On Mar 5, 11:59*am, wrote:
On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 09:37:20 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Mar 4, 7:09*pm, Harry wrote:
On 3/4/10 8:04 PM, Tim wrote:

http://jamestownnews.womacknewspaper.../03/04/news/sp....

I guess putter boating is better than none. It might be a fisherman's
delight, though.

It's a small lake...why would you need to go fast? Doubt you'll see too
many 30+ foot Gradys...with trip 250s...

Well true, Harry. But I really doubt if there will be many Parkers
there either. Or in my case Chris Crafts or Marqui cuddies. *Well,
maybe the 18' Chris woudl work all right, but I wonder if they'll have
conservation oficers there with speed guns to inforce the 25 mph limit?

I am not sure how a boater is supposed to know how fast they are
going. Speedometers are not required on boats and the ones that they
have are notoriously inaccurate. I doubt a lake boater has any real
need for a GPS. How lost can you get?
I brought the same thing up here when they made most of the bays 25MPH
around here and got no answers. Is that 25MPH through the water or
across the bottom? A 6 kt current could certainly change that answer.
I bet you need to be doing closer to 35-40 to get a ticket that will
stick if you go to court.

I know about the speedo's on boats. My Chris Craft barely reads if any
at all. I've blown the line out and it still doesn't matter.

And the Marquis has one of those whirly- wheel things on some kind of
a sensor, but it's dead and probably hasn't worked for years. I
thought of getting a cheap Garmin, but you're right. I lake boat and
it's really not necessary. Besides, tha's something I'd probaby
baptize like I've done with a couple of cell phones.