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Originally Posted by Uncle Fun
By the way... Do you have any PROOF or ACTUAL EVIDENCE of the following quote of yours: "However, these cabin cruisers coming from the big yacht clubs cause far more damage to shoreline and personal property, and are far more dangerous to swimmers, etc., than any speeding boats" or did you just want to throw this in as your own opinon instead of stating FACT???
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Uncle Fun- I'll respond to that one...There have been previous posts about large cabin cruisers doing shoreline and personal property damage. This should be no surprise. And dangerous to swimmers? Heck ya! I am a waterfront owner and as a rule of thumb we do not let any kids under the age of 14 or so swim at our place without a life jacket on and adults watching, it doesn't matter how good of a swimmer they are. The unexpected boat wakes can be obnoxious and dangerous to small swimmers. Our swim raft will rock violently in the waves from boat wakes, picture a 7 year old swimming up to it and preparing to board it when a wake hits and drives it into their little head. It has happened, luckily nobody was seriously hurt.
Where do these big cruisers come from? Yacht clubs mostly. Drive around the lake, most waterfront owners do not own large cabin cruisers, they already live there and don't have the need for a large cruiser.
As far as being more dangerous to swimmers than speeding boats I think this is totally valid. Every weekend we face the large boat wakes yet I can't remember the last time a speeding boat interfered with our swimming. The faster the boat is traveling, the smaller the wake as a rule of thumb.
I have been a day boater in the past prior to owning on the water and have enjoyed the sand bars and would hate to see them no longer useable. If someone buys land in front of a known rafting area they should know in advance what that means. I will say though that I would be thoroughly upset if boats just started hanging out in front of our house when it has NOT been a previously used spot for this type of activity.
We have friends just down from us who subdivided their property, sold their cottages and are going to build further down in the cove. In the past there was a boat or two there on occasion but this year I am seeing 8-10 at a time. I would be not overly thrilled to be building my house and have to look at this. Land owners do pay a lot of money for their property and should be able to enjoy it. I am not saying that we have more rights than others but picture it on both sides before passing a judgement against those who wish not to look at a floating party every weekend out the front window.