[Waterbaby]

Originally Posted by Mee-n-Mac

The NASWA boat ran aground during the day ... with an NBC film crew aboard for good measure ! They were up for the NASCAR race that weekend and I forget which racers were also aboard. It was the original topic for this thread from ye olde forum. In any case you'd have thought the NASWA people would know the lake well enough to be able to avoid the Witches (which I think is a reasonably well defined hazard). As to whether more markers or bouys are needed ... I think there are a number of extra (beyond the spars at the north and south ends) "Danger rocks" signs around the Witches right now. Someone said there were more bouys back in the 70's but I don't recall them. May have been there, I just don't recall the all of 70's that well To me it all comes to knowing where you are on the lake and what hazards are around. It can be tough on the newcomers but oldtimers have no good excuse. IMO the area just north of the Graveyard is more poorly marked, and more hazardous, than the Witches are (but then again I don't go up that way that much).

Hi M&M! No racers were aboard, the NASWA was following another boat which had Ryan Newman aboard. Ryan is an avid fisherman, and the NBC crew was filming/narrating Ryan's fishing trip when the filming came to, um, an abrupt halt.

Having not been in the Graveyard area for years and years, I don't know what the markers are around there; I do go around the Witches quite often, however, and think they could be a bit better marked. I agree with your "oldtimers" excuse, in one respect, but occasionally distractions come up and well...... I'm not going any further than that, lol. Thanks for the comment on the W.A. sandbar thread, however, that got me thinking about markers -- I've seen some interesting posts here!

W.B.