Hey rocks!!

Jdarby · 08-03-2020, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by chasedawg

Several years ago a friend who lives in Wolfeboro place red painted clorox bottles to help identify the rocks. Those didn't last long because the MP came and scooped them up.....

Im surprised the MP removed them. There are various other examples of these around the lake. Have you contacted the MP and asked them for any suggestions and alerted them to how frequently you witness these strikes? I appreciate you not wanting to turn a blind eye. I don’t understand why people can’t use a chart or smartphone navigation to know exactly where they should and should not be. With that said, boat damage is a hard way to teach the lesson. But I fear it can translate into serious injury at some point. As you said, people don’t even stop to assess damage which defies logic!

DEJ · 08-03-2020, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Jdarby

Im surprised the MP removed them.

From a similar thread back in 2014 started by the OP on the same topic, Marine Patrol response to home made markers:

"private" markers are not approved on navigable
waters across the state. Typically if a "home-made" navigational aid is located it is removed.

Patofnaud · 08-03-2020, 08:15 AM

Sad truth is,,,, you can't fix stupid.

If you don't know the area and can't be bothered learning the rules, then the 'play stupid games, win stupid prizes' adage come in.

Fwiw, if I do not know an area and the chart is showing all sorts of hell, off plane, trim up, first mate eyes over bow and crawl mode enabled.

Heck first time I saw Graveyard, I veared off and took the long way around. Until the 2nd time when I saw a big cruiser tear through and then I tried it.

Jdarby · 08-03-2020, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by DEJ

From a similar thread back in 2014 started by the OP on the same topic, Marine Patrol response to home made markers:

"private" markers are not approved on navigable

waters across the state. Typically if a "home-made" navigational aid is located it is removed.

Well, there are a bunch they are missing!

Dave R · 08-11-2020, 08:22 AM

I cannot fathom how anyone in 2020 would boat over rocks in a power boat. Smart phones are ubiquitous and for less than the cost of lunch for 3 at McDonalds, one can have a year-long subscription to Navionics that will not only tell you where you and rocks are, it will plan a safe route for you to follow. It literally makes the horrible NH ATON system moot.

08-03-2020, 08:15 AM	#3
Patofnaud Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Tilton/Paugus Bay Posts: 239 Thanks: 13 Thanked 64 Times in 45 Posts	Sad truth is,,,, you can't fix stupid. If you don't know the area and can't be bothered learning the rules, then the 'play stupid games, win stupid prizes' adage come in. Fwiw, if I do not know an area and the chart is showing all sorts of hell, off plane, trim up, first mate eyes over bow and crawl mode enabled. Heck first time I saw Graveyard, I veared off and took the long way around. Until the 2nd time when I saw a big cruiser tear through and then I tried it.

08-11-2020, 08:22 AM	#5
Dave R Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,984 Thanks: 246 Thanked 743 Times in 443 Posts	I cannot fathom how anyone in 2020 would boat over rocks in a power boat. Smart phones are ubiquitous and for less than the cost of lunch for 3 at McDonalds, one can have a year-long subscription to Navionics that will not only tell you where you and rocks are, it will plan a safe route for you to follow. It literally makes the horrible NH ATON system moot.

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