Nice piece FormulaOutlaw but what do charitable contributions by anyone have to do with the issues being tossed around here? Excessively large, fast and noisy boats are still excessively large, fast and noisy, even if the driver gives to charity.
I suspect that as in all boating groups some individuals are charitable and some are not, some are responsible and some are not, some are courteous and some are not. I don't think you can make generalizations about any one group.
I have witnessed bad behavior from boats of all sizes and shapes although I have to say that at 10,000 lb, 1000HP rocket coming at me at high speed is a lot scarier than a small bowrider or sailboat and could squash me much easier. In some cases without even knowing it (see the Littlefield incident).
Again, I don't want speed limits or the banning of GFBL boats. I'm just concerned about the noise and the safety of my family in our small boat.
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