Devils elbow

[Never Satisfied]

Or Bend whatever it's called is now 5mph! Buoys up today!!! Just a little FYI before ya'all go haulin ass up there!

[Mrs.Racer277]

:yuk: :yuk: Thanks for the heads up. :)

[RJ Nordic]

It's bad enough the cops have got to have speed traps on land, but isn't this taking it a little too far....Speed traps on water.... :mad:
Wonder if my radar detector will work there???? :idea:

[bignet]

It was wide open on Sat, as we hauled ass to Topoc.....why are the buoys up on a weekday?
:crossx:
bignet

[SurfOnH20]

The only reason this is being set up as a "speed trap" is because too many drunk idiots speeding and crashing into everyone and each other. I wont lose any sleep over it. :rollside:

[Magic34]

It was wide open on Sat, as we hauled ass to Topoc.....why are the buoys up on a weekday?
:crossx:
bignet
Never Satisfied got to Havasu on Sunday for his trip this week. Sounds like they just finally got them installed.

[6 Dollar Boat]

I saw them putting the buoys up this morning. It is very well marked (about 6 buoys in each direction) but it's a pain fighting the current at 5 mph....

[Throttle]

great timing... :argue:

[Hardly Satisfied]

what can you do it's not all that bad

[Kilrtoy]

what can you do it's not all that bad
drink more alcohol and drive faster

[lawbreaker2]

Well at 5mph, you won't spill your drink. :rollside: Then again just kill the motors and float thought, just take the key out and they can't get you for a DUI :D

[Never Satisfied]

but it's a pain fighting the current at 5 mph....
Agree with ya on that one, ya almost have to be going about 10mph to get anywhere going up river, going down ya get some serious speed at an Idle! :crossx:

[Hardly Satisfied]

drink more alcohol and drive faster
good idea KILR we don't that many boat chases on TV it's cool to watch a car chase but a boat chase would be very cool

[Thorsinc]

Well at 5mph, you won't spill your drink. :rollside: Then again just kill the motors and float thought, just take the key out and they can't get you for a DUI :D
Try this and let us know how it works out for you...

[VESSEL ASSIST]

I'm thinkin, considering how narrow that curve is due to the new shallow sand bar on the inside of that corner and the number of wrecks that happen right there this may not be a bad thing.
Maybe a little inconvenient but not a bad thing.
Take your Sears boat owner that just has no clue and put him at speed, I for one don't want to be passing him or be passed by him in that area.
I'll live with the 5mph zone.

[rivercrazy]

My prediction is that the rough conditions will get worse under the 5mph rules. There will be a large number of boaters that will exceed the 5mph rule and produce wakeboard type wakes through that section.

[Hardly Satisfied]

I'm thinkin, considering how narrow that curve is due to the new shallow sand bar on the inside of that corner and the number of wrecks that happen right there this may not be a bad thing.
Maybe a little inconvenient but not a bad thing.
Take your Sears boat owner that just has no clue and put him at speed, I for one don't want to be passing him or be passed by him in that area.
I'll live with the 5mph zone.
YOU ARE RIGHT

[FREIND OF AA AND TA]

I would hold the cocktails down and cover the pasties for a while. And what ever you do dont say Fuc% too loud. Oh ya better have mufflers. You know those guys are going to be sitting there for a few weeks plucking people off like flys!!!! :crossx:

[chub]

I'm thinkin, considering how narrow that curve is due to the new shallow sand bar on the inside of that corner and the number of wrecks that happen right there this may not be a bad thing.
Maybe a little inconvenient but not a bad thing.
Take your Sears boat owner that just has no clue and put him at speed, I for one don't want to be passing him or be passed by him in that area.
I'll live with the 5mph zone.
I don't think that's a "new" sand bar a all. Been there for a long time!

[Bense468]

It gets pretty nasty through there at times with no beachs, but I am going on a limb to say that boats coming off plane and coming back on plane are not going to help in that area either.
I can see guys hauling ass up to it, stopping fast, swamping smaller boats, idle to bouy then throttle down and swamp more boats taking off like its the baja 1000.

[desertbird]

I agree with a restriction, but "No Wake" is tough. 15 MPH would be acceptable. Any of us whom have launched in front of the casinos in Laughlin know what a pain in the ass it is to head up river at no wake speeds in front of the Harrahs. :mad:
What I don't like is the Fish in a Barrell feeling any of us (even the responsible drinkers) will have driving through there now on the way back from the sandbar. (For those of us whom launch in Needles.) :yuk:

[That Guy]

I'm still not sure exactly where this is....is it above the sandbar heading to Topock...? Can someone give me a better idea as to where it is? Thanks....

[Havasu_Dreamin]

I'm still not sure exactly where this is....is it above the sandbar heading to Topock...? Can someone give me a better idea as to where it is? Thanks....
Steve, when heading North it's the right hand turn above the Sandbar after you have gotten into the 'rock wall' area of the Gorge.

