Am I being a Richard Cranium?

[oldjeep]

Arizona has the most boats per capita - that is hilarious. AZ per capita rank is 45. MN is #1 per capita

State	Vessels Rank	Vessels (2010)	2010 Population	Per Capita %	Per Capita Rank
Minnesota	2	813976	5,304,000	15.3%	1
Wisconsin	5	615335	5,687,000	10.8%	2
South Carolina	8	435491	4,625,000	9.4%	3
Maine	31	111873	1,328,000	8.4%	4
North Dakota	42	56128	673,000	8.3%	5
Michigan	3	812066	9,884,000	8.2%	6
New Hampshire	33	94773	1,316,000	7.2%	7
Arkansas	23	205925	2,916,000	7.1%	8
Delaware	40	62983	898,000	7.0%	9
South Dakota	41	56624	814,000	7.0%	10
Alaska	45	48891	710,000	6.9%	11
Iowa	21	209660	3,046,000	6.9%	12
Louisiana	14	302141	4,533,000	6.7%	13
Alabama	17	271377	4,780,000	5.7%	14
Idaho	36	87662	1,568,000	5.6%	15
Oklahoma	22	209457	3,751,000	5.6%	16
Montana	44	52105	989,000	5.3%	17
Mississippi	28	156216	2,967,000	5.3%	18
Wyoming	49	28249	564,000	5.0%	19
Missouri	15	297194	5,989,000	5.0%	20
Florida	1	914535	18,801,000	4.9%	21
Vermont	48	30315	626,000	4.8%	22
Oregon	25	177634	3,831,000	4.6%	23
Nebraska	37	83832	1,826,000	4.6%	24
Rhode Island	46	45930	1,053,000	4.4%	25
Indiana	16	281908	6,484,000	4.3%	26
North Carolina	10	400846	9,535,000	4.2%	27
Tennessee	18	266185	6,346,000	4.2%	28
Kentucky	26	175863	4,339,000	4.1%	29
Ohio	9	430710	11,537,000	3.7%	30
Georgia	13	353950	9,688,000	3.7%	31
Washington	20	237921	6,725,000	3.5%	32
West Virginia	39	64510	1,853,000	3.5%	33
Maryland	24	193259	5,774,000	3.3%	34
Kansas	35	89315	2,853,000	3.1%	35
Virginia	19	245940	8,001,000	3.1%	36
Connecticut	32	108078	3,574,000	3.0%	37
Illinois	11	370522	12,831,000	2.9%	38
Pennsylvania	12	365872	12,702,000	2.9%	39
Utah	38	70321	2,764,000	2.5%	40
New York	7	475689	19,378,000	2.5%	41
Texas	6	596830	25,146,000	2.4%	42
California	4	810008	37,254,000	2.2%	43
Massachusetts	29	141959	6,548,000	2.2%	44
Arizona	30	135326	6,392,000	2.1%	45
Nevada	43	53464	2,701,000	2.0%	46
New Jersey	27	169750	8,792,000	1.9%	47
Colorado	34	91424	5,029,000	1.8%	48
New Mexico	47	37340	2,059,000	1.8%	49
Hawaii	50	14835	1,360,000	1.1%	50

 

[Stumpalump]

You are correct. Seems to be a big myth that AZ is number one because I hear it all the time. It's still has some awsome lakes and I've run all but 3 of the popular ones. Mead will get knocked out over Thanksgiving. This link also debunks the myth and I stand corrected.
https://www.tripsavvy.com/arizona-boats-per-capita-2682271

 

[Beagleville]

I don't know the terms today. They used to be called ski boats and they invented wake board boats. Today the big new ones are called surf boats out here..

​I guess they're called wake boats here--they're the ones that have ballast tanks to make them sit low in the water so that they create big wakes. They drive me crazy. We sit on our beach and if there's a wakeboat around it's like being at Waikiki. Have to keep a close eye on the grandkids. Oh, let's not forget they have to have the speakers pointing backwards at the wakeboarder so he--and everyone else--can enjoy the loud music. Guess I'm just getting crotchety.

 

[Stumpalump]

​I guess they're called wake boats here--they're the ones that have ballast tanks to make them sit low in the water so that they create big wakes. They drive me crazy. We sit on our beach and if there's a wakeboat around it's like being at Waikiki. Have to keep a close eye on the grandkids. Oh, let's not forget they have to have the speakers pointing backwards at the wakeboarder so he--and everyone else--can enjoy the loud music. Guess I'm just getting crotchety.

