No Wake Zone & Rain

[AC2717]

Originally Posted by Dave R

I am not condoning people making a wake in a NWZ, but, if you think you don't need to protect your boat from wakes just because you dock it in a NWZ, you are setting yourself up for disappointment.

I tend to agree with this, also following that any port in a storm is a good idea as well.

if I remember that day correctly the storm was so bad people needed to get off the lake quick, Boat damage or not, better than a life lost due to lighting or being swamped and overwhelmed

also heard reports of someone firing a flare gun at a boat in the channel trying to get out of the storm as well

(I was not the boat nor was anywhere near the channel)

[Phantom]

Originally Posted by AC2717

also heard reports of someone firing a flare gun at a boat in the channel trying to get out of the storm as well

Plain & simple;
If anyone EVER deliberately shot a flare gun at my boat, they best be prepared to pay the CONSEQUENCES !!


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[AC2717]

Originally Posted by Phantom

If anyone EVER deliberately shot a flare gun at my boat, they best be prepared to pay the CONSEQUENCES !!


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oh, it happened, I know the person it happened to, and they were with a bunch of kids otherwise it would have been ugly

[Rich]

Originally Posted by AC2717

oh, it happened, I know the person it happened to, and they were with a bunch of kids otherwise it would have been ugly

I would think that the police AND the marine patrol should have been called about this. Perhaps it's under investigation, but if you're telling us this happened, how about an update?

[AC2717]

Originally Posted by Rich

I would think that the police AND the marine patrol should have been called about this. Perhaps it's under investigation, but if you're telling us this happened, how about an update?

you are correct, but other than a short description of the person and area it came from, there was nothing else, again he was full with kids on the boat. He did not call the police as by the time he got back to the dock 10 minutes or so lapsed

[Rich]

Originally Posted by AC2717

you are correct, but other than a short description of the person and area it came from, there was nothing else, again he was full with kids on the boat. He did not call the police as by the time he got back to the dock 10 minutes or so lapsed

IMHO, no matter if 10 or 30 minutes have passed, the authorities should have been called. Shooting at someone would be a serious offense. If they did it once, they may do it again. Even if it was kids playing around, it's a serious issue.

Imagine if it hit boat, a person on the boat, or someone or someone's property on the other side of the channel?

[AC2717]

Originally Posted by Rich

IMHO, no matter if 10 or 30 minutes have passed, the authorities should have been called. Shooting at someone would be a serious offense. If they did it once, they may do it again. Even if it was kids playing around, it's a serious issue.

Imagine if it hit boat, a person on the boat, or someone or someone's property on the other side of the channel?

I agree, I was not the person involved, I would have acted differently opting to find a free dock right there asap to make sure passengers were safe and called police and marine patrol

[ITD]

Shooting anything at someone is stupid in this circumstance, especially in NH where constitutional carry is the law, you never know who is armed and that someone could be justified in shooting back. People need to think.

[Hillcountry]

Originally Posted by Phantom

Plain & simple;
If anyone EVER deliberately shot a flare gun at my boat, they best be prepared to pay the CONSEQUENCES !!


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I'm interested in what your "consequences" would have been?
You're flying through a no wake zone and someone fires a flare toward you...what do you do?