Question for speed limit supporters

BroadHopper · 06-12-2011, 11:25 AM

I remember a decade or so ago, a local woman was killed in a sailboat accident. The sailor is one of Winnfabs sponsor. Sailing can be just as dangerous as power boating.

ApS · 06-18-2011, 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by BroadHopper

I remember a decade or so ago, a local woman was killed in a sailboat accident. The sailor is one of Winnfabs sponsor. Sailing can be just as dangerous as power boating.

...and...

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Originally Posted by Dave R

You can't have a collision with 150' separation. It's (really basic) physics.

Without coming within 150' of it and without touching it with your powerboat's wake—you can overturn a sailboat.

chipj29 · 06-21-2011, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Acres per Second

...and...

Without coming within 150' of it and without touching it with your powerboat's wake—you can overturn a sailboat.

That is true, but read his post again. He was talking about a collision, not an overturned sailboat.
Context my friend, it's all about context.

fatlazyless · 06-21-2011, 10:22 AM

From my lookout spot, close to Buoy 3, it always seemed like the performance boaters were also pretty much the all-weather, hard core boaters who like to spend a lot of time on the water and were almost always out there. Trying to figure if it's been the weather, the price of gas, or the speed limit is very open to conjecture, but so far this season, the lake seems to be more empty of boaters and more quiet than in prior seasons. Just my two cents?

BroadHopper · 06-21-2011, 10:12 PM

I was out 'broadhopping' Father's Day. Hardly a boat in sight in the white caps. No SL supporters to bother me, cut me off etc. Got to love a lake without boneheads!

06-12-2011, 11:25 AM	#1
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,716 Thanks: 3,338 Thanked 1,145 Times in 823 Posts	Sailboat Horror I remember a decade or so ago, a local woman was killed in a sailboat accident. The sailor is one of Winnfabs sponsor. Sailing can be just as dangerous as power boating. __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.

06-21-2011, 10:22 AM	#4
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 9,251 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 314 Thanked 1,120 Times in 827 Posts	From my lookout spot, close to Buoy 3, it always seemed like the performance boaters were also pretty much the all-weather, hard core boaters who like to spend a lot of time on the water and were almost always out there. Trying to figure if it's been the weather, the price of gas, or the speed limit is very open to conjecture, but so far this season, the lake seems to be more empty of boaters and more quiet than in prior seasons. Just my two cents? __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store!

06-21-2011, 10:12 PM	#5
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,716 Thanks: 3,338 Thanked 1,145 Times in 823 Posts	Crazy weather I was out 'broadhopping' Father's Day. Hardly a boat in sight in the white caps. No SL supporters to bother me, cut me off etc. Got to love a lake without boneheads! __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.

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