Varney...
I pretty much agree with you. The reason I pursued the sticker idea is because it covers out of state residents and day trippers. Your version only covers NH residents or boats that are registered in NH. If EVERYONE who boats on Lake Winni is required to display the sticker, and in order to buy the sticker you have to show your safe boaters card, then it covers all contigencys, especially day trippers, tourists and renters (already required to take safety checklist). This method insures 98% of everyone on the water has been at least minimally educated. The other 2% are uneducated people driving "stickered boats".
The upside to doing this for Lake Winnipesaukee is that the money raised by this program can benefit just Lake Winnipesaukee. Lake Winnipesaukee boaters will be paying for extra MP & equipment for use on Lake Winni. The MP has jurisdiction over all of the States waterways. That means if I guy up in Colebrook is paying the extra $$ in his boat registration, he is going to expect better MP service for his extra money.
Woodsy
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