I meandered down to the inlet where Irondequoit Bay meets
Lake Ontario. Every 30 seconds, one of these needle-dick boats came blarping
through the inlet. Even at idle speed, it completely drowned out ALL other
sound. I couldn't hear the guy standing 10 feet away from me, who was
yelling about why these dumb boats aren't illegal.


Out here we call those boats "Convertors" they convert money into noise.

It is clear that the noise generated by these boats wouldn't make it a half
mile down the normal highway.

But, for some unknown reason, it is tolerated on the waterways. It is only a
matter of time until these nuts get us all junked up with noise laws and
enforcement. Then, those of us with "normal" boats... can only idle all of
the way across the lake! They make the noise, and we, the general
(reasonable) boating population, gets the laws and enforcement because of
them...
RichG

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RichG manager, Carolina Skiff Owners Group on MSN
http://groups.msn.com/CarolinaSkiffOwners

"SaladinoJA" wrote in message
...
I meandered down to the inlet where Irondequoit Bay meets
Lake Ontario. Every 30 seconds, one of these needle-dick boats came
blarping
through the inlet. Even at idle speed, it completely drowned out ALL
other
sound. I couldn't hear the guy standing 10 feet away from me, who was
yelling about why these dumb boats aren't illegal.


Out here we call those boats "Convertors" they convert money into noise.

On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 03:25:03 GMT, "RichG"
wrote:
It is clear that the noise generated by these boats wouldn't make it a half
mile down the normal highway.

But, for some unknown reason, it is tolerated on the waterways. It is only a
matter of time until these nuts get us all junked up with noise laws and
enforcement. Then, those of us with "normal" boats... can only idle all of
the way across the lake! They make the noise, and we, the general
(reasonable) boating population, gets the laws and enforcement because of
them...

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Exactly right. Unfortunately it's up to the rest of us to ensure that
the existing laws get enforced before things get worse. Start by
taking down the registration numbers of the prime offenders in your
area. If one of them steps over the line and looks "BUI", arrange to
have them met at the dock by your local law enforcement folks. They
go quiet real quickly.