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Question: Close The Channel :: Total Votes:35
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Shut It Down Permanently 2  [5.71%]
Restricted Boat Parking 12  [34.29%]
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Post Icon Posted: May 04 2005,7:15 pm Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Since HotBoat is down, how 'bout bringing the drama over, temporarily of course... :D

What do you say about the Havasu Channel..??

Ways to control channel behavior
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. – The Lake Havasu City Police Department presented a two-phase recommendation to help with behavioral problems in the channel.
According to police spokesperson Lt. Richie Sloma, the first phase involves cutting down on the amount of space used to park boats at the south end of the channel and to be able to shut it down when necessary.
“We want the authority to be able to close down the channel for a while to stop the boating and what some of the council members describe as ‘the show’ to kind of bring everybody back down to a respectable level of behavior,” said Sloma.
The second phase deals with the possibility of issuing a limited number of permits to boaters.
Mayor Bob Whelan said that going in short steps is the way to deal with this issue.
“I’m confident and hopeful that the steps that we’ve taken tonight will be successful in dealing with the behavior issues,” said Whelan.
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Post Icon Posted: May 04 2005,7:22 pm Post # 2 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Maybe they should install parking meters  :stupid  :banghead

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Post Icon Posted: May 04 2005,7:35 pm Post # 3 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Well I don't go there so I'll just stay out of this one!.. :rolleyes
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Post Icon Posted: May 04 2005,7:43 pm Post # 4 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I see many options:

Not that I necessarily support them..... :ass  but if the issue is overcrowding and unruly behaviour.....

Don't close Copper and the Sandbar and people wouldn't be forced to go there.   :good

Make it one way only and enforce it.   :guns

Make it no alcohol allowed.   :puke

Make it no beaching allowed.   :drama

Close it at Noon or at some hour to new boats.

Make the whole place inhospitable so all the boaters go somewhere else with their money and let the tourist businesses close down.... :beat

There's a ton of options.....

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Post Icon Posted: May 04 2005,7:47 pm Post # 5 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I don't care what they do to that place. I was there for about 30min last weekend and got a migraine in that time frame. :angry  When I go back to Havi I will be at the sandbar.  :eek

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Post Icon Posted: May 04 2005,8:14 pm Post # 6 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Fock it I will just stay in parker  :p

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Post Icon Posted: May 04 2005,8:29 pm Post # 7 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (RiverLiver @ May 04 2005,9:14 pm)
Fock it I will just stay in parker  :p

There ya go!. :)  :good  :good
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Post Icon Posted: May 04 2005,8:35 pm Post # 8 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (GoFastRacer @ May 04 2005,8:29 pm)
Quote (RiverLiver @ May 04 2005,9:14 pm)
Fock it I will just stay in parker  :p

There ya go!. :)  :good  :good

I'm with you there!!!! :stupid  :beer  ;)
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Post Icon Posted: May 04 2005,8:40 pm Post # 9 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (Mandelon @ May 04 2005,7:43 pm)
Make the whole place inhospitable so all the boaters go somewhere else with their money and let the tourist businesses close down.... :beat

Are they going to bite the hand........? :stupid

It's a fact of Life:

After Monday and Tuesday, even the Calendar says : WTF .......
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Post Icon Posted: May 04 2005,8:43 pm Post # 10 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I think one way trafic and shut downs when the levels get to high will be what happens ...HAVAZOO  :rolleyes

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Post Icon Posted: May 04 2005,9:55 pm Post # 11 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (RiverLiver @ May 04 2005,8:14 pm)
Fock it I will just stay in parker  :p

It may sound funny to you youngin's, but I can remember when Havasu was Eden and the Parker Strip was Babylon! Strange how things have turned; no? :stupid  I don't think anything they do short of closin' it down will do any real good. There's always gonna be someone that is gonna push things as far as possible, regardless of what regs are in place. I said it a few years ago in a letter to Hot Boat; if they keep closin' the Sandbar; what did they think was gonna happen? People are goin' to just disappear? It saddens me what has happened at Havasu. You used to be able to get away from "it all" if ya wanted to at many of the coves, but now ya spend half the day lookin' for a good, quiet spot to relax w/ the family. Oh well; such is life.

