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Originally Posted by APS
I especially enjoyed your boating parody of last year regarding poodles being more dangerous than pit bulls.
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I'm always happy to be entertaining even when I'm being informative, though I'm not sure how last years retrievers became this years poodles. Will they be chihauhaus next year ? And to be precise I maintain (in analogy-speak) that all dogs have teeth, worrying excessively about a few breeds neglects the fact that the more commmon dogs bite people more often. It really comes down to the situation at hand and the individual dog's temperment.
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Originally Posted by APS
However, no attempt was made here to tax boats using the time and space that a boat "uses-up" of the lake.
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You're always extolling "us" to connect the dots so when I read the following ;
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Now add the required 150-foot buffer fore, aft, and to each side. (Remember that this buffer travels with the boat).
Even with scant wind velocity, my new trimaran will be using up nearly two acres of the Lake's precious boating acres: Even more area when really travelling.
A new fee-schedule needs to be derived: A formula that takes into account the surface area of the Lake that an individual boat "uses up" -- not simply boat length, which always remains static. ...{snip}
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http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...ad.php?p=13105
... what am I to do ? So I call a registration fee a tax, you can call it a poodle if you wish.
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A boat with a high Acre/Second coefficient actively denies a greater acreage in front (and behind) -- compared to lesser boats; hence my 1000-boat example of Jet-Skis vs kayaks in the microcosm of Wolfeboro Bay.
By "spoiling the stew", you've thrown the baby out with the bath water.
No, Wait...,
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The only time I'm denied usage of the water is when "he" (a hypothetical other boater) has the Right of Way. When I have the RoW "he's" is denied, no matter what his A/S coefficient may be. Re: the moving NWZs discussed previously, do remember that it applies to the watercraft in motion as well to others. In your wording,
if I want to maintain a high A/S coefficient it's incumbent upon me to stay clear of other watercraft and the shoreline,
otherwise I have to slow to NWS. In this scenario I only get to use the "lake-space" that's available to me, not that in use by others. This is Asimov's "bathroom theory of freedom", applied to Winnipesaukee
Should I come to Wolfeboro harbor and find 1000 PWCs or kayaks or sailboats (now wouldn't that be a sight, all taking differing tacks and maintaining 150' separation
) I would still get to the town docks, though I may be slowed or stopped along my route according to the RoW rules. Come to think of it, given the rules are preferential to kayaks and sailboats, I have a better chance of making it to the dock today with the 1000 PWCs. Now isn't that a thought ....
