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Cal · 12-02-2005, 06:48 PM

Most all the reasons FOR a speed limit are really great BUT go ahead and make the speed limit 25 all the time and it won't change most of the concerns stated. Boats will still be close to each other going too fast , they'll still be too close to shore , to close to docks , to close to swimmers , discourteous boater , clueless boaters , the Alton Bay camp director will still have to worry about his kids when they're out in a sail boat ( if he doesn't he better be replaced). Weekends will still be overly crowded. I've been on the lake in a 17 footer on the week end and a speed limit won't change the water conditions with all the boats present. Stop and think for a minute...if you removed all the other boats and left the go fasts , that would eliminate most all the problems previously stated by other people. This of course is not the answer , but mark my words "Neither is a speed limit".
But I guess all of you who are FOR it will have to be shown the truth after it passes

OK , I'm off my soap box

BroadHopper · 12-02-2005, 07:07 PM

Cal, Once Rep. Pilliod pass this law, he is going to pass another law in limiting the size of boats. The same people who are 'scared' of the go fast boats are also 'scared' of big boat wake. He said to a number of people that the go fast boats and the big cruisers belong on the ocean. I'm surprise that he extended the HB to include the intercoastal waters off NH. 25 mph is maximum wake speed for a lot of boats. Can you imagine the economy that we will be losing???????

A number of boating magazines reported Winnipesaukee as one of the top destination spot. Looks like they will be saying the opposite.

12-02-2005, 06:48 PM	#1
Cal Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pitman , NJ Posts: 627 Thanks: 40 Thanked 21 Times in 12 Posts	Most all the reasons FOR a speed limit are really great BUT go ahead and make the speed limit 25 all the time and it won't change most of the concerns stated. Boats will still be close to each other going too fast , they'll still be too close to shore , to close to docks , to close to swimmers , discourteous boater , clueless boaters , the Alton Bay camp director will still have to worry about his kids when they're out in a sail boat ( if he doesn't he better be replaced). Weekends will still be overly crowded. I've been on the lake in a 17 footer on the week end and a speed limit won't change the water conditions with all the boats present. Stop and think for a minute...if you removed all the other boats and left the go fasts , that would eliminate most all the problems previously stated by other people. This of course is not the answer , but mark my words "Neither is a speed limit". But I guess all of you who are FOR it will have to be shown the truth after it passes OK , I'm off my soap box __________________ Paddle faster , I think I here banjos

12-02-2005, 07:07 PM	#2
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,612 Thanks: 3,244 Thanked 1,113 Times in 799 Posts	Limits boats. Cal, Once Rep. Pilliod pass this law, he is going to pass another law in limiting the size of boats. The same people who are 'scared' of the go fast boats are also 'scared' of big boat wake. He said to a number of people that the go fast boats and the big cruisers belong on the ocean. I'm surprise that he extended the HB to include the intercoastal waters off NH. 25 mph is maximum wake speed for a lot of boats. Can you imagine the economy that we will be losing??????? A number of boating magazines reported Winnipesaukee as one of the top destination spot. Looks like they will be saying the opposite. __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.

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