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Originally Posted by rickstr66
"...remember boat noise is part of "doing business" living on a big lake. If you buy a house next to a highway you have to expect traffic noise, next to a park, people noise, next to a pig farm. stinky air. People need to accept the fact that boats make noise and on any given day or night you might be disturbed for 1-2 minutes by this byproduct of living on a lake. Count your blessings I would trade places with you lakefront property owners in a heartbeat
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You'd make a "sound decision" rather than a "decision
in sound"? I bought an Apache runabout, but AFTER I bought my place. [Bought
back -- bankruptcy court]
When my grandparents built in Tuftonboro, there was no electric service in the town. When my family built my present lakefront dwelling, there was
no Interstate in New Hampshire. (In a sense, however, I-93 has been brought to my dock.)
There may not have been laws regarding noisy boats back then -- and none were needed: there weren't that many boats that
were noisy. A loud, noisy boat might have been a welcome 1- or 2- minute distraction back then -- as it usually is -- to children.
My neighbor Bill always impressed us with the fastest boat on the water. His first was a 14-foot open aluminum boat with the biggest outboard that would fit -- probably a 45 or 50. He
was quite a sight: His back pressed against the motor's front, the outboard tiller tucked into his elbow to steer, and his ankles crossed atop the middle seat. Sometime in the 80's he bought another very fast boat — an inboard which was
much louder — maybe 84-86 dB.
It's still operating right now -- four doors away, and whatever muffler baffles it had when new, are long-gone today. (And any warning signal-device for a small boat would never be heard above the noise). I'm reminded of the warning device presently...as there are a number of children playing nearby — one of whom is playing "Jingle Bells" on a one-note whistle. Nobody minds "the people noise" you refer to when it comes to children having fun at/under the dock.
If I had been an adult when Lake Winnipesaukee was a-growin', I would have been more vocal about lakewater quality, pollution, parking lot runoff, milfoil, development, land-clearing, permit enforcement, "feral" boaters, and the fact that I have to wash my hands of algae when I handle the mooring line today. (BTW,
Webster Lake has a poison
cyanobacteria problem — analogous to the "red tide" of the ocean).
Sometime in the mid-80's, we lost control.
I'm especially distressed at the MP Director's poorly-advised statement some months ago that he couldn't enforce a new law.
Existing laws are dismissed, ignored, or forgotten — and certainly ill-enforced.
The attitude that "We Bring Big Money to Winnipesaukee" doesn't impress me at all. All of us should be stewards of the lake. Some of us can even reach the water's surface to recover "lost" cans and bottles.
We were doing just fine without the noise — a pollution-byproduct that
nobody's ear can escape while exercising our American right to "The Pursuit of Happiness".
"Feral" boats are to a family-friendly Lake Winnipesaukee what Jerry Springer is to family entertainment. Thanks, at least, for not throwing chairs.