Anchoring Near Shore

[thinkxingu]

So this dude, the ONLY boat we've seen in the last hour, just came in to do laps back and forth, in the quiet back stretch of Moultonborough Bay, while the WHOLE BAY is wide open. Blasting "Carry on My Wayward Son" over and over. L'il Buddy's boat is getting close to swamped. Wakeboaters suck.



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[FlyingScot]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

So this dude, the ONLY boat we've seen in the last hour, just came in to do laps back and forth, in the quiet back stretch of Moultonborough Bay, while the WHOLE BAY is wide open. Blasting "Carry on My Wayward Son" over and over. L'il Buddy's boat is getting close to swamped. Wakeboaters suck.

Yipes! Agreed that wakeboaters (and Kansas) suck. Back to an earlier convo-- this is why my man needs a life vest in a small boat. They're not uncomfortable once you get used to it

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[XCR-700]

Originally Posted by FlyingScot

Yipes! Agreed that wakeboaters (and Kansas) suck. Back to an earlier convo-- this is why my man needs a life vest in a small boat. They're not uncomfortable once you get used to it

https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/8098...d-life-jackets

Well for all my knocks about the modern world, life jackets have come a long way and are in fact much better than when we were kids!

[Outdoorsman]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

So this dude, the ONLY boat we've seen in the last hour, just came in to do laps back and forth, in the quiet back stretch of Moultonborough Bay, while the WHOLE BAY is wide open. Blasting "Carry on My Wayward Son" over and over. L'il Buddy's boat is getting close to swamped. Wakeboaters suck.Attachment 16352Attachment 16353

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Cropped photos like this do not help your cause (plea's for sympothy). I am sure LE would view it the same way.

I see NO wake behind the boat you are complaining about. It also looks like the kid is not even in the boat you are saying is "being swamped". I say this because the yellow duffle bag, that is being stored on top of the gas tank, appears in both pictures. That gives a reasonable idea of the positioning.

So just a take-away from this.... If you are using pictures to support your opinion, make them visible enough to actually "give a picture".

[FlyingScot]

Originally Posted by Outdoorsman

Cropped photos like this do not help your cause (plea's for sympothy). I am sure LE would view it the same way.

I see NO wake behind the boat you are complaining about. It also looks like the kid is not even in the boat you are saying is "being swamped". I say this because the yellow duffle bag, that is being stored on top of the gas tank, appears in both pictures. That gives a reasonable idea of the positioning.

So just a take-away from this.... If you are using pictures to support your opinion, make them visible enough to actually "give a picture".

Since Think has been a reliable poster for years, and there's nothing inconsistent in the pictures, we have no reason to question his reporting.

So I'm gonna guess that you're the guy in the wakeboat. Please turn your crappy music down, stop driving in circles, and someday take a real look at those monster wakes and the damage they do to other boats and the shoreline.

[thinkxingu]

Originally Posted by Outdoorsman

Cropped photos like this do not help your cause (plea's for sympothy). I am sure LE would view it the same way.

I see NO wake behind the boat you are complaining about. It also looks like the kid is not even in the boat you are saying is "being swamped". I say this because the yellow duffle bag, that is being stored on top of the gas tank, appears in both pictures. That gives a reasonable idea of the positioning.

So just a take-away from this.... If you are using pictures to support your opinion, make them visible enough to actually "give a picture".

I missed this idiocy yesterday.

1. The boat is turning around in the image, hence no wake.
2. I'm IN the boat, and that's only one of a few not cropped images I took, since I couldn't start my phone's video recorder in time.
3. You'll also notice the surfer is in the water, not remotely 150' from the other shore.
4. He got close enough to us for me to record, and get his bow numbers—which I could've posted, but my intent wasn't to out this specific person but rather reinforce my belief that wakeboaters suck.
5. Since you're attempting to minimize my experience with minutiae, I'll be proactive and point out that the event took longer than just one "Carry on My Wayward Son"—he also played ****ty Van Halen tracks, among them "Big Bad Bill," more evidence this guy was a doofus.

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[Cal Coon]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

I missed this idiocy yesterday.

1. The boat is turning around in the image, hence no wake.
2. I'm IN the boat, and that's only one of a few not cropped images I took, since I couldn't start my phone's video recorder in time.
3. You'll also notice the surfer is in the water, not remotely 150' from the other shore.
4. He got close enough to us for me to record, and get his bow numbers—which I could've posted, but my intent wasn't to out this specific person but rather reinforce my belief that wakeboaters suck.
5. Since you're attempting to minimize my experience with minutiae, I'll be proactive and point out that the event took longer than just one "Carry on My Wayward Son"—he also played ****ty Van Halen tracks, among them "Big Bad Bill," more evidence this guy was a doofus.

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The reason Van Halen recorded "Big Bad Bill" on the Diver Down album, was to give Eddie and Alex Van Halen a chance for their clarinet playing father to record a song with his two sons that actually got "recorded" on an album. It was a way of paying tribute to their father for his influence on his sons music career. Also, FWIW, both Eddie and Alex started playing the opposite instruments at a very young age before they decided to "switch", and found their real passion for the instruments they play today. One other needless piece of information about Van Halen that I find interesting is that they considered naming the band "Rat Salad" instead of Van Halen because of the influence the band Black Sabbath had on them growing up. For those that don't know, Rat Salad is an (instrumental, drum solo) song by Black Sabbath on their "paranoid" album. Don't you feel smarter now, knowing this???

[XCR-700]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

So this dude, the ONLY boat we've seen in the last hour, just came in to do laps back and forth, in the quiet back stretch of Moultonborough Bay, while the WHOLE BAY is wide open. Blasting "Carry on My Wayward Son" over and over. L'il Buddy's boat is getting close to swamped. Wakeboaters suck.Attachment 16352Attachment 16353

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Cranky old guy that I am, I dont get the blasting music thing. Its as if these folks want to feel like what they would look like if they were watching themselves in movie with background music and editing and all the hollywood stuff.

Cant speak to the wake boarding and wake surfing, but that blasting music thing is just weird to me. We would NEVER have wanted blasting music while water skiing in my youth, it would have ruined the experience.

I'm sure I'm missing something,,, NOT.

[Descant]

Wherever Little Buddy was should have been a NWZ within 150 feet. I can think of several ways to protect that 150 feet. Yes some might be confrontation, but video recording while waiting for an MP response would be OK. Being truly confrontational (egg toss?) would be a lot more fun but probably less productive. Nevertheless, confrontation may be what is needed. A few sympathetic boats/kayaks/canoes in the area whenever wake boats are destructive? Three canoes create a 900' NWZ, right?

[Cal Coon]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

So this dude, the ONLY boat we've seen in the last hour, just came in to do laps back and forth, in the quiet back stretch of Moultonborough Bay, while the WHOLE BAY is wide open. Blasting "Carry on My Wayward Son" over and over. L'il Buddy's boat is getting close to swamped. Wakeboaters suck.Attachment 16352Attachment 16353

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Good (learning) experience for the young Captain. Life is not always smooth sailing...