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Originally Posted by TiltonBB
I am all for listening to music while boating. But the speakers should be directed into the boat, not outside the boat, to annoy everyone they pass.
The wake boats are one of the worst things to happen to the lake in recent years. Between the environmental damage they cause with the deep wakes stirring up the bottom sediment and washing up on shore, to the loud speakers designed to blast music that travels for miles, it would be great to see them banned.
Wake boat restrictions and bans across the country are increasingly common, with some areas prohibiting or limiting wake boat activity on certain waterways. These restrictions are often driven by concerns about shoreline erosion, safety, and the impact of large wakes on other boaters and lake ecosystems. Some areas have outright bans on wake boats, while others implement restrictions like limiting operation in shallow water or near shorelines.
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No question.
While not ideal, boaters used to anchor off our shore to take a lunch break, listen quietly to music, and maybe go skiing.
Years pass, and boats started growing in size. You could simply tie-up to your dock to secure your boat. Today, you need to invest in a hydraulic elevator to lift your boat above the fray.
Tubing became popular, and anchoring near shore became uncomfortably rough. They've all moved on.
Wake boats could have been heroes if they had restricted themselves to "fake-surf"--starting in August. (When the lake level is much lower and erosion lessened).
Just yesterday afternoon, some folks bobbing harmlessly in a large I/O got tossed around by wakes--then moved on. While swimming, their own boat had became a weapon!
Why do people spend so much money on an oversized boat designed to sink, when they can go to nearby professional surfing parks for much less, get mentored on HUGE
REAL SURF and not dabble in fake-surfing on Lake Winnipesaukee?
(While annoying others with their over-amplified "music").
For $95, individuals could buy "noise-canceling" headphones to erase the bedlam in front of us; however, radically increasing the cost of registration for the worst of today's worst threats to erosion and near-shore safety of life and property makes more sense.