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Originally Posted by Skip
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II. "Houseboat' means any ship, boat, raft, float, catamaran or marine craft of any description upon or within which are located sleeping and toilet facilities, regardless of whether such facilities are of a permanent or temporary nature.
III. "Overnight period' means the period of time between the termination of daylight in the evening to the earliest dawn in the next morning.
IV. "Mooring' means beaching, grounding, or tying of a houseboat to the shore of any of the inland surface waters of the state, and the anchoring of a houseboat on any of the inland surface waters of the state.
CHAPTER 270-A
USE OF HOUSEBOATS
Section 270-A:3
270-A:3 Where Overnight Mooring Prohibited. – No houseboat shall be beached or grounded, or tied to the shore of any of the inland surface waters of the state for an overnight period or any part of an overnight period, except as permitted in RSA 270-A:2 or in cases of emergency. No houseboat shall be anchored on any of the inland surface waters of the state for an overnight period or any part of an overnight period except as permitted in RSA 270-A:2 or in cases of emergency.
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So JFF one possible interpretation of the above would be to prohibit dropping anchor at night on the lake to watch the fireworks in a cruiser but perhaps not so in a bassboat (no sleeping or toilet facilities).
MP to bassboater - "Son you have to move along now"
Bassboater - "But I'm no Houseboat"
MP - "What's that toilet rolling around by the gas tanks ?"
Bassboater - "That's no toilet, it's an empty Bud can !"
MP - "Uh huh ..."
Have to use a little commonsense in interpreting the law
