[ApS]

Originally Posted by Woodsy

APS...Jefe does not drink. Those were soda cans and empty bottled water containers.

I'm impressed! My own recollections about such things usually only go back a day or two -- certainly not back to 2004. "Jefe" goes on to say:

"...Well W----- and W----- don’t wait in lines. This is their town, and we are their guests so we strolled right in past the line (and several dirty looks). When we got inside there was a cover charge….Cover? what do you mean cover? These boys don’t pay no stinking cover either…..It’s nice to have the help of the local talent..."

As I imbibe infrequently, I've never paid "cover" nor "strolled right past" anybody! Still, I wonder about those who would treat others near—or on—Winnipesaukee with such disdain.

And WHO would restrict boat type?
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=42619
("Guess-who?" favors a limit on a boat-type)?

Originally Posted by Woodsy

There is a perception that all owners of High Performance boats are essentially lawless cowboys.

On Winnipesaukee, Donzi GFBLs call themselves "The Donzi Bandits", right? (Not Cowboys, Heaven forbid) These might be instructive:

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=51030
("What's so wrong with a cold beer?")
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=45526
("Can't keep 150-foot separation")
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=42597
("Marine Patrol - Help Us")
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=41878
(Cigs do donuts 50' off dock)
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=29427
(Won't keep cowboys from buzzing your dock).
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=13622
("Donzis racing one another").
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=42593
(July, 2002: "Some day someone will die...due to cowboys...")http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=41838
(Donzi throws big wake returning to his buddies)
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=27707
(Cigarette boat loses its transom in the Broads.)
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=27452
(Bearmeister says [Cig] speed kills—in 2001!)
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=27486
(Why you guys are your own worst enemy).
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=29835
(FLL nails it 365 days before 2002 fatality-causer is nailed himself)
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=29720
(Reckless operation tears off outdrive of 28' "Noise boat")
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=28163
(Why you guys are your own worst enemy — II)
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=45395
(Hobie girls passed by 110-MPH Tunnel-Hull)
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=45480
(Throttleman agrees with my speed estimate, above)
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=43992
(M-n-M sees GFBL sunk suggests alcohol, not H2O)
http://www4.citizen.com/news2002/aug...e_0830a_02.asp
(2002 fatal crash by Citizen shows "Not Found -- 404 Error" today)
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=41958
(FLL "thinks small" on weight, horsepower, speed, and decibels)
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=41958
(Baja Bob lectures forum on ROW -- wrongly)
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=62808
(New Hampshire boating safety stats nearly as bad as Washington state's)
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=42585
(Aquadeziac, upset BEFORE Winnipesaukee's worst collision).
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=29832
(43-footer "Black Thunder" sinks in Broads)
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=57570
(Fountain flips and crashes in Broads) Restrict them from The Broads?
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=29832
(Speedboat gets stuck between trees—in Wolfeboro)
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=63437
(Cigarette enters cottage—three killed—at night)
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=11075
(Why you guys are your own worst enemy—III)
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=11235
(Why you guys are your own worst enemy—IV)
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=11119
(Why you guys are your own worst enemy—V)
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=11286
(Why you guys are your own worst enemy—VI)
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=19327
(A Poker Run Is Not a Race—II)

Originally Posted by Woodsy

The NHMP shadowed the run in its entirety with one of their RIBs. There were no 150' violations or any tickets issued by the NHMP.

Woodsy

What year? This post says that you have it all wrong: http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=29072
(Donzis run from the Marine Patrol).

Finally: Things should return to normal after HB162 achieves history: We forget about the importance of well-advised laws. Here's an "Olde Forum" nugget:

"Glad you guys were not around when they proposed to ban lead from paint or we'd all be too dumb to even have this conversation."

.