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Originally Posted by Michael Venoit
Im looking to find out how many DB my boat has to be to be safe on NH Lakes...At present it has a switch to go from close to open and I found out that does not comply with the NH law.
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A few boats have been "optioned-up" by dealers, including the switchable exhaust option. (Even NH dealers do this).
Crownlines were especially well-known for switchables, and a few Crownlines were operating last season on Lake Winnipesaukee with the switchable exhaust in place. If you're wary and operating in the quiet mode, you'll not likely get stopped.
Even if stopped, you may just get a warning. (Hold on to that warning notice).
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Originally Posted by Dave R
I'd prefer it if both were quiet. Loud bikes are worse though.
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I find that poorly-loaded boats (or poorly-trimmed boats) with a "legal" outdrive can be even noisier than a "legal" thru-hull at similar speeds.
When you're sailing The Broads, you can hear the motorcycles from six miles away—
even further when they're in the hills above Gilford.
The so-called "legal" thru-hull exhausts can be heard at the same distance—and even when they pass behind Rattlesnake Island!
It's just the way noise
is on lakes surrounded by mountains.
'No hills at my wintertime Florida lake, and noise is
no problemo.
