[Evenstar]

Originally Posted by Von Bongo

...Playing devils advocate, you don't drive a moped on the interstate.

And you don’t drive Indy race cars on the Interstate either.

Maybe larger bodies of water need to be reserved for larger or faster boats and smaller lakes for smaller boats. I know numerous smaller lakes here in NE that limit HP or even require electric motors, but it isn't the larger lakes.

There are other large lakes with hp or speed limits. What about the two largest bodies of water in Massachusetts? Quabbin Reservoir has a 25 hp limit and boating is prohibited completely on Wachusett Reservoir. What about Squam Lake (the second largest lake in NH) with a 40 MPH speed limit? What about Lake George, NY, which has a 45MPH speed limit?

If you want to limit what happens on your lake maybe you should live on a private lake? I am not trying to be an ass either, I considered a lot at Lake Panorama in Central Iowa which is a large private lake.

In NH any lake over 10 acres is a public body of water, so that would only leave very small lakes as possible private ones. That’s pretty small for any type of boating. (I cover 15 to 20 miles in my kayak in 3 or 4 hours of paddling.)

If you live on a public lake then you should understand that the public gets to use it how they see fit. I don't relish the bass boats at 5:30 AM running up and down the lake but that is part of living on a PUBLIC body of water. If I want to get away from the public I go out to the farm and sit in the middle of the 200 acres and it's real peaceful.

Having regulations on a lake is not an attempt to “get away from the public”. It’s done so that everyone (or at least as many as possible) can safely enjoy using the lake together. Laws are made (or rather should be made) for the good of the majority.