Thurston's Marine

[AC2717]

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

Tonight just before 8 PM. A Thurston's Marine rental bowrider cruised right by me as I was heading into the Weirs Channel. The boat at above wake speed traveled down the channel to the marina. Circled around outside the marina cutting off another boat in the channel. Looks like he was supposed to return by eight and didn't make it?

Just because he was late does not give him permission to violate the laws of the State of NH.

Hi BH,
Not bashing you in anyway, but you cannot and I do not think you are, blame the dealership for this person's actions on the lake, i think it was stated before, that this would be like blaming enterprise or Avis or a car rental place for the actions of what their renters are doing, much like them, the boat dealership takes on a huge risk, liability wise, property wise, and obviously name wise, when renting a boat

Now LLM, please tell us that it is not so and the rumor is false about the Formula Franchise

[BroadHopper]

Originally Posted by AC2717

Hi BH,
Not bashing you in anyway, but you cannot and I do not think you are, blame the dealership for this person's actions on the lake, i think it was stated before, that this would be like blaming enterprise or Avis or a car rental place for the actions of what their renters are doing, much like them, the boat dealership takes on a huge risk, liability wise, property wise, and obviously name wise, when renting a boat

I agree. My point is, Boat Renters should take the full boater's safety course, not grant a temporary one. Does Hertz or Avis grant temporary license to those who rent thier vehicles?????

Why does Brad Thurston thinks it is funny whenever he hears a story about his renters???

[VtSteve]

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

I agree. My point is, Boat Renters should take the full boater's safety course, not grant a temporary one. Does Hertz or Avis grant temporary license to those who rent thier vehicles?????

Why does Brad Thurston thinks it is funny whenever he hears a story about his renters???

I would imagine because he's laughed at some of their boating behavior and it provides entertainment (and $$$) for him. This is the same business that wanted to calm the lake down because it was hurting his rental business?

Personally, I think that the advent of available rentals the last several years is a great thing. However, in the interest of safety for the entire lake, it might be time to think about banning the rentals of boats on the lake.

That may sound harsh, but many people live in fear of the renters, and for good reason. I think it's time to shut down the business for the good of the entire lake.

[AC2717]

While this might be a good idea, and I stress might, and i would like stats and factual data to support this, much like everythign else, I do not think it is a good think to further cut a source of income from local business at this time

Not that I am protecting the renters, but people that have a full boating course under their wings, as well as multiple years of boating expereince are often doing the same things

Saw plenty of it last weekend behing govenors with boats speeding up to pass boats in front of them and as much as waiting to come off plan inbetween the sand bar adn the bridge just to beat others under the bridge.

Besides who is to stop someone from renting a boat somewhere else is bringing it up to the lake

In this case i take it upon my self to be cautious around rental boats, infact having the boat with the advertising on it makes it easier to point them out and stay away, it is that simple, actually makes it easier then the person with their own boats that does the same stuff

Also probably the reason that it is a discussion hear, because the boat is visabily identifiable makes it an easy target, take the ads of the boat, bet you would have a hard time figuring who is who

[VtSteve]

Originally Posted by AC2717

While this might be a good idea, and I stress might, and i would like stats and factual data to support this, much like everythign else, I do not think it is a good think to further cut a source of income from local business at this time

We will give this new law the same time to review the data during the trial period as always. This is a something that has to be done, enough is enough, and the new bill has thousands of supporters.

I think the local businesses will thrive once people are not afraid to venture out on the lake again.

[AC2717]

Originally Posted by VtSteve

We will give this new law the same time to review the data during the trial period as always. This is a something that has to be done, enough is enough, and the new bill has thousands of supporters.

I think the local businesses will thrive once people are not afraid to venture out on the lake again.

That should be found and looked into before passed into law, once into law good luck on a repeal. Things should be measured twice and cut once

[brk-lnt]

Originally Posted by VtSteve

However, in the interest of safety for the entire lake, it might be time to think about banning the rentals of boats on the lake.

I think that is kind of extreme and short-sighted. Just get rid of the "day pass" try-as-much-as-you-like boaters exam. The problem isn't with rental boats, pre-se, it's with people who have no business operating them.

[VtSteve]

Originally Posted by brk-lnt

I think that is kind of extreme and short-sighted. Just get rid of the "day pass" try-as-much-as-you-like boaters exam. The problem isn't with rental boats, pre-se, it's with people who have no business operating them.

Well we certainly have no control over who rents what, and many that have passed the full exam are just as dangerous. We could have supported a NWZ-only law for the rental boats, but one of the posts earlier in this thread shows just how dangerous these rental cowboys really are in NW zones. Just trying to save lives here.

Just imagine a dozen rental boats leaving the Weirs at roughly the same time. That's acres and acres of dangerous water for the recreating public to deal with.