No your not crotchety those boats are a menace. Out of all the things environmentalists go after you would think artificial waves that erode the shore would be one. One of the reasons they want to drain Lake Powell is because they say it will fill with sediment in XX years. I don't have a problem with sking but wake enhancing devices should be limited to non public waterways and out right banned in all envirmentally sensitive or erosion sensitive areas. Besides the selfish bass tards insist on chopping up every nook and cranny of every lake they get in. They at least need boundaries for them especially on smaller lakes. A slalom skier gets my respect by avoiding them. That takes a degree of coordination and physical agility that scrawny wake boarders only dream about.

 

[airdvr1227]

Stay off my lawn!

 

[oldjeep]

No your not crotchety those boats are a menace. Out of all the things environmentalists go after you would think artificial waves that erode the shore would be one. One of the reasons they want to drain Lake Powell is because they say it will fill with sediment in XX years. I don't have a problem with sking but wake enhancing devices should be limited to non public waterways and out right banned in all envirmentally sensitive or erosion sensitive areas. Besides the selfish bass tards insist on chopping up every nook and cranny of every lake they get in. They at least need boundaries for them especially on smaller lakes. A slalom skier gets my respect by avoiding them. That takes a degree of coordination and physical agility that scrawny wake boarders only dream about.

Keep in mind - "Lake" Powell is not a lake, it is a reservoir made out of a river . It fills with sediment because the "shorelines" are the tops of a flooded valley and the water level fluctuates so much that it makes a tremendous amount of erosion possible. What an environmentalist would want to do is remove the dams and restore the little tiny river that used to be there.

I'm not saying that I don't dislike it when surf boats are running near shorelines, but the huge wake issues tend to occur on "lakes" where there is no real shoreline that is either protected naturally or by humans using rip rap. Most of the sediment issues are from the seasonal or cyclical draining of these "lakes" due to lack of water to keep them full or the need to increase effluent to preserve fish runs beyond the dams which is quite different than the natural fluctuation of a real lake which tends to be less than a foot.

 

[Old Ironmaker]

Let the Cops do their jobs, if they don't go to whomever employs them. Here in Canada there is a country wide law, no wake can touch any shoreline. Simple. Some can't read or never took the National Safe Boat Test. Man, I didn't even know there was water let alone boats in Arizona. Gotta get out more.

 

[oldjeep]

Let the Cops do their jobs, if they don't go to whomever employs them. Here in Canada there is a country wide law, no wake can touch any shoreline. Simple. Some can't read or never took the National Safe Boat Test. Man, I didn't even know there was water let alone boats in Arizona. Gotta get out more.

Apparently there is even a place to ski - on snow Never been there but Arizona must be awesome if they believe that they have more boats than places with lakes every couple miles or coastlines.

 

[Old Ironmaker]

Apparently there is even a place to ski - on snow Never been there but Arizona must be awesome if they believe that they have more boats than places with lakes every couple miles or coastlines.

I've seen some videos on Lake Mead on a weekend, what the ??? It looks like the 401 HWY in Toronto. Sure doesn't look relaxing with 100 boats per square mile, or more.

 

[thunder550]

Apparently there is even a place to ski - on snow

Places! Like more than one

Also got some ocean front property, interested?

 

[jkust]

I've never actually seen those boats per capita numbers. I'm in MN and I always say the everyone has a boat in their garage. It's funny...on the lake our vacation home is on, there is this dynamic of the legacy property owners against the new money property owners. The legacy owners complain about everything from the waverunners to the wake boats to the music of the new money property owners. Glad to see its not just our lake.

 

[redneck joe]

Stay off my lawn!

Now that there is funny...



the sidebars of impersonating officers, boats per catita and all are fun and all but to Mr Heads original question, no you are not however you also are most likely not affecting change and are just adding unpleasantness to your day on the water. Asshats will continue to be asshats.

unless it is involving your safety get good pics and or video, make sure to get clear shot of the reg numbers and stop by the airconditioned cop station, drop the memory card, and make some cop friends. Ask them to save the card and swap with them onyour next visit.

if it involes your immediate safety same advice but call 911 which i beleive requires a response