[Belmont Resident]

Some observations from this Sundays ride.

We left the Lakeport end or Paugus Bay, only 2 other performance boats to be seen all the way up 2 the channel. Paugus bay was full of family boats all jockeying for the ability to get up on plane while pushing the headway speed thing in essence making a larger wake than if they were on plane. In the channel everyone was in a rush to go nowhere. Boaters driving up the sides in an attempt to cut in further up.
Took us ½ hour to get through the channel. Went out around eagle island noticed almost all runabouts with families and some cruisers. Once out in the open we got up to about 60, went by the Witches past Welch Island and ran over to Trexlers marina where we stopped to wait for another boat. On the way over we noticed one carver making about a 4’ wake.
While drifting we were passed by a fishing boat within 50’.
We spent time helping a disabled boat then left for home. We took the route between Bear and Mark Island traveling at headway until we got past Mark Island.
We were passed by several boats all traveling within 100’while on plane.
One particularly close call by a grey sided Formula cruiser from Lakeport marina. He passed within 50’ of us while within 100’ of the tip of Mark Island then we witnessed him and every other boat around us blow the NWZ off Governors Island.
The rest of the trip back to the dock was uneventful.
Not once did we see a performance boater do anything wrong, not that we saw many of them out there anyways. 95% of the boats were runabouts or cruisers.
This was my son’s last ride for 2 years; he leaves to go over seas this month to fight a war I do not believe in for a president I despise.