Osms - 9/6/2006 12:39:44 PM
                         Well put PP - CAT BOAT - 9/6/2006 12:40:11 PM
                    Pier Pressure - answer - Osms - 9/6/2006 1:01:41 PM
                         Pier Pressure - answer - Pier Pressure - 9/6/2006 1:52:49 PM
                              I have a question.... - Harborcon - 9/6/2006 3:40:53 PM
                                   I have a question.... - Pier Pressure - 9/6/2006 4:16:29 PM
                                        Remember now, - Harborcon - 9/6/2006 4:58:12 PM
                                             Remember now, - ot - 9/6/2006 5:15:14 PM
                                        So, if I can document - Harborcon - 9/6/2006 5:34:23 PM
                                   Harbor con.... - Osms - 9/6/2006 4:31:43 PM
                                        Harbor con.... - Pier Pressure - 9/6/2006 4:37:23 PM
                                             Harbor con.... - Osms - 9/6/2006 5:49:52 PM
                                                  100 feet from my dock - Harborcon - 9/6/2006 6:13:53 PM
                                                       If your slough is that small, - Osms - 9/6/2006 7:55:11 PM
                              Pier Pressure - answer - Osms - 9/6/2006 4:23:54 PM
                                   Pier Pressure - answer - Pier Pressure - 9/6/2006 4:35:00 PM
                                        Big, fast boats I hope!! - Osms - 9/6/2006 7:56:39 PM


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