[That Guy]

Thanks Scott.....I was pretty sure that was it but wanted to double check...oh, and I think you heard us yelling at you as you drove through the channel a couple of weeks back...drop by next time for a beer. :)

[Mandelon]

Well at 5mph, you won't spill your drink. :rollside: Then again just kill the motors and float thought, just take the key out and they can't get you for a DUI :D
This only works if you are at anchor.
And not just dragging an undersized anchor either......but you can be hammered if you are anchored. :crossx:

[Havasu_Dreamin]

Thanks Scott.....I was pretty sure that was it but wanted to double check...oh, and I think you heard us yelling at you as you drove through the channel a couple of weeks back...drop by next time for a beer. :)
Yeah, by the time I heard you we were already past. I tried to wave back but wanted to keep my eye on the road as well so it was probably a lamea$$ wave. I would have come back but we had my buddy and his 4 y/o and they were pretty beat from the day's activites at Park Moabi. That's what happnes when he only comes out once per year, gets overwhemled. LMAO We'll see you out there soon.

[That Guy]

Yeah, by the time I heard you we were already past. I tried to wave back but wanted to keep my eye on the road as well so it was probably a lamea$$ wave. I would have come back but we had my buddy and his 4 y/o and they were pretty beat from the day's activites at Park Moabi. That's what happnes when he only comes out once per year, gets overwhemled. LMAO We'll see you out there soon.
Anytime.... :)

[H20Advantage]

What they need to do is mark the area better when you leave the lake and go upriver. There is a floating sandbar and alot of people are getting stuck along with the tall grass and unmarked channels through it.

[HCS]

Up this way their slowly making all lake territory that leads into an arm on the lake, or a cove, 5mph. The mind set is to force all boating activities to the center of the lake. There for removing the danger of boating, ski-ing, tubing, wakeboarding, racing or whatever from the best most secluded parts of the waterways. The theory is to keep all boating activities to the center of the lake or waterways. That way everyone is corraled like a rodeo on the main body of lake in the open water where they are visible. Supposably making everyone more visable to each other and easier for law enforcement to patrol.
I read about this proposal by law makers several years ago in Water Ski Mag.
It was originally drawn up by fishing advocates. They grouped together nation wide! and pushed for the 5mph restrictions.
They have had no opposition because there hasn't been any publicity on the issue.

[Kilrtoy]

Up this way their slowly making all lake territory that leads into an arm on the lake, or a cove, 5mph. The mind set is to force all boating activities to the center of the lake. There for removing the danger of boating, ski-ing, tubing, wakeboarding, racing or whatever from the best most secluded parts of the waterways. The theory is to keep all boating activities to the center of the lake or waterways. That way everyone is corraled like a rodeo on the main body of lake in the open water where they are visible. Supposably making everyone more visable to each other and easier for law enforcement to patrol.
I read about this proposal by law makers several years ago in Water Ski Mag.
It was originally drawn up by fishing advocates. They grouped together nation wide! and pushed for the 5mph restrictions.
They have had no opposition because there hasn't been any publicity on the issue.
NOW THAT is interesting

[HCS]

NOW THAT is interesting
From what I gathered from the authors point of view was to bring boaters together as a group to protect peoples rights to use the waterways.
I was some what skepical until I visited one of my favorite lakes lately and one complete arm of the lake was shut down to 5mph. They moved the bouys about 1 mile further out than they where originally.
Since it was brought to my attention I've been seeing the situation more and more.

[Kilrtoy]

I would have too concur
it is starting to happen everywhere

[HCS]

I would have too concur
it is starting to happen everywhere
I'm sure the Dept. of boating and waterways has their own take on it.
Kind of starting to remind me of the off road vehicles. You'll need a special permit to use certain areas of a lake.
I'll take area 45 on lake Mead for the month of September for fishing.
Is there any permits for that area left! :rolleyes:

[framer1]

From what I gathered from the authors point of view was to bring boaters together as a group to protect peoples rights to use the waterways.
I was some what skepical until I visited one of my favorite lakes lately and one complete arm of the lake was shut down to 5mph. They moved the bouys about 1 mile further out than they where originally.
Since it was brought to my attention I've been seeing the situation more and more.
They did the same thing at Naci...Moved the five mph bouys at least a mile farther out at the narrows (a local party place) Now evertbody seems to go to another cove which was usually for families. I think it done to keep us corraled in a smaller part of the lake :yuk: So the cops can keep a better eye on us.

[Leeward]

What they need to do is mark the area better when you leave the lake and go upriver. There is a floating sandbar and alot of people are getting stuck along with the tall grass and unmarked channels through it.
"floating" sandbar???

[HCS]

They did the same thing at Naci...Moved the five mph bouys at least a mile farther out at the narrows (a local party place) Now evertbody seems to go to another cove which was usually for families. I think it done to keep us corraled in a smaller part of the lake :yuk: So the cops can keep a better eye on us.
They moved 5mph bouys so far out at one of the lakes I go to people complained about it.
To my suprise the next year they moved them back where they were originally.