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I have thought about turning my boat into a hot tub...no law against that.
Ballast laws and no wake zones are seeming to becoming common here.
The reasoning behind the no ballast law is that the size of wake created by running ballast or other wake enhancing devices is causing the shoreline to erroide. The 19 mile stretch on the river is highly used and has 75-100 private docks on it so it as been classified as a congestion zone. Basically what it boils down to is that a couple of the docks on the river were friends with the now former Governor and they got him to push a law through so that the wakeboard boats couldn't cause any more damage to there $1 millon property. Not that the river rising to 15-20 feet higher then it is over summer and the current going from 2 feet per second to 4.5 fps can cause errosion.
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Ahhhh the benefits of a Core of Engineer owned shoreline :D
We sometimes go to a lake a little closer that has private docks on the water. I feel like I'm being rude if we surf or even board and aren't out in the middle of the lake.
In fact the in-laws are on that lake. I've gotten plenty of warnings from him. Ha!
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Love seeing the boats in there natural environment. Awsome pics, bring on summer.
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Man that Bull shoals lake looks inviting. Is there zebra mussel laws, boat inspections every time you launch your boat? Are there house boat rentals there?
Jim
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Oops !! I guess I forgot the pic of the houseboat " rent me at Bull Shoals boat dock" . Where exactly is that on the lake?
Jim.
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You can google "Bull Shoals Lake Boat Dock". That is actually the name of the place.
"Is there zebra mussel laws, boat inspections every time you launch your boat?"
I don't know what zebra mussel laws are and no boat inspections to launch. Never heard of that either.
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Amazing.. It seems like every state has different views and actions on this subject. I'll "scroogle " it.
Thanks, Jim.
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Yeah, from my experience as well on a river at least, docks with boats tied up seems to be the real issue instead of erosion. The docks get yanked all over the place when a big wake comes through and bounces the boat. Ends up loosening them up - and pisses my friends off that live there...
And then small private/semi-private lakes seem more worried about erosion, which makes sense since they don't get the rushing floods wearing at the shoreline.
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Tons of awesome boats in this thread. Thanks for making February suck slightly less!
