Hey rocks!!

[radioman]

The problem is that those coming up from salt water are use to the Red, Right, Returning rule. The Spar navigation rules are unknown to so many and when you try to explain they simply do not listen. How can you change attitude??

[8gv]

My suggestion is

Chasedawg’s Prop and Outdrive Service

[chasedawg]

Originally Posted by 8gv

My suggestion is

Chasedawg’s Prop and Outdrive Service

Ok thank you...maybe better than provide Chases Tow Service to my dock.

[SAB1]

Saw the same thing last week when paddle boarding. People heading southwest thru there on the left side of the blacks. bam! In all honestly you can’t help them. Anyone who can’t read or buy a map gets there due. Just like the knuckleheads that’s try to squeeze between Farm and the mainland.

[Descant]

And people want a lighthouse on the Witches where there are relatively few hits !! You need to name it some thing like "Dead Farmer's Gravesite".

[chasedawg]

Originally Posted by Descant

And people want a lighthouse on the Witches where there are relatively few hits !! You need to name it some thing like "Dead Farmer's Gravesite".

Ok great idea...I can name it but the MP.. Bizer or others have not helped me helping people others preventing damage to their boats and having a horrible experience. We tried red bottle floats and good old magaphones. My son used it when he was 10 years old He would see a boat heading the wrong way and would rush up to the camp to grab the magaphone and blast a horn and yell ... ROCKS. They just wave and get crunched.

Could I maybe get permission since red floating floats was not allowed maybe attach a flag to the no wake sign that says rocks here pointing down... no rocks the other way slow down!!.

[Hillcountry]

Why worry? It’s called natural selection

[garysanfran]

Originally Posted by Hillcountry

Why worry? It’s called natural selection

Darwinian principle of weeding out the morons. You'd think over time their numbers would diminish. Somehow they reproduce. I don't boat on weekends.

[tis]

I suppose half of them make a wake even if they are on the correct side of the buoy right?

[mhtranger]

I think some video footage so we can all have a laugh. But on a serious note marine patrol should help out in some way I would think. As others have said shame on them for not knowing the markers or having a map.

[DEJ]

Originally Posted by mhtranger

But on a serious note marine patrol should help out in some way I would think. As others have said shame on them for not knowing the markers or having a map.

This same scenario happens all over the lake, not just in this area.
Marine Patrol has helped out in some way, they have installed black markers to warn boaters about the rocks in that area, not much else they can do. Boaters need to be aware of where they are and learn which side to pass markers depending on direction of travel.

[persistence]

Originally Posted by radioman

The problem is that those coming up from salt water are use to the Red, Right, Returning rule. The Spar navigation rules are unknown to so many and when you try to explain they simply do not listen. How can you change attitude??

That’s fair and unfair. I’m very comfortable on salt even with traffic on the busiest days. And RRR doesn’t always apply.

But I do approach the lake with caution. Still after ‘learning’ the lake for 5 years, I find the system confusing at best. I think a lot of people get in and hit the throttle and go from there. Some are lucky some aren’t, often never realizing how close they were. I’ve have near misses too. I find the lake to be an entirely different type of boating.

This happens in salt too. I see people float thru 2’ areas in Boston all the time and somehow make it by. The fancy new gps screens are awesome but no replacement for basic seamanship and local knowledge.

I am having fun learning the lake and so far ...no problems


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