Is this unlawful and dangerous?

[codeman671]

Originally Posted by Bear Islander

Here we have the people that think one guy cruising in a 1,700HP boat is OK. But complaining about a 209HP generator used to make a movie with a crew of hundreds and an audience into the hundreds of millions.

We are getting a bit off track here, but really... How many 1700HP boats do you think are really on the lake? I would dare to guess that less than 1 percent (and I am probably being generous) are over 850hp (850hp being twin 425hp 496 Mag HO's found in most WELL Equipped off the floor non-special order performance boats). I bet there are no more than a 10-20 that have the kind of HP that you mention. Again, probably being generous.

You have dodged my comments a few times about your HP law. Technology is getting better and better, so why push/limit people that want HP to buy older, less efficient engines?

[Bear Islander]

Originally Posted by codeman671

We are getting a bit off track here, but really... How many 1700HP boats do you think are really on the lake? I would dare to guess that less than 1 percent (and I am probably being generous) are over 850hp (850hp being twin 425hp 496 Mag HO's found in most WELL Equipped off the floor non-special order performance boats). I bet there are no more than a 10-20 that have the kind of HP that you mention. Again, probably being generous.

You have dodged my comments a few times about your HP law. Technology is getting better and better, so why push/limit people that want HP to buy older, less efficient engines?

One 1,700HP boat is one to many.

The lake is not big enough for some of the larger cruisers that are showing up. And who knows how much bigger they may be in the future. People will always find excuses and ways around laws. A HP limit is easy to understand an enforce. If you can think of a way to also limit older less efficient engines that is great. Other lakes have HP limits and they work. This "it will never work" argument makes no sense when it is working on so many other lakes.