Here is a link to the 2006 NH Boating Stats provided by Woodsy
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...ead.php?t=4283
Let's break it down shall we?
15 Falls in boat or PWC
11 Skiing/Wakeboard mishaps
10 Collisions at less than 10mph
8 Collisions with fixed object
6 While paddling
6 Explosions/fire
4 Collision with submerged object/grounding
3 Drownings jumping off boats/falls
3 Sunk vessels
2 Drownings by sinking
2 Capsized
2 Collisions at less than 30 but more than 20 mph
1 Collision at less than 20 but more than 10 mph
1 Accident caused by wake
1 Accident due to hull failure
1 Ejection at less than 30 mph
I think I got them all.
So certainly some of these accidents were caused by Capt Bonehead, but the vast majority were not.
According to the NH Stats, two speed related accidents were on Lake Winnipesaukee. Both listed as Falls, both on PWCs. One listed as traveling at 50, the other as "excessive speed"
There were two other speed releated accidents in NH in 2006, one on Ossipee listed as an ejection/sinking at 70 mph and the other on Phillips Pond a hull failure at 50 mph.
So tell us again why HB847 is needed on Lake Winnipesaukee???
Paddlers do NOT have to take a boating safety course or pass a certificiate test something that I believe someone mentioned is being reviewed by NASBLA because of the dramatic increase in kayak sales and accidents nationwide! Yet they are the 5th leading cause of accidents in NH in 2006!