Missing "Normal" Yet...?
 

That may be a Hackercraft. :eek2:

I have sent an email to the NHMP to confirm that name and the location of the "accident". Technically, it maybe been Tuftonboro Bay (Libby Museum area) and not Winter Harbor (Carry Beach area).

That "rescue trip" to Tuftonboro could've been very short. :rolleye2:

What responsibility has the insurance company to inform authorities? :confused:

"Failure to keep a proper watch" is a ticketable offense. Whether points are assessed is unknown to me.

...And the lake can return to Normal--right?

We may be grooming Lake Winnipesaukee's own Robert Lapointe!

https://www.mrlakefront.net/newsdeta...id=1080&start=

What is amazing to me is not one person on that Sea Ray has come forward. If my own son did something that dumb and criminal while I was on his boat, I'd turn him in.

Crap morals and values with every one of those people

I may be mistaken, but I believe that the picture of the 50’ Sea Ray is at Mountain View, not Silver Sands. We also heard that the big yellow crane over there belongs to him.


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The accident was in the area of the bay right where it goes towards Libby. Pretty close to the corner between the Carry Beach area from the Libby Beach Area.

Wrecked boat not a Chris Craft. Still a beautiful craft.

You are mistaken. Docking on that side belongs to Silver Sands. It is across from Mountain View's I Dock but not part of it. The owner of the SeaRay does own cranes.

What are the chances that SeaRay lives on Mammoth Rd in Windham?

Looks strikingly similar to a boat I've seen on stands in a side yard during the off season

I kinda doubt that boat is moved anywhere but near shore on Winnipesaukee. It would be huge money to move a boat that size to Windham.

Windham and Pelham
 

The Searay is registered out of Windham and the other one, the escape boat, is registered out of Pelham according to the news.

I think that would make the boat coming to their aid... accessory to grand theft.
Would it really be worth holding back reporting to change a misdemeanor into a felony?

I've seen it done... but usually by a single individual acting really stupid.

Wealthy = bad?


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The boat is regularly in Winter Harbor visiting someone. I didn't know people owned their own cranes. How does that work?

No

I'm simply implying that in the American court system, those with the means to afford high priced attorneys tend to receive lesser sentences than those that cannot afford such representation.

It shouldn't be that way. This jerk should receive the same sentence as someone else committing similar crimes who doesn't have those means and requires a public defender.

Correct...here is the view from Mt. View looking at Silver Sands.

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You go into the crane business and buy some cranes. You hire operators and rent them out. People use them, usually on construction sites, and the crane owner hopes to make money.

There you go. No need to thank me.

Not sure how to take your post. Are you being funny, sarcastic, or just plain mean? I didn't take the OPs comment to mean that the operator owned a crane business, I thought maybe if you docked at Silver Sands you could have your own crane in your berth and I had never heard of it.

No Attorney Necessary...
 

I just realized this morning that I had a front seat to this "accident"! :eek2:

That explains all the boat traffic while I was having an early lunch. There may have been a second barge docked there at the time.

One excavator barge left this morning at 7:30AM.

The crash took place at a prominent point of shoreline we've always called Camp Keewaydin--after the road that services the area.

The wrecked boat is one I've seen docking a number of times. The operator's handling skills are amazing. He docks that boat as if it had side-thrusters!

The HackerCraft may be totalled, although both new and ancient examples range from $35,000 to $120,000+. These boats have been manufactured--and raced--since the roaring Twenties.

http://www.classicboat.com/antique-b...mmuter-27k.htm
(Notice the removed shoes of all aboard flopped in the center: only bare feet allowed!)

As for the "driver" of the offending boat, I think he tripped on a boat cushion, hit his head on the throttle, crashed, recalled the fatal skiing accident of Liam Neesom's wife (head injury), phoned for help, was rushed to shore nearby, then feeling better, and no worse for wear, later declined further assistance from friends.

Would it be schadenfreude if the Hacker Craft belonged to him? :emb:

Accident Location
 

This is where the accident took place....

Value
 

APS;

Don't you think that Hackercraft is worth a heck of a lot more than that?? I see one "original" on boat trader going for $670,000.00!! This one involved in the accident is probably not an early original but still the value has to be much higher...

I personally would much rather have the Hackercraft than the Searay!!

Dan

ishoot...

Word on the FB fb pages is that the woody was a replica, not an original. Not that is any consolation given the large amount of damage.

It will be interesting to see this all play out...

Woodsy

AND...tampering with evidence, willful misconduct, reckless endangerment, and obstruction.

