Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - Piscataqua River headway speed legislation Bill SB87

upthesaukee · 01-25-2015, 02:50 PM

I agree, Rich, that it's not part of lakes region, but i am sure that many folks travel to the ocean via the Piscataqua. Ihave a friend with a camp on Rattlesnake who bought a used 42 ft Trawler cruiser. It's max speed is 11 or 12 knots. He hired a captain to travel with from Woods Hole to Great Bay marina. He said they had to time their arrival to come with the tide. Current speed is up to 6 kts. He anticipates a slow journey, but any other boat with higher speeds would have same slow crawl, up to 3 hours.
The sponsors of the bill say it is poorly written. The point of the legislation is due to large wakes damaging shorelines and other vessels.
I wrote to Sen. Nancy Stiles, committee chair, and suggested that SB87 be stopped, and instead, notify NH Marine Patrol and ask that they enforce and educate offendi g boaters about excessive wakes.
With the tides and currents, i would not want to stay a headway speed to avoid the tankers and freighters that ply the same waters.
Take Rich's good advice and contact Sen. Stiles with a cc to your senator.

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01-25-2015, 02:50 PM	#2
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,607 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,477 Thanked 1,984 Times in 1,084 Posts	I agree, Rich, that it's not part of lakes region, but i am sure that many folks travel to the ocean via the Piscataqua. Ihave a friend with a camp on Rattlesnake who bought a used 42 ft Trawler cruiser. It's max speed is 11 or 12 knots. He hired a captain to travel with from Woods Hole to Great Bay marina. He said they had to time their arrival to come with the tide. Current speed is up to 6 kts. He anticipates a slow journey, but any other boat with higher speeds would have same slow crawl, up to 3 hours. The sponsors of the bill say it is poorly written. The point of the legislation is due to large wakes damaging shorelines and other vessels. I wrote to Sen. Nancy Stiles, committee chair, and suggested that SB87 be stopped, and instead, notify NH Marine Patrol and ask that they enforce and educate offendi g boaters about excessive wakes. With the tides and currents, i would not want to stay a headway speed to avoid the tankers and freighters that ply the same waters. Take Rich's good advice and contact Sen. Stiles with a cc to your senator. Sent from my GT-P5210 using Tapatalk __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!