NWZ Proposed for Glendale

[Slickcraft]

Went in to the Glendale docks this beautiful Saturday morning at 8:30 am. Thee was not one other boat under way in Glendale Bay.

If someone feels the need for a NWZ from the Glendale docks out past Belknap Point they can simply follow the shoreline at headway speed all the way out or back. That option has always been available to anyone. No need to inconvenience everyone else.

[GodSmile]

Enforce the rules currently in place. If the MP needs more funding to do this, then increase funding.

[tis]

I just don't understand why it is so hard for people to actually drive their boat without making a wake! Why, when you are trying to relax in your boat is it so hard to do a combination of fast and slow? Why are they in such a hurry? I don't think most people need to get to work -----Whether there is a no wake zone or not, if you are close to shore, you shouldn't make a wake. If MP enforced it, they could make enough money to support themselves.

[Hillcountry]

Originally Posted by tis

I just don't understand why it is so hard for people to actually drive their boat without making a wake! Why, when you are trying to relax in your boat is it so hard to do a combination of fast and slow? Why are they in such a hurry? I don't think most people need to get to work -----Whether there is a no wake zone or not, if you are close to shore, you shouldn't make a wake. If MP enforced it, they could make enough money to support themselves.

You echo my thoughts exactly...I feel there is a combination of extreme impatience along with blissful, ignorance instilled in many boat operators.
That, and lack of enforcement is the problem.
Many that I have passed in multiple NWZs that are making wakes appear to not be aware l of their wakes or just don’t care.

[tis]

Originally Posted by Hillcountry

You echo my thoughts exactly...I feel there is a combination of extreme impatience along with blissful, ignorance instilled in many boat operators.
That, and lack of enforcement is the problem.
Many that I have passed in multiple NWZs that are making wakes appear to not be aware l of their wakes or just don’t care.

Exactly. Blissful ignorance and lack of enforcement! I truly think they don't know what a wake is or don't care. They think they are slowing down so that must be ok.

[lakewinnie]

Apologies if this has already been posted somewhere.
The link below (I hope it works) is about a 9 year old boy who dies of carbon monoxide poisoning on a boat in OK.

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/...-trip/2338142/

" After a day at the rear of a boat, Free's youngest child, Andrew Brady, 9, fell unconscious into the lake and never woke up again. It was later revealed that the boy, who loved the outdoors and his friends and family, had died of carbon monoxide poisoning, something Free said she had no idea could happen on a boat.

"One of the things we hadn’t considered was the long no-wake zone," Free explained, referring to the area of the lake where boats must maintain slower speeds."

"Traveling at slower speeds, like the Free family did for some of the day, can also increase the buildup of carbon monoxide."

This article made me think of the NWZ in Meredith.

[ApS]

You're describing "Teak Surfing". A bad idea and shouldn't be legal.

Described in 2009;
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.or...-teak-surf4384

Two showing a similar example in Winter Harbor—a week ago: