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Originally Posted by ITD
. . . the safety issue is BS, no matter how many times Evenstar tells us she "almost" gets run over by a "high speed" boat that comes within 150 ft of her when she is in her kayak.
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I never said that I "almost" got run over. I said that powerboats have invaded my 150 foot zone because they were going too fast.
You claim the speed limit isn't a safety issue, and your "proof" is that any boater who has stated that they have experienced a dangerous encounter with a high-speed boat on Winni must be "bending the truth" - because of some group conspiracy. The only boating group that I'm a member of is the Intercollegiate Sailing Association (which I have to be registered with to compete as an NCAA athlete). I'm pretty sure that neither the ICSA nor the NCAA are part of an anti-powerboat conspiracy.
I was at the hearing last March where many people told of dangerous speed-related encounters. One of our current Senators told me that her husband experienced a speed-related close encounter while kayaking. So I'm not the only one who has experienced these dangerous encounters.
Look, we're not all lying - the only reason that I am for a speed limit is that I have been in dangerous encounters, which would have probably not occurred (or been nearly as dangerous) if the boat had been going slower. Plus a speed limit is a tool that the MP can use to clamp down on things like BWI - so this is entirely a safety issue for me.