Imagine a lake, filled with semi-tractor-trailer trucks, magically skimming across the water. Remarkably, such a lake would be quieter than if it was filled with motorized boats.
Our lakes are governed by out of date, unenforceable regulations so lax that no state has boat noise limits lower than federal limits for tractor-trailer trucks (80 decibels at 50 feet). We are literally turning our lakes into the New Jersey Turnpike.
It doesn’t have to be that way.