Wisconsin bans wake boats.

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Mean while somewhere in Minnesota ....


Cook County officials support ban of wake boats on Caribou Lake,

Cook County officials support ban of wake boats on Caribou Lake | WTIP

Though it has yet to catch on in Cook County in any noticeable way, the sport of “wakesurfing” is popular, and controversial, in many other parts of Minnesota. Following a meeting of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Tuesday, Oct. 11, at least one local lake is taking steps to ban the...

wtip.org

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That's good humor right there. They still cannot define what boat they are banning. Wake surfing started with ski boats and wake boats. Which have been around for decades. And even in the article, they said they had a discussion about these "new boats"

It's idiots like that who will classify our boats as wake boats. I'm a tax payer on my lake, and our lake association doesn't like surfing near loon nesting either. But there is no way they will ban my boat from the lake I own 450' of shoreline on. Especially since I don't wake surf anymore.

Again, they can attempt to ban the activity, but not the boat, as they have yet to define it other than a "high hp boat, that has ballasts" Smells like an assault rifle ban when they can't define what an assault rifle is, but I degress. Those of us with temp ballast bags are giggling, as all I need to do is leave the bags at home and the boards in my toy shack on shore. game over.

Now if they take the time to define it as an inboard boat with permanent ballast tanks etc etc, then you are going to get every owner of a $300K+ MasterCraft and Nautique lawyering up and you know who will lose, the lake associations and counties.

 

[Babin Farms]

That's good humor right there. They still cannot define what boat they are banning. Wake surfing started with ski boats and wake boats. Which have been around for decades. And even in the article, they said they had a discussion about these "new boats"

It's idiots like that who will classify our boats as wake boats. I'm a tax payer on my lake, and our lake association doesn't like surfing near loon nesting either. But there is no way they will ban my boat from the lake I own 450' of shoreline on. Especially since I don't wake surf anymore.

Again, they can attempt to ban the activity, but not the boat, as they have yet to define it other than a "high hp boat, that has ballasts" Smells like an assault rifle ban when they can't define what an assault rifle is, but I degress. Those of us with temp ballast bags are giggling, as all I need to do is leave the bags at home and the boards in my toy shack on shore. game over.

Now if they take the time to define it as an inboard boat with permanent ballast tanks etc etc, then you are going to get every owner of a $300K+ MasterCraft and Nautique lawyering up and you know who will lose, the lake associations and counties.

Hmmmm….. wake boat?? Last I checked every boat made a wake

 

[drewkaree]

Hmmmm….. wake boat?? Last I checked every boat made a wake

Stuff like this may be why I appreciate you

 

[zipper]

Hmmmm….. wake boat?? Last I checked every boat made a wake

Ya, surfable too. WOT on twin Yamaha's, Lol

 

[zipper]

They have been trying to do this in Vermont too recently.

Final Reading: Lawmakers review proposed wake boat rules - VTDigger

The Agency of Natural Resources’ more limited new restrictions, which the administration proposed following a citizen petition almost two years ago, are still making waves with environmental advocates.

vtdigger.org

 

[Jim_in_Delaware]

They have been trying to do this in Vermont too recently.

Final Reading: Lawmakers review proposed wake boat rules - VTDigger

The Agency of Natural Resources’ more limited new restrictions, which the administration proposed following a citizen petition almost two years ago, are still making waves with environmental advocates.

vtdigger.org

Here is what is in the linked article: ”The rule, filed on Jan. 31, proposes allowing wake boats to create wakes in zones with 50 contiguous acres, 500 feet from the shoreline, and where the water is at least 20 feet deep”. Others may disagree, but it seems reasonable to me.

Jim

 

[zipper]

I don't have any issues with small bodies of water. The proposal would allow wakes on 31 of 73 Vermont inland lakes/ponds. I use 2 or 3 for pleasure and fishing, and of that, Lake Champlain, the one we use most is not included in the proposal.