On Woman killed in boating accident
Posted on June 30 at 7:45 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Having lived and boated here for 15 years I am saddened to hear about this tragedy. Most locals now refuse to boat on weekends due to heavy traffic and the larger boats leaving larger wakes. Wake boarders love the chop but the DNR has to consider setting limits on the shear number of boats or the size of boats as Geneva Lake becomes a more dangerous place on weekends. Speed limits are good but not enough. We've watched as the average boat size here has increased from 20 feet to 25 feet adding to the intensity of the chop on weekends. Those who live and boat here know this was only a matter of time. We have good Police coverage and water safety does a great job as well. It's time for the DNR to step up for everyone's safety and take a serious look at how dangerous weekends are on this beautiful Lake. Launch limits seem a reasonable area to investigate as one option? Maybe the Gazette could have a reporter come out for a Saturday boating trip and see first hand what weekend boating is really like?
On Woman killed in Geneva Lake accident identified
Posted on June 30 at 7:39 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Having lived and boated here for 15 years I am saddened to hear about this tragedy. Most locals now refuse to boat on weekends due to heavy traffic and the larger boats leaving larger wakes. Wake boarders love the chop but the DNR has to consider setting limits on the shear number of boats or the size of boats as Geneva Lake becomes a more dangerous place on weekends. Speed limits are good but not enough. We've watched as the average boat size here has increased from 20 feet to 25 feet adding to the intensity of the chop on weekends. Those who live and boat here know this was only a matter of time. We have good Police coverage and water safety does a great job as well. It's time for the DNR to step up for everyone's safety and take a serious look at how dangerous weekends are on this beautiful Lake. Launch limits seem a reasonable area to investigate as one option? Maybe the Gazette could have a reporter come out for a Saturday boating trip and see first hand what weekend boating is really like?
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On Despite weekend death, Geneva Lake still not dangerous
Posted on July 5 at 10:17 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Monday through Friday Geneva Lake is a boaters paradise. So is Saturday and Sunday before 10:00 AM. Few boaters at night other then those fishing. 10 AM to 6 PM on Saturday's and 10 AM to 4 PM on Sundays are a whole other story. Talk with the folks who work the piers and watch the same area of the Lake for 8 hours at a time for the other side of the story. Many locals sit at the launch ramps for their weekend dose of humor as rookie boaters go at it but only a very few of us actually take to the water on a weekend. Mr. Pankau and Officer Hausner use statistics in an interesting way....kind of like saying someone does not have a drinking problem because they have not killed anyone or inured anyone to the point they needed medical attention! Geneva Lake has major weekend boating problems although the most recent tragic accident was clearly just that, a tragic and likely unavoidable accident that was well handled by the first responders.