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PROPELLER · 01-21-2005, 09:44 AM

Audiofn, I agree with you that there are those incidents that you reference & that could be part of the motivation. However, in all the summer weekends I have rafted with friends & my experience with rafting on Winni is extensive, I have never witnessed trash, loud music(in fact the people I raft with do not even play the stereo at all) or any other undesirable antics to be a problem.

I have witnessed a couple incidents, I was part of one, where a property owner simply was not happy that WE WERE IN HIS COVE. We are never disrespectful, play loud music, throw trash in the lake, etc. And where ever we go there are usually other groups rafting separate from my group & I have never witnessed that behavior from the other groups either.

I will qualify this by saying I never go to the 2 most popular spots to raft on the weekend, Braun Bay & the West Alton Sandbar, so maybe it goes on there but these 2 areas are not in front of any houses either.

At least based on my own experience any complaints about rafting & the problems that come with it are grossly exaggerated.

01-21-2005, 09:44 AM	#3
PROPELLER Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 340 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Rafting Audiofn, I agree with you that there are those incidents that you reference & that could be part of the motivation. However, in all the summer weekends I have rafted with friends & my experience with rafting on Winni is extensive, I have never witnessed trash, loud music(in fact the people I raft with do not even play the stereo at all) or any other undesirable antics to be a problem. I have witnessed a couple incidents, I was part of one, where a property owner simply was not happy that WE WERE IN HIS COVE. We are never disrespectful, play loud music, throw trash in the lake, etc. And where ever we go there are usually other groups rafting separate from my group & I have never witnessed that behavior from the other groups either. I will qualify this by saying I never go to the 2 most popular spots to raft on the weekend, Braun Bay & the West Alton Sandbar, so maybe it goes on there but these 2 areas are not in front of any houses either. At least based on my own experience any complaints about rafting & the problems that come with it are grossly exaggerated.