Please take the time to help some friends in the boating community. Some
environmental nazi's are mounting support try to close down a private ski lake.
They call themselves "NOBOATSKI"

If they succeed, this could effect other ski lakes and also move into public
lakes. The county hearing is this Thursday, we're trying to get as much
support as possible to stop this in it's tracks.

Please click on

www.vinyardlake.org

Then click on the supporters page. We can use all the help we can get. Please
sign the petition and please forward this to all your friends.

Thanks!

Jim Hammer
www.hammerski.com
Hammer's Ski & Marine, Inc.
Petaluma, Ca.
707-763-7066
After hours press 3 and # for voice mail
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Please click on

www.vinyardlake.org

No such site. ??

try www.vineyardlake.org


"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Please click on

www.vinyardlake.org

No such site. ??

On 18 Jul 2004 06:53:54 GMT, ospam (Hammrski) wrote:
Please take the time to help some friends in the boating community. Some
environmental nazi's are mounting support try to close down a private ski lake.
They call themselves "NOBOATSKI"

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Environmental is probably a smoke screen.

These things frequently start because one or more people are being
bothered in some way by the activity in question. Start out by trying
to understand the root cause of the opposition. If it's noise, clean
up your act and get decent exhaust systems on the ski boats. Noise is
unacceptable in my opinion and it's about time that the jet ski, motor
cycle and go fast crowd wake up and smell the roses. What about
alternative use conflicts? Are there people who use the pond for
canoeing, kayacking or small boat fishing? If so, you've got a
problem and need to have some neighborly discussions about a time
allocation plan. If all else fails, solve it in the great American
way by hiring a lawyer and suing the opposition. There's nothing like
a few legal expenses to get people's attention.

It seems like the issue could be that the
pond is not being operated as a "private ski lake."

It would be really tough for the government to come in and tell somebody that
they can't run their own private boat, even at a speed fast enough to waterski,
on a private lake solely on private property.

If one shoreline is owned by another party, it could get more problematic.
Noise could be an issue, depending on the proximity of any neighbors. Sort of
like the old rock band argument, one person's right to rehearse doesn't trump
the neighbor's right to reasonably quiet enjoyment of his home and property.

What is going on here seems to be that the owner of the lake is selling shares
in a
waterski "co-op" and inviting other people to come and use the lake. As such,
it could be argued that the private lake becomes a business and is probably
subject to the zoning and environmental requirements with which a business must
comply.

"www.vinyardlake.org"

The address appears to be dead, or the site is down.



ospam (Hammrski) wrote in message ...
Please take the time to help some friends in the boating community. Some
environmental nazi's are mounting support try to close down a private ski lake.
They call themselves "NOBOATSKI"

If they succeed, this could effect other ski lakes and also move into public
lakes. The county hearing is this Thursday, we're trying to get as much
support as possible to stop this in it's tracks.

Please click on

www.vinyardlake.org

Then click on the supporters page. We can use all the help we can get. Please
sign the petition and please forward this to all your friends.

Thanks!

Jim Hammer
www.hammerski.com
Hammer's Ski & Marine, Inc.
Petaluma, Ca.
707-763-7066
After hours press 3 and # for voice mail
Life Is Short, Live it!
Nautique, #1 in customer satisfaction, 2 years running!
Centurion, #1 in sales, California dmv 2003
Pro-Line fishing boats, top winner customer satisfaction, NMMA 2003
Northbay's Largest Marine Center!