Got out for a day-long sail on Saturday, the best day of the Memorial Day weekend weather-wise.
I saw a dozen other sailboats, the most I have seen in two years. A beautiful sight.
But my word, the power boats! Wall to wall. I enjoy tubing and jet-skiing and going fast too, on occasion, and they have as much right to enjoy the lake as I do. But there were enough obnoxiously loud speedboats roaring around to utterly destroy any peace and quiet ... not that I was expecting much. And the stereos blasting hip-hop with profane lyrics are just rude. I wish the lake patrol would have busted a few of them for drunkenness or lack of PFDs or something.
Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed the day as always. "A bad day sailing beats a good day doing anything else." Just wanted to get a little cranky old man rant off my chest. I mean, a day at the lake should not sound like a day at a Nascar event.
I saw a dozen other sailboats, the most I have seen in two years. A beautiful sight.
But my word, the power boats! Wall to wall. I enjoy tubing and jet-skiing and going fast too, on occasion, and they have as much right to enjoy the lake as I do. But there were enough obnoxiously loud speedboats roaring around to utterly destroy any peace and quiet ... not that I was expecting much. And the stereos blasting hip-hop with profane lyrics are just rude. I wish the lake patrol would have busted a few of them for drunkenness or lack of PFDs or something.
Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed the day as always. "A bad day sailing beats a good day doing anything else." Just wanted to get a little cranky old man rant off my chest. I mean, a day at the lake should not sound like a day at a Nascar event.
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We'll get out later this week when the hangovers are in effect. should be nice and quiet then 
