Wake Boat Meeting

[XCR-700]

Originally Posted by TiltonBB

I don't know that answer for sure but I wouldn't think so.

I agree with others who think they should be banned from the lake.

Yesterday at 6:30 AM a wakeboard boat playing loud music went by repeatedly about 150 feet offshore. All of the docked boats for the two miles I could see were banging up against the docks and the waves were disturbing docks and washing over people's seawalls.

If disturbing everyone for miles was not enough the loud music they played was loaded with F bombs. Great for families with young kids to wake up to in the morning!

Cant you take pictures/video with time stamp and sent it to the MP? I would think 6:30 is disturbing the peace and clear photographic evidence or the damage from the wake should be enough to issue citations.

[MAXUM]

Originally Posted by XCR-700

Cant you take pictures/video with time stamp and sent it to the MP? I would think 6:30 is disturbing the peace and clear photographic evidence or the damage from the wake should be enough to issue citations.

I was told by a MP officer some time ago that they cannot issue citations unless they witness bad behavior first hand. Sending them the above information will get at best a response from them and and "educational visit" to the people responsible if they can be positively identified.

I don't know if this is indeed accurate, but I should think that it would be difficult to write a summons if the evidence presented could be refuted. Even eyewitness testimony can be inaccurate and subjective. In other words those that have an axe to grind are more likely to embellish the situation or take the worst of it out of context.

[XCR-700]

Originally Posted by MAXUM

I was told by a MP officer some time ago that they cannot issue citations unless they witness bad behavior first hand. Sending them the above information will get at best a response from them and and "educational visit" to the people responsible if they can be positively identified.

I don't know if this is indeed accurate, but I should think that it would be difficult to write a summons if the evidence presented could be refuted. Even eyewitness testimony can be inaccurate and subjective. In other words those that have an axe to grind are more likely to embellish the situation or take the worst of it out of context.

So if there is an accident and you know who did it and have pictures, they wont get involved? That doesnt make any sense to me, but in our crazy mixed up world its probably just about right,,,

Seems like its worth a try, and then post the pictures and video here and it will end the debate about if these boats cause problems or not.

The denial from wake boat owners is currently unchecked, I would thing a couple of videos of them in action and the pictures of the post even damage would be very damning.

Or people can continue to suffer this problem and get no where,,,

[ApS]

When I was a youngster, it was mostly bodysurfing that occupied my time off Kailua- and Lanikai Beaches in Hawaii. (A short walk from our house on Kaikaina Street, Oahu). Similar ample waves can be made by machine.

In contrast, these over-sized wake-MAKER boats are pathetic. https://www.theinertia.com/surf/a-su...te-impressive/

Nobody behind these over-sized wake-MAKER boats can develop the skills that make surfing as enjoyable as its "cousins", in kite-sailing. wind-surfing, or just-plain-old sailing.

This past weekend, with one to three over-sized Wake-MAKERS running back and forth, I realized that there was very little turbidity--only sticks, leaves, and pine needles floating close to shore. With the lake being as high as I can ever remember it, it must have been previous weekends' wake-making that had roiled the waters, and there was nothing left of lakefront soil to loosen.

With these artificial waves leaching people's docks of their various chemical treatments, some recompense should be made--especially in seasons of over-sized waters.