Lake Martin Topics: 100 Foot Restriction

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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	100 Foot Restriction
	Date:	6/3/2008 10:01:25 AM

My main point is that common sense and common courtesy through boater education is the key, not a new law. I still maintain that it would have been unenforceable and that it will only be used to prosecute in the event of an accident. When we pull tubes or skiers/wakeboarders we stay away from the shore and docks and frankly 100 feet would be too close even for me.

My main fear with a law like this is that what happened to me once will become a regular occurrence. We were in a larger area of Sandy Creek and there were two boats tied up together in the middle of the area. We were pulling tubes and they waved us over and asked us to go elsewhere because our waves were bouncing them around. I moved to another area out of courtesy but it still bothers me that they had this sense of entitlement to anchor in the middle and not be bothered by waves. It is the same sense of entitlement that I see with people and their piers on open areas of the lake complaining about waves. A lake has boats, boats make waves, piers and docking systems can be designed to handle it. If people don't take proper precautions then the occasional inconsiderate boater will cause damage.

With a law like this, people will be filing complaints left and right claiming someone came within 100 feet, they will be staking out in areas where it will be impossible to pass by them except at idle. Think about it, if they were anchored in the middle of a 400' wide area with piers on either side by this law you theoretically would have to idle when you go past them (unless it is exempt). This will create all sorts of conflict that can be avoided by common sense and common courtesy.