[Mad Mahi]

I for one am all for making this a permanent ban:

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-lipwc242681998apr24.story?coll=ny-linews-headlines

My question is where are all the owners of these craft going to go?

My fear is that a lot of them will head toward Robert Moses, Captree, Democrat Point and the Sore Thumb/Cedar Beach area. That would not be good, particularly for the surfcasters and the upcoming summertime boat traffic in the inlet.

 

[seaslug44]

The State Boat Channel

Did you see the map? The ban stretches North of the Light house all the way to the entrance to the State Boat channel. That means that any jet skier East of Babylon who who wants to venture to the inlet area will have to come back West to the Babylon cut and take the State Boat Channel! Those from the Sayville/Patchogue area are virtually cut-off from the inlet or the ocean unless they plan to make it an all-day trip.

OUCH!

On the bright side for us, Ocean Beach should be even hotter for Weakfish without all the pwc traffic.

Also, what about the Fire Island ferries? Nobody ever studied their impact on the environment. The erosion from their wake and the pollution from their exhaust is probably 1000% worse than the impact of the pwc's.