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Originally Posted by codeman671
Overnight anchoring could prove to be more dangerous than speeding boats if not handled properly. All it would take would be one moron to anchor in an area they shouldn't without lights and they will get flattened. We have all seen what can happen to a basically stationary vessel that is hit by a boat doing 25+/-mph... 
Designated anchoring areas that are WELL marked and lit would be key. I see much more potential danger in this proposition than the current situation on the lake with no speed limit. Let's face it, you can't leave your lights on all night long without killing your battery unless you set up a bank of batteries that will handle the lights for an entire night. And you don't want to leave your boat running all night long for fear of CO poisoning. |
While I'm fairly certain DaveR was being facetious the idea could be workable. I'm thinking that there are sections of the water that are presently unusable, and even dangerous
, at night. Certainly with the new legislature we all can take pride and support any effort that eliminates anything that might, maybe, could be of any danger whatsoever ! As an example, people are always complaining about the Witches. Mind you this is about their danger during the day ... heck they must be even worse at night. So the State of NH should put this latent asset to good use and provide shorepower hookups to a ring of buoys around the Witches. More lights will now ring the Witches making them safer, visiting tourist families will get to anchor overnight, and the State could charge a few $$s (something that it'll need to help offset all the new programs designed to "help" us all) for the privilege. Yup, DRZs and overnight anchoring are coming soon !
