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Originally Posted by islandAl
From the article link posted by GWC
"Only Colorado, Indiana and New Hampshire require adults to wear life preservers when a boat is motion, said Melissa Savage of the National Conference of State Legislatures."
?? New Hampshire requires adults to wear life preservers when a boat is in motion?? Is this true for certain commercial boats? Never was asked to wear one when on the Mount.  |
As usual the news agencies have it wrong. There aren't any NH rules re: wearing of PFDs, except for small children. You must have an approved PFD, in proper condition, for each person onboard. I'm not sure about commercial vessels but in your pleasure boat the PFD must be "readily accessable" which means within arms length. The USCG has been pushing to have a "must wear" rule for boats under 20-ish feet but last I knew this hadn't passed.
RE: the incident on Lake George, there's something not making a lot of sense in what's been reported so far. Hard to believe the wake from a vessel, even at 98', would swamp the 40' boat, especially when both have been operating on that lake for some time. Overloading seems like the obvious primary cause but it would seem that the vessel had been operated this way many times in the past. Hard to believe the captain wouldn't have noticed it previously. Too soon to tell for sure ...