More Whole Lot of Nothing!
 

This happened at Glendale!


WATER RESCUE - SAILBOAT CRASHED INTO FIRE BOAT ON LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE - At Marine Patrol in Gilford at 5:12pm - 2 people reported in water

I am not surprised. People are out of control. Nobody knows what no wake or 150 feet is. I see tons of kids on the back of the boats with their feet hanging over and cringe every time. Is MP still short of help? It was so much better when it wasn't part of the state police.

A large pontoon boat ignored the channel markers in front of Irwin Marine last Tuesday night, ran right over the DES buoy! Luckily the buoy was still floating!

Sounds like the sailing school might have had a mishap to me. They sail in that cove a lot.
I don't know, but I know they sail there.

From what I was told it wasn't the sailing school...

Dan

“Sailboat crashed into the fireboat” ??? Unlikely. Sounds like some firemen need some boat training.

Not really as the fireboat was docked and no one was onboard…

Dan

Time to move the Lake Jake back to the Marine Patrol docks. As long as it is operated by staff who aren't on site, there is little time advantage to being on the first dock which tends to have the most active in and out traffic.

Lol, Oh......

It would be great to see more Marine Patrol boats out stopping violators, if only to educate and verbally warn the operators who violate the laws. I would like to think the violations are mostly out of ignorance, not disregard for the rules.

I think a lot of the newer boaters purchased their boats during covid and still have a lot to learn. We seldom go out without seeing multiple boats breaking the rules, especially on weekends. The rental boats, most that are easily identified by their markings, like unit numbers, are a big part of the problem.

Last Saturday was especially busy and we discussed trying to boat mostly on weekdays when the lake is a lot quieter. I know not everyone is able to do that, it is one of the (few) benefits of being old!

Yes, it would. I think a few stops and people would get the message. Yes, I also think a lot of the violations are out of ignorance except maybe the No Wake rule. Many seem to obey that if they think MP is watching. But where is the common sense for some people too? Don't they know kids could slide off the back of a boat in a sudden stop when it's towing a tube or skier? They just don't think I guess. I agree, rentals are a big part of the problem too. Jet skis seem to be terrible this year.

LDS article:

https://www.laconiadailysun.com/news...ae297dabc.html

Alan

That is hilarious! Thanks for making my day.

-jim

What ...... no 2025 boat registration sticker on this 14' Sunfish sailboat can be seen in the LDS newspaper photograph?

Wonder if it got a 'no registration' violation ticket after scratching the docked fire boat?

Thought it only needed that if it had a motor? It used to be sailboats under '16 didn't need anything, I think that it changed to 14" but I think that it's just a special type of sticker, not an actual registration sticker. But I could be totally wrong on that, thought I read that a few years ago.
When my friend and I raced his Hobie 16, we did not need to register the boat because it did not have a motor. Again, that was way back when they used to race on the Broads and I was still in College.
And not to be picky, that is NOT a Sunfish. Just saying

Certainly not a Sunfish!

The LDS article says its a Sunfish and looking at it closely, it could be a 14' Laser with a main and a jib sail.

Having bow numbers indicate that it is 12' length or longer, probably a 14' Laser and sailboats without motors, 12 to 20' long do need a bow registration stickers which will cost about $43.50/year for the four stickers.

What do you think? Should the Marine Patrol issue a retroactive "no sticker" violation based on the evidence in the LDS newspaper photo or what ...... ha-ha-ha? ..... :cool:

...and certainly not a hit-and-run...

:rolleye2:

Definitely not a Sunfish, maybe Laser. This boat maybe requires a sticker, but definitely not a bow number. So funny that those are reversed here

But stepping back, it's laughable that this made news--it's a tiny little nothing of a sailboat (no disrespect to Lasers or Sunfish), likely piloted by a kid learning how to sail, just hoping he doesn't flip it more than once. It could hit a fire boat head on without it bothering anyone

A Whole lot of nothing!
 

Have to agree! Not sure how or why this made the news. Kinda sorry I started the post as they originally made it sound like it was more serious with two people “being rescued from the water”!!

Basically a small sailboat bumped the fireboat at the dock causing little to no damage. A whole lot of nothing!!

Dan

Two-fer
 

If the Laker Jake were tied up next to Marine Patrol, sloppy procedures could have gotten a two-fer. Maybe that would have been newsworthy?

"Fire Department representatives and State Police Marine Patrol responded. The matter continues to be under investigation. No charges have been filed yet."

Agree
 

Considering how very little dock space non-island tax payers have moving that fire boat should free up more space. Non-island tax payers also have to share our limited dock space with Lyon’s Den diners, further limiting our spots.