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Post Icon Posted: May 05 2005,5:52 am Post # 12 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I remember when you could run a small boat all weekend long on the strip too!.. :good And without mufflers!. :good That all down the toilet!. :rolleyes  :angry
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Post Icon Posted: May 05 2005,6:00 am Post # 13 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
You nail'd it Gig... :good

We too have the benefit of "life experience" and still have a preference for open waters and peaceful quiet.

The last time I went through the channel was 2 years ago...towing a 28' American to the gas dock.. :D  :beat
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Post Icon Posted: May 05 2005,6:04 am Post # 14 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (GoFastRacer @ May 05 2005,5:52 am)
I remember when you could run a small boat all weekend long on the strip too!.. :good And without mufflers!. :good That all down the toilet!. :rolleyes  :angry

Yep, there's was something "magical" about hearing a hot motor's VRWAPP VRWAPP echo off the walls of Big Bend at 6am in the morning.... :good
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Post Icon Posted: May 05 2005,6:13 am Post # 15 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (shueman @ May 05 2005,7:04 am)
Quote (GoFastRacer @ May 05 2005,5:52 am)
I remember when you could run a small boat all weekend long on the strip too!.. :good And without mufflers!. :good That all down the toilet!. :rolleyes  :angry

Yep, there's was something "magical" about hearing a hot motor's VRWAPP VRWAPP echo off the walls of Big Bend at 6am in the morning.... :good

You got that right, especially a blown motor!.. :good  :jumpie
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Post Icon Posted: May 05 2005,6:36 am Post # 17 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (shueman @ May 05 2005,6:24 am)
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I remember when you could run a small boat all weekend long on the strip too!.. :good And without mufflers!. :good That all down the toilet!. :rolleyes  :angry

Yep, there's was something "magical" about hearing a hot motor's VRWAPP VRWAPP echo off the walls of Big Bend at 6am in the morning.... :good

You got that right, especially a blown motor!.. :good  :jumpie

Indeed...Big old Chrysler setups...  :good

Should we give you guys some privacy?   :D

I don't think I've been there in a couple of years, either. Been to the sandbar, but not the channel.  I hope they don't close that as well because then all the troublemakers will head up to Mohave.  BTW, Mohave sucks people, don't go there :D

Even if they close it, the people will find somewhere else to hang out.  Then that area will be the problem. Vertical Beach, the little sandbar, etc.  They are going to go somewhere.  I don't think one way traffic is a bad idea, nor closing it after a certain time of day as necessary. I hate to see them ban alcohol, but I guess that would solve most of the problems.  (I'll have to bring a cup, I guess :rolleyes  )  The permit thing is lame IMO.
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Well said, Angie, right "on target"... :good
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What's really ironic here is that the "Trouble makers" usually cost the city more money than they spend.  The city doesn't want to lose income by discouraging visitors to come and have a good time, but the problems with some people in the channel cost them more money.

This insite comes from being in the bar business.
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What's really ironic here is that the "Trouble makers" usually cost the city more money than they spend.  

That's a fact!.. :(
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Post Icon Posted: May 05 2005,7:35 am Post # 21 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (tpltrbl @ May 05 2005,7:17 am)
What's really ironic here is that the "Trouble makers" usually cost the city more money than they spend.  The city doesn't want to lose income by discouraging visitors to come and have a good time, but the problems with some people in the channel cost them more money.

This insite comes from being in the bar business.

Good point.
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How about reducing the size limit of boats from 32 foot (I think) to say 22 foot and ban lake lice also :D That would get rid of all the rif raf  :rotflmao

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Quote (AZKC @ May 05 2005,7:40 am)
How about reducing the size limit of boats from 32 foot (I think) to say 22 foot and ban lake lice also :D That would get rid of all the rif raf  :rotflmao

I think all the riff raff are in 1979 20ft Hawaiian's :ass  :bebe

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Maybe banning cats and tunnels also, and anything with a prop :D

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Post Icon Posted: May 05 2005,7:58 am Post # 25 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (AZKC @ May 05 2005,8:51 am)
Maybe banning cats and tunnels also, and anything with a prop :D

lmfao!!!

The channel can get a little crazy at times, but fock it I am crazy and don't care what they do. I'll find another spot to go hang out at. Mini sandbar, OP6 cove, where ever.  :drink  :drink  :drink  :drink



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