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Originally Posted by ART
In general I think that the Marine Patrol has too large of a presence on our lake.
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Art, I would respectully disagree with that based on a totaly unscientific 2 hour observation by me last spring. From the boardwalk at the Weirs I noticed a flashing light a few hundred yards off the piers, it seemed to be a MP boat alongside another boat. ALL the boats headed for the channel came down off plane and slowed before the buoys at the Paugus channel. Every boat traveled at "no wake" speed, had good seperation, and proceeded in an orderly manner through the channel. An hour later the MP boat was gone and the view changed radically. All the boats seemed to be playing a game of chicken and racing to see who could get to the channel first. Some didn't come off plane untill they were next to the beach.
Just my opinion, that short "presence" caused a few boaters to be law abiding, even if only for an hour. Maybe there needs to be more presence.