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Originally Posted by Lucky1
Good to hear that the fun of being in a non-power boat for you is being able to get into coves and inlets that you can't see in a powerboat.
Possibly you also understand that for others it might be going across to an island to see an eagle's nest? Somehow if anyone wants to do anything that in any way causes a power boat owner to have to change their instant desires it is not what a courteous boater should do, but all day long power boaters can cause non-power boaters to not be able to explore (except in coves and inlets) and that is courteous? This is a huge problem and thus the need for NWZ's.
Look at your symbol.......IT IS A POWER BOAT. That is where you are coming from.
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Really? Its a powerboat.. I never would have known.. Thanks for pointing it out. I will stop trying to push it with my oar
.... (being sarcastic here)
Lucky, you are reading too much into it. 2 items.
1. I am discussing busy weekends. No matter how well your intentions there are many capt. boneheads who may not be as attentive as you. I personally stay out of busy areas. (this goes for capt bonehead kayakers as well) I once saw on 4th of July weekend in the middle of the broads a kayaker in a BLUE kayak wearing a BLUE life jacket... Seriously???
2. It is not courteous of a kayaker to go right in the middle of a boating channel. You mention you are also a powerboater, but just in case you don't venture out all over the lake I will expound. Well these "channels" can and many times are distinguished by "channel markers". A great example is if you are heading from tuftonboro / moultonboro heading / from the hole in the wall or barbers pole, towards trexlers bridge (Long Island Bridge). On the left side are 6 channel markers where only powerboats can go. It is probably only 325 feet wide. However to the right of the channel is probably a minimum of 1000 feet of water that kayakers and non-power boats can go. There are no eagles nests or any plausable reason why a kayaker would have to or want to cut across this channel. On a busy weekend it would slow traffic (not just one boat inconvenienced) but it actually can cause a traffic jam that potentially is a safety issue because most do not expect it there.
So using my example I would ask why would a kayaker who is courteous to fellow lake goers feel the need to park out right in the middle of the channel? I can't figure it out either but 2 weeks ago there he was clueless to everyone around him or was it he was purposely doing it..?