The NH laws concerning skiing, tubing, etc. used to seem excessive to me. However, after boating in other locations and seeing NO observers while skiing, as well as a guy on a jet ski pulling a banana tube with lots of kids on it back through the ocean surf through a crowd of swimmers, I see the need for some rules.
I disagree most with the limit of two people being towed behind a boat. As long as each person has their own observer, I believe towing a couple more people would be safe.
While on this topic, I may as well share some observations about the MP, gathered after boating on the lake since about 1960. If their mission is to help boaters, I feel that the administration needs to change their approach. This concept is not new to this forum. There have been so many times over the years when I feel they went out of their way to be unnecessarily intrusive. In the two or three times I asked for assistance over the radio, no response.
So, when I observed these unsafe practices at other locations, I had to chuckle at the fact that I thought to myself, "The Marine Patrol would go nuts if they saw that back on the lake!". Ya gotta have SOME laws!
And one more thing while I'm ranting- my son recently came off his motorcycle at speed. If you could see his helmet, you would wonder why NH does not have a helmet law. His helmet may have saved his life.
Peter
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