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Originally Posted by flyry49
" Well maybe if she saw the no wake sign or "the island" she would have slown down", and by the way the headway speed law is 300 feet from shore not 150. nice try tho
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Wow, great post. Some corrections are needed though...
There are no "no wake" signs near Diamond Island. The closest is at Smith's Point, more than a mile away and not at all relevant,
"Slown"? Not a word I'm familiar with.
Excerpts from NH law:
270-D:1 Definitions
VI. "Headway speed'' means 6 miles per hour or the slowest speed that a boat can be operated and maintain steerage way.
270-D:2 General Rules for Vessels Operating on Water
VI. (a) To provide full visibility and control and to prevent their wake from being thrown into or causing excessive rocking to other boats, barges, water skiers, aquaplanes or other boats, rafts or floats, all vessels shall maintain headway speed when within 150 feet from:
(1) Rafts, floats, swimmers.
(2) Permitted swimming areas.
(3) Shore.
(4) Docks.
(5) Mooring fields.
(6) Other vessels.
There are circumstances where this particular law does not apply, but not being able to see an island at night is not one of them.
Simply put: If this one simple law had been obeyed, this accident (and nearly every other tragic accident on the lake, including the one that killed Mr. Hartman) would not have happened.