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Belmont Resident · 07-20-2004, 04:03 PM

Just because a group of boats is driving across the lake fast doesn’t mean they are doing anything wrong.
I like to drive fast as often as I can but still obey the rules. Who are you to tell boat owners what they can do or how fast they can drive. A lot of the people you are referring to have been boating for years and have probably forgotten more about boating than you have learned.
If they were putting you in harms way then that’s different. But from what you are saying you’re sounding just like someone else on this site who constantly bashes powerboats.
You can not classify a group of boaters into the same category just because of a few bad apples.
That’s like me saying your whole family must be bad because you got a speeding ticket going down the highway.
I personally stop for every boater I see with a hatch up, pick up trash on the lake when I see it.
But love to push my boat when I drive it all while going out of my way to avoid coming within 300’ of other boats.
The average every day boaters outnumbers the power boaters at least 10 to 1 on the lake. I have not asked this year but in the past the group with the most violations was jet skies and family boaters.

07-20-2004, 04:03 PM	#16
Belmont Resident Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Belmont NH but prefer Jackman Maine Posts: 1,857 Thanks: 491 Thanked 410 Times in 251 Posts	simplify Just because a group of boats is driving across the lake fast doesn’t mean they are doing anything wrong. I like to drive fast as often as I can but still obey the rules. Who are you to tell boat owners what they can do or how fast they can drive. A lot of the people you are referring to have been boating for years and have probably forgotten more about boating than you have learned. If they were putting you in harms way then that’s different. But from what you are saying you’re sounding just like someone else on this site who constantly bashes powerboats. You can not classify a group of boaters into the same category just because of a few bad apples. That’s like me saying your whole family must be bad because you got a speeding ticket going down the highway. I personally stop for every boater I see with a hatch up, pick up trash on the lake when I see it. But love to push my boat when I drive it all while going out of my way to avoid coming within 300’ of other boats. The average every day boaters outnumbers the power boaters at least 10 to 1 on the lake. I have not asked this year but in the past the group with the most violations was jet skies and family boaters.