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Originally Posted by Boater
What if a train started coming through every night making 5 times the noise of the other trains, engine unmuffled, squealing wheels and a continuous horn blast. Wouldn't you object to that and ask some questions? Most people accept the normal sounds of fast boats and jetskis on a busy lake like Winni. It's the excessive noise at inappropriate times that is a problem.
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Boater,
The train scenario really doesn't work, as the railroad was there long before you or Wendy were. The railroad has a right to run trains, who by their nature are noisy. Thats like complaining about airplane noise when you move next to an airport.... or truck noise when you live next to a highway. If you don't like the noise, move to a quieter area or don't let it bother you. You have a choice.
The problem is that EVERYONE has a different definition of "Excessive Noise" and "Innapropriate Times". Thats why we have an RSA that defines excessive noise and sets a max db limit for boats. This limit is enforced with regularity. I know of several boats that have had to take the "Noise Test". My boat is perfectly legal and in compliance with the current noise statutes. However, if I were to go thru the Broads at 2am on plane I can just about guarantee I would be annoying a few people. But I wouldn't be breaking any laws.
Nobody has the right to peace and quiet! Lake Winnipesaukee is a shared resource, and as such sometimes you have to share with those who don't share the same opinion or beliefs. When you live along the lakeshore, you essentially live by the side of a road. When you live on the side of a roadway, on occasion. loud vehicles are going to pass by. There is absolutely nothing you can do about it except perhaps lobby for a change in the noise statute. That might reduce the noise some, but certainly not eliminate it. A little tolerance and repect for others goes along way. This goes for both sides as Orion pointed out below. (I was typing that when you posted
) Because swithcable exhaust is still illegal, the late night boater doesn't have much choice in quieting down his boat. Even at headway speed, I think my boat would be too loud for some, especially late at night.
Woodsy