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Originally Posted by Airwaves
We have had discussions about this in the past and there is a difference of opinion as to what NO WAKE SPEED legally means.
270-D:1 Definitions. – In this chapter:
VI. ""Headway speed'' means 6 miles per hour or the slowest speed that a boat can be operated and maintain steerage way.
VIII. ""No wake area'' means an area where a boat is to be operated only at headway speed.
XII. ""Wake'' means any disturbance created on the surface of the water as a result of combined vessel motion and hull displacement.
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There is certainly ambiguity in the RSA and it's been there a while with no apparent attempt to clarify it by the lawmakers. I would imagine that someone stopped for making "any disturbance" (extremely subjective) and doing under 6 MPH would be able to take that to court and win.