Just curious. I assume that every PWC that buzzes the shoreline of Lake Ontario meets those same government noise standards, and they are loud.
Having motor and non-motor lakes is a great idea unless one lives by a motor lake and is bothered by the noise. Personally I am more worried about how the noise disturbs the wildlife; hardly fair to ask them to move. Regular motorboats and cabin cruisers aren't loud, PWCs are. The only thing louder are "cigarette boats" (I'm not sure if that's what they're called but they seem patterned after the cigarette boat racers). Those suckers' roars can be heard for kilometres across open water. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> Sent: October 14, 2012 10/14/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Re: OT: Playing in the dirt and the water I didn't find the noise level annoying while riding it. I know it has to meet government standards. In Michigan we have all-sports lakes and motor-free lakes. So those who want to get away from the noise have an alternative. Of course many of the big metro-area lakes are all-sport, but I would guess there are several hundred motor-free lakes in the tri-county area. Paul On Oct 14, 2012, at 5:37 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Very interesting craft. It really sounds to be more than capable on both land > and water. You said it's expensive so I have to say I was surprised when I > saw the price - much lower than I expected. > > I'll never get one. Even if I could afford one they're just not my thing. > > I wonder though, how loud are they? Jet Skis and other PWCs are very loud (I > suspect they're louder at shore than the operators realize). When I'm walking > around the wildlife park at the bottom of my street they are loud enough to > be disturbing, especially when they are close to shore (as so often seems to > ve the case). > > I hope hope the craft you reviewed are a bit quieter, although if they go 40 > mph I can't imagine they would be. > > Cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > Sent: October 14, 2012 10/14/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: OT: Playing in the dirt and the water > > I mentioned how much fun it was driving this thing a while back. Embargo is > off today, and my article is in the Times and on the web. The machine is > called a Quadski, and it's a hoot, an expensive hoot, but a hoot. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/automobiles/after-romping-in-mud-you-can-take-it-for-a-bath.html?ref=automobiles > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
