Too quiet? Too loud?

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Originally Posted by Lakewinniboater

I am glad to see someone FINALLY admit why this speed debate has risen. We all knew it was to get the GF boats to go away and knew speed wasn't the issue. We also were pretty sure that it was discriminatory.

I've maintained this all along, in the appropriate threads, the speed limit people are upset about large wakes, loud noise, then speed, no secret here.

I know this is a busy lake, I barely notice "normal" boat noise, even on a busy Saturday. Part of the reason I picked this lake instead of Squam was I liked what it had to offer as far as places to go and so on. I knew it would not be as quiet as Squam or Winnisquam, although it is pretty close during the week in the summer. On the other hand, excessive noise isn't part of the deal (per the law) and should be eliminated.

The boats I fear are pontoon boats with 60+ yo drivers, I've had more close calls with them (while fishing out of my rowboat or sailing) . The GF boats always give a wide berth.

I have no problem with muffled GF boats, the unmuffled ones should go to the ocean at least 10 miles from shore and make all the noise they want there, let the whales deal with it.