OkByMe
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If you're suggesting that this boat wasn't under power, even a slow trawl, how do you know this? Were you on that boat? I've been diving that lake lots of times and I've never seen any boat anchored up that close to shore. What I do see though, are boats doing a slow trawl close to shore, the same way this guy appears to be doing. The rangers at Lake Murray don't care if you're moving! I've been on Johnny Johnson's boat, tied up to the metal tower, and a boater came and dropped anchor right at about the 150' limit. Along comes a ranger in his boat, blue light flashing, and goes right up to the anchored boat and writes the guy up. As for the flag not being the exact size...the rangers can choose to enforce whatever rules they choose to enforce. I have that exact same float/flag and have been in the water, putting my fins on and have had rangers at different times/days come up and have a conversation with me. If they didn't like my setup....they could've said something at these times. Only thing they say..."have a good dive". If you guys commenting about this have never been to this lake diving....probably better not to say anything about their rules and enforcement.
LOOK at the picture... THE BOAT IS NOT ANCHORED. There is no pressure wave in front of the bow or trailing the boat. The boat is NOT moving ether under power or inertia. In fact, you can see where a person got up, causing the bow to bounce and create a concentric pressure wave from the movement. That would not be seen if the boat were moving. The wind is away from shore and all the waves coming into the shore are "wake waves". looking behind the boat, you do not see a "wake wave" created by the boat. The engine on the boat is an outboard, an old one too, which means it is 2 cycle. An outboard under power exhausts through the prop, unless it is at idle. Since there is no visible disturbance of the water at the transom, means the boat is not turning the prop. Further, if the engine is idling, the exhaust is above water through a port in the shaft cover. Since it is a 2 cycle, it should show a little smoke trail away from shore with the wind, all 2 cycles smoke. I have operated all kinds of boats for over fifty years.. I DON'T need to be there to observe what is already observable in the picture, IF you know what you are looking at.
THE FLAG IS TOO SMALL AND THE OPERATOR DID NOT SEE IT UNTIL HE WAS RIGHT UP ON IT!!!!!