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A lake near me (Candlewood lake in Ohio) is having a board meeting tonight to discuss banning ballast tanks on wakeboarding boats. I don't know what the actual wording is as I have only heard about this, its not a lake I've ever been to but my lake often takes cues from it, so it has me worried.
The claim is that wakeboarding boats are causing erosion and damaging property, I was wondering if anyone has any factual evidence, any data, any studies done to disprove this. I know these threads pop up every few months and I've looked through older ones but found nothing. The arguements that I have so far are:
1. Get a larger or at least more vocal group of people at the meeting to protest the proposalw
2. I/O's plowing can put off just as big a wake if not bigger
3. Erosion effects are cumulative so in the whole scheme of things, the amount caused by limited wakeboarding is a small % compared to many more smaller waves from tubers, jet skiers, wind etc.
4. Argue that runoff and sediment into the lake is far more damaging than erosion anyway and should be the primary focus
5. Unless you put a boat capacity limit you could always fill the boat up with lead, people, or something else instead (wouldn't want to argue this one, just something to get around it after the fact)
6. Live bait wells are technically ballast (again after the fact, you could argue that you are being discriminated against for violating the rules when every fishing boat gets a pass - does nothing to help you just makes a mess of the situation)
I need something better, any ideas are appreciated.
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