Douglas County Board designates temporary no-wake zones on 20 Alexandria area lakes
August 11, 2011 at 7:00 pm in Alexandria Echo Press
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Douglas County Board designates temporary no-wake zones on 20 Alexandria area lakes
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I realize that the purpose of this law means well but I have a question. Does boat traffic really make that much difference? It seems that a wake caused by a boat is so momentary and in the grand scheme of things waves caused by wind and tidal movements are far more significant.
So a boat goes by and a half-dozen waves strike the shore and then it’s all over. This is assuming of course that it’s a calm day and the boat’s wake can actually get to shore without being blended in, distorted, and/or broken by waves already generated by the wind.
To me it’s like making it illegal to add a gallon of water to a lake because it might raise the lake level too much. Is there something I am not catching here? Thanks.
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Quite frankly, I’d like to see those rules made permanent. Running a boat at cruising speed closer to shore than 100 yards isn’t necessary and poses unacceptable safety risks. On Ida at least, I’ve seen far too many boats run at cruise speed way too close to shore, even when they’re at risk of running their props into the sand. I’m tired of worrying about some knucklehead not seeing my kids swimming out from shore.
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