Swim Raft Permits

[ApS]

Originally Posted by lawn psycho

This is comical. Many (of course not all) shorefront owners want to regulate what boaters can and can't do (rafting, anchoring, etc) but then get miffed when they are regulated. If you place a dock or a structure in the water, I think it's prudent to have a permit. What stops "homeowner bonehead" from putting a raft anywhere he/she wants? You're placing an object on state property so I think a permit stating where it's planned to be is not unreasonable.

Here—you've hit the nail right on the thumb—although I think everyone receiving a swim raft permit will have a "reasonable" excuse for where it is placed.

I don't have any particular objection to where swim rafts are placed presently—whatever "works" for the property owner.

However, in recent years, oversized swim rafts have sprouted all around our lake area. Some are out pretty far, which has raised complaints—by boaters who are miffed at having to observe the Unsafe Passage rule.

At least one lake solved this problem by a lake-wide NWZ, out to 600-feet!

Problem sol-ved.

But suppose you don't use it as a swim raft?

One I saw last season (near Cow Island) appeared to be an inflatable golf green.

(Complete with palm trees )

[lawn psycho]

Originally Posted by Acres per Second

Here—you've hit the nail right on the thumb—although I think everyone receiving a swim raft permit will have a "reasonable" excuse for where it is placed.

I don't have any particular objection to where swim rafts are placed presently—whatever "works" for the property owner.

However, in recent years, oversized swim rafts have sprouted all around our lake area. Some are out pretty far, which has raised complaints—by boaters who are miffed at having to observe the Unsafe Passage rule.

At least one lake solved this problem by a lake-wide NWZ, out to 600-feet!

Problem sol-ved.

But suppose you don't use it as a swim raft?

One I saw last season (near Cow Island) appeared to be an inflatable golf green.

(Complete with palm trees )

Is that picture from Winni? I see too things. One is the hideous raft but you can't ban ugly. Two, I see what looks like a putting green and a rough collar that go right to the waters edge. Where is this located as you can't maintain a putting green without a high input of fertilizer, mowing, and herbicides to keep the weeds out and grass uniform?

[ApS]

Originally Posted by lawn psycho

Is that picture from Winni? I see too things. One is the hideous raft but you can't ban ugly. Two, I see what looks like a putting green and a rough collar that go right to the waters edge. Where is this located as you can't maintain a putting green without a high input of fertilizer, mowing, and herbicides to keep the weeds out and grass uniform?

My point was that this raft is not technically a swim raft, and may be exempt. (For now).

The photo is not from Winnipesaukee, but the raft in the photo is identical to one you could have viewed here last summer: Even then, I can't give the actual location without embarrassing Lake Winnipesaukee residents whose clear-cut compound is in my all-too-plain-view.