Wake surfing with ballast enhancement should not be allowed. I have no problem with wake boats in general but the enhanced water systems should not be used. My understanding is participation at the annual meeting was less than a third. Maybe we need to get the developer of the lake to provide a statement on the intent of this language and share with all owners. I recommend to the Board, before this topic is taken up for a vote, that we either have a separate meeting to address this topic or share more data on this topic. I continue to see boats discharge ballast water after boating so the current provision is not being enforced. I'm concerned that boat technology will over take west shores lake if we continue to allow boats to utilize added water systems to enhance waves. I thought it would at least provide a baseline as it relates to covenants that were developed in early 2000's.
I don't mean to bore you with boat information since most of you already understand the changes that have taken place in boats and boat technology. If the ballast system is engaged, the total weight of some boats with passengers is approaching 10,000 lbs, A 2022 crownline 220ss dry weight is 4,370 lbs and holds 10 passengers. The mastercraft X22, with a length of 22.4 inches (the new amendment to boat sizes now allows this boat) has a dry weight of 5,500 lbs, 3,550 lbs of ballast capacity and can hold up to 16 people. Back is 2003, water bladder systems were less than 1,000 pounds and has grown to over 3,500 lbs. The evolution of ballast systems has continued to improve over the years which is concerning on when does it stop. The malibu 20 VTX boat has over 3,560 lbs of ballast capacity. In 2020, the mastercraft XT20, dry weight was 4,500 lbs, Gen 2 ballast system provided 1,700 lbs of additional weight.
The mastercraft 2006 X2 weight was 3,200 lbs and had 650 of ballast capacity. mastercraft X series (X star -22') 4,600 lbs. The boats back in 2003 had dry weights ranging from 3,100 to 4,600 pounds. I did some brief research on inboard boats and wake board boats. The covenants did allow owners to purchase either an inboard or inboard/outboard boats while complying with specific requirements. When I read the covenants as a new owner I interpreted the section on water bladders that they were not allowed to be operated on boats.It appears this section V.J was intended to control lake erosion. I have noticed more homes in the past few years installing rip rap on their shoreline to control / mitigate shore erosion. I don't know the history of the lake but I have noticed in my short time on the lake that wake boats (especially when wake surfing ) are creating massive waves that are impacting my dock and shoreline. I wanted to share some concerns on the slide concerning wake boats and water bladders. HOA board- I was unable to call in the annual meeting due to travel.
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