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Originally Posted by mwl
My point is that if your NATURAL shorline had not been destroyed and replaced with grass & sand, waves from wind, boats or whatever would not cause any damage. Please take a look at some natural shorline and see what is there and how waves do not afftect it.
You'll probalbly have to look elsewhere other than the area you have your house to find some. One of the islands such as Stonedam is a good example. We're fortunate that there are still some areas protected from overdevelopment the boating public can still enjoy.
I just can't understand how some property owners can come up here, destroy (and I mean destroy) the natural beauty of the lake and then have the nerve to complain about boaters who only make waves.
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My shoreline is natural - never been replaced with grass and/or sand. Only thing I did was to build a perched beach in accordance with DES regs, but the natural shoreline had to remain virtually untouched. All of the natural, untouched shoreline has been seriously eroded; not by waves from wind, but rather by waves from huge cruisers. There is not enough fetch in front of my house for waves from wind to get any larger than 12 inches at the most. The erosion of the land is substantially higher up the slope from the waterline and no wave from wind could ever reach this high. If I get out there this weekend I'll take some pictures and post them here so you can see for yourself.