Bonehead Camp Councilors

[ApS]

Originally Posted by Ryan

This photo cannot be from this year.....or last, or the year before, right???

While looking for "in-water" observation of boat-renters, why not require the same for Maintenance Personnel?

The photo was taken Tuesday of this week.

Originally Posted by VtSteve

Yes APS, the lake is "for everybody". There's certainly no shortage of boneheads, or arrogant people, whether they are camp boaters or non-camp boaters.

That's pretty much my point, while everyone's busy reviling the summer camper.

Originally Posted by VtSteve

I also encountered a small Hobie Cat (again), that almost got me broadside. (I was at anchor) Again!

When a sailboat is "working to windward", it needs all the space it can get. Those with inadequate training in all boats, get all-panicky.

Sailboats also come uncomfortably close to shorelines, in order to "make passage".

[BroadHopper]

Originally Posted by Acres per Second

When a sailboat is "working to windward", it needs all the space it can get. Those with inadequate training in all boats, get all-panicky.

Sailboats also come uncomfortably close to shorelines, in order to "make passage".

So what your saying a sailboat can actually change the course of Mt Washington, Sophie C and Doris E.

Sorry, I don't buy it!

[ApS]

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

So what your saying a sailboat can actually change the course of Mt Washington, Sophie C and Doris E.

Sorry, I don't buy it!

It's safe to say that the Mt Washington, Sophie C and Doris E have all changed course for a sailboat—but that's not what I'm saying.

Of which I repeat:

When a sailboat is "working to windward", it needs all the space it can get. Those with inadequate training in all boats, get all-panicky.

Sailboats also come uncomfortably close to shorelines, in order to "make passage".

In sailboat racing, it takes especially-great skills when inches count:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtPG3...layer_embedded

[Barney Bear]

Early in the season, Camp Lawrence may have new pilots on the 50 foot Bear II. These pilots must obtain commercial licenses to operate the camp boats. Over the years, we've observed that new pilots would tend to pass fairly close [several hundred yards] to our point on East Bear Island and bouce our "navy" with its huge wake. A phone call to the camp requesting that the Bear II stay far off shore before making its swing toward the Camp Nokomis dock has always resolved this matter. Frequently, our young guests will hop into the water to ride the waves.