Kudos to Some of Our Boaters Who Tow!

Lake Safety Committee
By: Bruce C. Bower

I want to commend MOST of the people who tow for using their red flags when a person is in the water. The majority of people use the flag correctly, which is that when a person is in the water, put up the flag. Any other combination that is possible has been noted and at least these people are trying, they just don’t have all the pesky details mastered yet. Keep trying neighbors, you will get it sooner or later.

Speaking of towing, the people that were towing TWO tubes appear to have gotten the message that only ONE tube or TWO skiers are legal, per the written rules of boating that you all receive every year. I was informed that some creative boater was towing ONE tube and ONE skier! I have no idea on how to say any other way that you may tow ONE tube or TWO skiers, no other combination or version of the above. I always am available for questions, just call me or the office and we will get back to you and clear up your questions.

I have to address the jet-ski people who tow. You must have a THREE (3) person jet ski to tow a tube or skier. The driver, the observer and the one being towed must have a seat on the jet-ski! Apparently another difficult concept to absorb, but maybe, once again, reasonable thinking will prevail. I only wish I could read the numbers on the offending jets so that we could mail a letter from the office reminding the rule breakers of their potential safety situation.

Only one more reminder about pontoon boaters who navigate at night, those two bright lights on your bow (front end of your boat) are called docking lights. They are for docking ONLY, not to be used as headlights on a car. If you have these lights on while under power, you are blinding the boaters coming the other way, it seems simple, but there are a lot of boaters violating this simple rule of safety and courtesy.

Our safety team will be meeting in September in order to make recommendations to the Board for the 2015 season. Call me if you want to chime in.

Bower out 216.906.2301

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