Our lake is a very narrow body of water with an even narrower ski channel, and this activity raises some very legitimate safety concerns. The problem lies in the skier dropping, and the pontoon with its maneuvering limitations safely turning around and getting their skier picked up. We have also had numerous calls of concern about these types of pontoons pulling skiers/ wake boarders. We have had multiple complaints of two or more of these high speed pontoons actually racing side by side around the lake in a very unsafe speed competition. We had several very close calls with these high speed pontoon boats nearly hitting downed skiers, or cutting off other boats, and racing into the bays. Just because you have a boat that can go that fast does not mean you SHOULD go that fast. It became very apparent during the busy days on the lake with Jet Skis, slower pontoons, and the wake boarders, that there was a definite safety hazard with high speed 25-30 foot tri-toons speeding thru the boat traffic like they were jet skis. Another issue that has become a safety concern is the increase of the “tri-toons” with vary large motors capable of high speeds but with the same old pontoon maneuvering limitations. Many issues came to light early on, from wake boarding to late, no wake violations and operating boats after dark without lights. With every social and sporting event being cancelled due to the Covid-19, everyone chose to come to the lake and recreate. I think everyone decided to “quarantine” at the lake. Seems like the busy summer season started in March.
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