30 outlaw 2005

To: Fellow Chain O’ Lakes Performance Boaters

From: Chain O’ Lakes Performance Boat Noise Reduction and Boating Safety Initiative

Re: Noise and Speed Complaints



Over the past several months, the Fox Waterway Agency, its’ Board of Directors, the Lake and McHenry County Sherriff Departments along with other governmental regulatory agencies patrolling the Chain O’ Lakes area have received a large number of complaints relating to noise and excessive speed concerning performance boats, particularly from areas of congestion and high concentration of boats such as the river and various channels. As a response to these complaints, these governmental entities have significantly stepped up enforcement of existing ordinances and regulations dealing with noise and boating safety in an attempt to resolve the complaints. However, the complaints have not subsided. Discussions are now underway to evaluate what new ordinances and/or regulations need to be passed to resolve the noise and excessive speed issues if the problems and complaints persist. These new ordinances/regulations include the potential for speed limits on the river and other possible speed and noise restrictions on the Chain.



A grassroots group of performance boaters organized by Mike Livorsi of Livorsi Marine, Scott Shogren of Shogren Performance Marine and Steve Nelson and Fred Nielsen of Lake Villa are initiating a call to action for all performance boaters. This movement aims to take control of this situation before new ordinances and regulations are enacted that would likely negatively impact the enjoyment we have as performance boaters here on the Chain O’ Lakes. The group is asking performance boaters in general to be aware of the issues and complaints about noise and speed and to join in a collective effort to resolve the causes of these complaints. Please consider restricting speed and noise when boating on the river or other congested areas of the Chain and please help to spread the word to other fellow performance boaters to enlist their cooperation to the noise and speed issues confronting all of us.



If we, as fellow performance boaters, do not police ourselves and these complaints persist, the various governmental agencies led by the Fox Waterway Agency and its’ Board may take action that could result in a less friendly performance boating environment here on the Chain. However, if we, the performance boating community on the Chain, can take steps toward eliminating or at least mitigating these complaints from river and other Chain residents, it will go a long way in preserving the wonderful performance boating environment we enjoy here on the Chain O’ Lakes.



Thank you!

Jamie B.

With more and more bigger, faster, and louder boats getting put on the Chain, I'm not surprised by this....

BUT

with this mainly being about the yahoo's that think showing off is cool by roaring up and down the river at excess speed, I say thank you very little you <CENSORED> < CENSORED >, lets hope you havent ruined it for all of us Chain residents / boaters...

Back4More

oh s h i t

SpeedyWho

Bad times to come unless things change before they make us change. Dont want this to turn into Lake Geneva. You know its gonna be too slow for most of us. I gotta say its only a hand full of boats causing this problem and they know it too.

candyman35

Great!!! Hope the performance boaters in the area can get a handle on things before more regulations get put in place.
Dan

Smitty

iTrader: (1)

Great I guess I should start to look for another hobby.

AO31

Anyone know what happened Sat. afternoon around Rt 12 bridge? Heard quite a bit of carnage being towed in.

Smitty

iTrader: (1)

I didn't go out this weekend but apparently a man drowned on pistakee and they were looking for the body. It was not a boating fatality, he drowned while swimming.

30 outlaw 2005

Smitty you gonna make it out one of these Thursdays?

Smitty

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Kirk

Probably won't be up this week. Next week will be at the shootout. Are you staying at the ledges again. If so maybe we can hook up there in between all the fun runs.

Smitty