Today, Islander posted:
"There is a theory that speed limit legislation was created as part of an underhanded scheme to eliminate one kind of boat. I believe this theory to be false."
But, back on 1/16/05, at 3:26 PM, Islander posted the following:
"This law does not require ANY enforcement!
When owners of boats that can go 90mph are looking for a lake to visit or dock their boat at they will NOT choose a lake with a 45mph speed limit. So no new fast boats will come to lake winni.
Some die hard owners of fast boats on the lake may stay. But year by year there will be fewer and fewer fast boats on the lake. All this without the Marine Patrol writing even one ticket.
There will be people that go 50 or 60 on the lake and get away with it. Just like people go 75 or 85 on RT93 and usually get away with it. But nobody goes 130 on RT 93 and nobody will be going 90 on the lake anymore.
If you read the article about the people that came up with this legislation you will find that they are already talking about horse power limits."
And on 1/18/05, at 4:44 PM, Islander posted the following:
"This is where these people are coming from! They want to blast by Eagle Island at 200 mph.
Notice that the generic name for these boats is "Offshore". Winni doesn't have anyplace that is offshore."
On a different note, on 1/14/05 at 3:27 PM Bear Lover posted the following:
"ITD
Your missing the point. A speed limit is not what the majority want. What they want is those "big, loud, gas guzzling, mine is bigger than yours" boats off of the lake. A speed limit is what they will use as the way to do it. Nobody is going to spend a small fortune to keep a muscle boat on a lake with a 45 mph limit.
And after the speed limit passes they will want a horse power limit, or some other method, to get the cabin cruisers off the lake.
If you really think it can't happen read the list of NH lakes with speed and or horsepower limits. It's about 1 in 3."
Gee, Islander, I wonder why some of us formed a theory that "speed limit legislation was created as part of an underhanded scheme to eliminate one kind of boat"? Could it possibly have been based upon postings by some of the speed limit proponents?
I'm sure that, if you would like additional evidence supporting the above theory, I could retrieve and paste dozens of similar posts.....
Silver Duck