Speed Limits

Great Idea · 04-28-2005, 06:48 PM

If you think that speed is not a factor regarding fatal accidents and the potential for them occurring then think again..... check out the statistics regarding our highways and speed is a major factor in deaths. Come on people..... please. The funny thing about all this is that the off shore boating community laughs at these big go fasts on Winni. One friend who owns a very large go fast and races in Florida compared it to using an INDY car on a dirt track. Come on! If you like big go fast boats then go to the track suited for them.... OFF SHORE. I owned a go fast on Winni and soon saw the ridiculousness of it as I had to plane up, plane down constantly traveling the lake. They are too just too big. I had it for a few years , realized my error in judgement and sold it to someone for use in the ocean. Before you all go off and start the "ohh he doesn't know how to handle it etc" ... I use these type of boats often in the ocean were they belong. I love them more than most however they need to be used elsewhere. Can the broads handle a big go fast? Maybe yes but is it really that exciting tearing up and down the broads ???? Go out and do some real off shore running and then tell me it is. People please ..... the real issue isnt really that you want to go fast perhaps ? Show more than go??? If you really like speed then take your performance craft to the big boy track and use it were it was intended. Lets be reasonalbe for once before we get the headline regarding the tragic death of innocent people due to excessive speed on Winni. Its not if but when...... I have been on the lake regularly since the mid 80's and I see more close calls every year. Often the offending go fast's don't even see the little craft bobbing in the waves just feet from them. I would love to have all my cake and eat it too however I know better. Winni is just too small for high speeds and large performance boats. Time to grow up. Will a speed limit solve all the problems? No way , but being responsible and letting people know that 45 or 50 is a reasonable top speed in Winni is a step in the right direction. Don't worry local economy doom and gloomers.... there will be PLENTY of other boaters to take their place.

04-28-2005, 06:48 PM	#11
Great Idea Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 38 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Speed Kills..... If you think that speed is not a factor regarding fatal accidents and the potential for them occurring then think again..... check out the statistics regarding our highways and speed is a major factor in deaths. Come on people..... please. The funny thing about all this is that the off shore boating community laughs at these big go fasts on Winni. One friend who owns a very large go fast and races in Florida compared it to using an INDY car on a dirt track. Come on! If you like big go fast boats then go to the track suited for them.... OFF SHORE. I owned a go fast on Winni and soon saw the ridiculousness of it as I had to plane up, plane down constantly traveling the lake. They are too just too big. I had it for a few years , realized my error in judgement and sold it to someone for use in the ocean. Before you all go off and start the "ohh he doesn't know how to handle it etc" ... I use these type of boats often in the ocean were they belong. I love them more than most however they need to be used elsewhere. Can the broads handle a big go fast? Maybe yes but is it really that exciting tearing up and down the broads ???? Go out and do some real off shore running and then tell me it is. People please ..... the real issue isnt really that you want to go fast perhaps ? Show more than go??? If you really like speed then take your performance craft to the big boy track and use it were it was intended. Lets be reasonalbe for once before we get the headline regarding the tragic death of innocent people due to excessive speed on Winni. Its not if but when...... I have been on the lake regularly since the mid 80's and I see more close calls every year. Often the offending go fast's don't even see the little craft bobbing in the waves just feet from them. I would love to have all my cake and eat it too however I know better. Winni is just too small for high speeds and large performance boats. Time to grow up. Will a speed limit solve all the problems? No way , but being responsible and letting people know that 45 or 50 is a reasonable top speed in Winni is a step in the right direction. Don't worry local economy doom and gloomers.... there will be PLENTY of other boaters to take their place.