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Originally posted by RI Swamp Yankee
The condidions that night were not ideal so rule 6 applies.
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Unfortunately Rule 6 does NOT apply because it is not the law in New Hampshire. NH has not adopted it so it does not exist. I think it should, but it does not.
There has been much debate about the NH Boating Rules Guide and actual law and the language is different. The RSA covering what you are talking about deals with Negligent Operation of a boat. (I don't recall the RSA number off the top of my head) but it appears to fall short of Rule 6 which is why I advocated for the adoption of Rule 6 vs HB847. It would have added a tool to the Marine Patrol arsenal that would NOT cost additional money and addressed the safety issue that supporters of HB847 at least initally claimed was their concern.
At this point I agree with
sa meredith, this thread is supposed to be for actual information regarding this tragic accident.
I am guilty of hijacking so I will refrain from other thoughts about Rule 6 until we actually know what happened.
If you'd like to start another thread to debate the merits of Rule 6 vs the NH RSA I'd love to take part in that!
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