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ApS · 01-08-2007, 06:43 AM

I don't get it either: the SBC doesn't require completion by many usual Winnipesaukee craft.

Why put $20 decals on Hobies, inflatables, windsurfers, paddleboats, Sunfish, rowboats, canoes, under-25HP-outboards and kayaks when a $20 decal doesn't assure anyone that the SBC has been taken?

Granted, the MPs take inordinate time investigating these "lesser" craft, but the SBC requirement for boating education was not to address the misbehaviors of kayaks and sailboats!

At least the sales tax addresses the space that powerboats use on the lake, and the amount of environmental impact. A decal will punish the Winnipesaukee kid who has been given the gift of a canoe—as I was upon high school graduation.

Registration fees properly are the concern of the NH registration fee schedule—based largely on size. (An "Impact-Fee", as it were). The NH fee schedule form can be viewed at every NH boat registration site.

Punishing the Winnipesaukee boater with a canoe and a lean budget goes against what is fair, IMHO.

01-08-2007, 06:43 AM	#31
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 5,939 Thanks: 2,209 Thanked 776 Times in 553 Posts	Not Getting it... I don't get it either: the SBC doesn't require completion by many usual Winnipesaukee craft. Why put $20 decals on Hobies, inflatables, windsurfers, paddleboats, Sunfish, rowboats, canoes, under-25HP-outboards and kayaks when a $20 decal doesn't assure anyone that the SBC has been taken? Granted, the MPs take inordinate time investigating these "lesser" craft, but the SBC requirement for boating education was not to address the misbehaviors of kayaks and sailboats! At least the sales tax addresses the space that powerboats use on the lake, and the amount of environmental impact. A decal will punish the Winnipesaukee kid who has been given the gift of a canoe—as I was upon high school graduation. Registration fees properly are the concern of the NH registration fee schedule—based largely on size. (An "Impact-Fee", as it were). The NH fee schedule form can be viewed at every NH boat registration site. Punishing the Winnipesaukee boater with a canoe and a lean budget goes against what is fair, IMHO. __________________ Is it "Common Sense" isn't.