On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:06:11 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

Perhaps your part of Florida has more seasoned boaters, and the area being
discussed in other messages is more....yahoo territory? Or something? Just
wondering.....

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It's hard to say. There are yahoos everywhere and we have our share.
There are big differences in population between the west coast and
east coast however so perhaps are yahoo density has not yet reached
critical mass. We still have beaches here that are accessible only by
boat and are relatively unspoiled. Don't tell anyone though.

I lived on Cayuga Lake for a year back in the late 60s and don't
recall yahoos being a big issue but things change I guess.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:06:11 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

Perhaps your part of Florida has more seasoned boaters, and the area being
discussed in other messages is more....yahoo territory? Or something? Just
wondering.....

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It's hard to say. There are yahoos everywhere and we have our share.
There are big differences in population between the west coast and
east coast however so perhaps are yahoo density has not yet reached
critical mass. We still have beaches here that are accessible only by
boat and are relatively unspoiled. Don't tell anyone though.

Here, the yahoo factor is based on proximity to Rochester. The north end of
Canandaigua Lake is ridiculous. Not even worth boating on. And, Honeoye's
about the same.


I lived on Cayuga Lake for a year back in the late 60s and don't
recall yahoos being a big issue but things change I guess.


The West side of Cayuga now attracts large contingents of fools who think
it's fun to crank along the shore, maybe 100 off, and cause as much
turbulence as possible for the docks, swimmers and parked boats. This, while
the center of the lake is dead calm, and moving out 1/4 mile would make all
the difference in the world. The north end's better, though. I fish up that
way a lot, and it's fun to see some idiot come to a sudden stop in those
nice weeds, and spend 15 minutes in the water trying to hack the tangled
salad off the prop. :-)

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:13:16 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

The West side of Cayuga now attracts large contingents of fools who think
it's fun to crank along the shore, maybe 100 off, and cause as much
turbulence as possible for the docks, swimmers and parked boats.

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That's the "look at me" factor at work. I was on the east side at
Lansing Station Road, about 10 miles north of Ithaca. It was a
beautiful spot but there was a railroad track between the house and
the lake with one train a day for the power plant as I recall.