I figured it was a replica but it is still made by Hackercraft correct?...they are still making boats and I see the Hackercraft sticker and logo on the side...so while it is a replica design of a old woody, it's still a Hackercraft....

https://hackerboat.com/boat_builder/...runabout/front

On the alcohol--I'm pretty sure that there are going to be a number of people on each boat who will want to testify after the police explain their own legal peril to them. For example...

Driver of getaway boat: "I wasn't helping someone flee the scene of the crime...I got a call that my friend was completely trashed and had run his boat up on the rocks...I didn't even see the woody...I just wanted to get my drunk buddies home before they got hurt"

If I had to guess that's an early 90's Hacker. Still original and still very costly, probably close to $350-400k value. Wooden boats are still being made by certain manufacturers but often construed to be "antique".

The crane was rented from Astro Crane a company out of Boxborough, MA. The boat is being taken out of the water this morning at 10 AM. For the present time it will be left on blocks and stands at Silver Sands Marina.

The travel lift at Silver Sands is not big enough to lift the SeaRay. The boat weighs about 20,000 pounds more than the Silver Sands travel lift can pick up.

This location has been the site of several of the launches for the largest boats on the lake. Each time, a large capacity crane has been brought in.

The crew trying to escape certainly didn't look like a bunch of kids...In fact one of them looks like the guy in my picture previously taken in Meredith a few years ago.

I doubt they will get away with that story. I'd be pretty surprised to see a 50' Sea Ray piloted at night by a bunch of kids make it even that far.

I think we all know what happened here... A bunch of drunks being drunks. This guy rides around like he owns the lake and is untouchable. Hopefully he gets nailed hard on this one. People like this have no place on Winnipesaukee. He will kill someone if he keeps it up.

There is a good chance that boat is Coast Guard registered being of that size. With the HIN anyone can look it up on the CG site if it is CG registered.

A couple of delays but the lifting process has begun.

We always called it Keewaydin Point. They used to have cottages for rent, now they are condos.

Keewaydin Point
 

That is what I have always known it as well...

Dan

This is good news that the boat is being removed from the water. The problem is that the owner may go out and either rent or buy another boat instead.....

OOPS! On land and it may be there for a while.

So we see the one mangled prop what did the other one look like?
I also wonder what the keel looked like.....

Hummm I wonder if it will still be at the Marina, this weekend I will have to take a ride buy and see what can be viewed...

It's set up on stands... don't imagine it'll be leaving anytime soon, otherwise they would have dropped it on a trailer.

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Good! I would really be disappointed if he walks. I hope the ChrisCraft owner gets every penny he is due. Too bad you can’t put a price tag on heartbreak!


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The other prop is damaged but not nearly as bad. The rudder is bent and the boat is leaking slightly. Nothing the bilge pump couldn't keep up with when it was in the water. There is some keel damage but not as much as you would expect.

I am pretty sure the chrome piece and the cloth tangled in the prop are from the boat that got run over.

We saw the Hackercraft today.

The subject boat may be out longer than one thinks if it is needed in case this accident situation goes to a trial (i.e. evidence).

In any event, I don't think it will be back in the lake in 2023.

A Judge Should Restrict Him to Canoes...
 

Those figures came from auction sites. (and included a +). ;)

Other figures can include "provenance". (Serial number 1000, once owned by Vanna White, Janis Joplin, Shah of Iran, etc...)

The late Janis Joplin's 1964 Porsche 356C sold for $1,740, 000 eight years ago. (About 13 times today's evaluations).
https://money.cnn.com/2015/12/10/lux...ion/index.html

(My personal 1964 Porsche 356C awaits restoration. :) )
For the rest of the summer, a man of his means can't buy some other gargantuan powerboat to endanger Lake Winnipesaukee's boats and docks? (And cause the Lake's third hit-and-run?).

I can't imagine he will be using any boat for a while if for not more than a hit and run charge. They may even suspend his driver's license.

Word on the street is that the owner of the 50 left the state and is avoiding the police. It wasn’t too hard to figure out who these guys were.
Someone mentioned a company name owned by one of them, from there it was easy to track down. One of the neighbors saw the State
Police at his home on Blackey Cove and was asked if he had been seen. Probably fled that same night.

I have a feeling that Silver Sands, Winter Harbor and Blackey Cove will be getting a lot of curious onlookers this weekend.

.... good cheer to NH boating!
 

In New Hampshire the open container law concerning alcoholic adult beverages in a motor vehicle does not include water vessels or a boat. Boating and drinking an adult beverage is legal. What's not legal is boating with a blood alcohol level higher than "0.08 higher by blood, breath or urine. Or between .03 and .08 along with other evidence."

:cheers:

So it is legal to be driving a motorboat, or paddling a canoe with an alcoholic beverage in one hand and the steering wheel or canoe paddle in the other hand, as long as your blood alcohol level is lower than 0.08, or eight percent.