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Originally Posted by Skipper of the Sea Que
There is no 150 foot rule with regard to markers or navigation aids. Unless there is some OTHER reason to slow down the markers do not require headway speed.
Stay on plane right next to Flashing Light 1 or hug FL 3 (near Fatlazyless's place) for instance. No need to stay 150 feet from those markers or the one on Nipple Rock and on and on. The marker in and of itself is no reason to slow to headway speed.
You still have to be at headway within 150' of kayaks, boats, swimmers, swim lines, land (not rocks out in the lake), rafts, docks and such (see jrc's message, #13 in this thread) . But no 150' rule with regard to navigation aids.
side note, I think kayaks and PWCs would be more visible with a long fiberglass whip and a flag attached.
Safe boating.
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Let me clarify my earlier statement. I didn't mean to imply that the markers themselves had anything to do with the 150' rule. What I meant was that the markers are marking a navigable channel (in this case at the Graveyard) and boats cannot pass outside of these markers without risking some significant damage. Therefore, if two boats are passing one another within the markers, and the markers themselves are not far enough apart to allow 150' between the two passing boats, they either have to slow to headway speed or one boat has to travel outside the marker (risking damage by the hazard that the marker is marking).