It appears the issues in the past few years about 'new laws' polarize the lake into two groups. Those who were for the laws and want nothing to do with boaters and those who are willing to help fellow boaters.
I even notice many who do not return the 'boaters wave".
A couple of weekends ago, the wind came up on the broads suddenly. I notice a couple of kayakers off the Northeast side of Long Island that appears to have trouble. The kayaks were spinning around and the couple appears to be yelling at each other. I offer assistance and one yelled. "Not from your kind!" I hailed MPHQ and expained the situation. Help was supposingly on its way. I waited around long enough to see the winds got them to shore. I notice they had a tough time getting on to shore and getting their kayak secured. At least they are safe. Its been 45 minutes since the call and no one came. I left as the waves were just about coming over my freeboards.