Just for the record, I have a 22 foot pontoon with a Porta potti that gets used, alot. Anybody who has a wife and three young children can atest to it's usage.
As far as rafting is concerned I think once we had had three boats tied together. A bunch of times two toons tied up. My friend also has three young children, a wife, and porta potti. But most of the time we are a rafting party of one.
The issue here is privatization of a public lake. Goverment, in their constant thirst for more money keeps on selling off, rezoning, or restricting land use to settle it's cravings for more money. Once it falls into private hands, the goverment taxes the you know what out of them. In return the land owner feels they are entitled to more.
When they realize they can't get what they want, they try to "back door it" by using Loons, Noise, Water rights, Excessive parking lot lights, and rafting. If I missed something I apologize. The list is endless.
I'll say it again, Frank M, if your so concerned about the loons maybe you should move out also. Make the Island "off limits" for all.
No you won't do that. Your the self anointed protecter of the Loons.
The Lake is as it should be. Public. Neither you or any other of your shorefront landbarons can change that. You can try to restrict boaters, but their shear numbers are overwelming. Pretty much hopeless they way I see it.
One other thing I want to address.
I get the impression here that if more then two boats are tied up it must be one wild and crazy party. Being a toon owner, I live to throw the anchor and sit back and enjoy the sun. I don't see all these wild and crazy parties you all are talking about. I'm sure it happens, but I find it hard to believe it happens as much as you seem to think it does.
But I guess I should just chalk it up as another feeble attempt to make it look worse then it is.
With that in mind, I'm done.
Hey next time you look out your kitchen window and there's a pontoon anchored right outside with three screaming kids and a wife yelling at some poor guy, wave to me.
