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Originally Posted by chasedawg
I give up...Here we go again! Pier 19 store is open and boats we haven't seen before since the store closed are blowing by through the NWZ and on the wrong side of the clearly black and white markers. BAM..BOM...BAM!!!
We and our neighbors try to alert this boaters but they have not clue. One guy as I was waving to him and calling ROCKS!! He and his wife waved back as they destroyed they lower unit. What I don't understand when they hit...they power up which makes it even worst. None of them...none of them stop or even check their props or even more important checking bilge for leakage.
These are nice new boats with mostly families on board. This happens several times a week and on weekends I could not give a guess. Are these all rental boats? I have seen some that would not be rentals.
Any suggestions what we can do to help warn people beyond what we have done. Several years ago a friend who lives in Wolfeboro place red painted clorox bottles to help identify the rocks. Those didn't last long because the MP came and scooped them up.
I think I will just let them slam and bam their boats from now on...so sad to witness....
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I know the area well, I have seen the idiots and have watched a few hits happen..... I have even been told I am on the wrong side of the markers...
I think the maps and markers explain things very well through that spot.
You however can't make people listen and think.
As far as what to do, I think the sad part is there isn't much you can do, except of course as it sounds like you already do, pay attention and if someone ends up in real distress help them out.
I am convinced that many people on the lake view their boats as a short term item, that they will trade in after a season or two. This many of them really don't give a darn about the damage they do to them. As an owner of 2 20 year old boats I can't understand the mentality. But it is what it is....