NO WAKE RESTRICTIONS

As everyone gets ready to enjoy some much-needed lake time, here are three reminders heading into the holiday and some updates prompted by recent rains.

First:  The Sheriff’s Department has declared NO WAKE within 300 feet of any shoreline until water levels recede - this one DOES impact the chain.. This is a shift from the voluntary no-wake last week now that water levels have increased even more. Please remind your family, friends, and any visitors you may host this holiday weekend.  It may be helpful to visualize 300 feet as the length of a football field. And since many parts of the Chain are less than 600 feet in width, some narrow channels will effectively be fully no-wake until you arrive at a larger basin.  "Slow-no wake" means the operation of a watercraft at the slowest possible speed necessary to maintain steerage, and in no case greater than 5 MPH. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/6110.1200/

Second: Watching your docks and lifts? Keep an eye on any changes using our gauge on Horseshoe.

Third: The new boating law is now in effect. The new requirement for Youth Water Operators’ Permit went into effect July 1.  Anyone 21 or younger must have a valid watercraft operator's permit.  Even with a permit, please talk with the watercraft operators in your household about the need to own your wake.  https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/safety/boatwater/boater-education-law.html