[radioman]

I am a Lake Host at Shep Browns and have found many of the comments very interesting! The program is actually funded by the Nh Lakes Assoc which is a nonprofit with an office in Concord. There are a number of other municipalities like Meredith that get involved and those people not only inspect boats and treailers but sometimes collect ramp fees as well. Then we have people who volunteer their time to sit at their local ramps. Lastly there are paid inspectors but all are trained and all are instructed to ask permission to inspect. I suspect that I am the guilty person who has failed to recognize regular boaters but please keep in mind that I inspect an average of 55 boats each day and try to do my best but the decal only tells me that you understand the problem and the Host program. The decal only serves to eliminate all the explanation. You might be interested to learn that the program is working with 76 "saves" to date. Do we get them all? No! Now the issue of facilities is not a big deal as most of the boats are all under 25 feet and as such, if anything, have portable units at best. Thank you for taking the time to read this post.