Is the lake any Safer then it was 10 years ago

LIforrelaxin · 08-31-2015, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Gourmand

"Also, how fast have you ever been on a boat... I have never had an issue with my peripheral version diminishing in a boat or in a car, and have operated boats to the 70-80 Mph range and cars in excess of 100mph. If anything a I am more alert and aware of what is going on around me at high speed...."

I think 60 MPH on a boat is more than a little different that 60 MPH in a car.

I will not disagree, in the boat the wind is in my face, and I don't have other vehicles within feet of me... In the boat, my vision is not encumbered by structural members reduce vision and create blind spots. So yes they are different...

I am way more relaxed on the water at 50-60 MPH then I am in the car with traffic immediately around me at the same speed...

With that said... speed at that rate, by itself doesn't cause tunnel vision... otherwise cars and motorcycles wouldn't be allowed to go that fast....

fatlazyless · 08-31-2015, 11:14 AM

The lake probably used to be safer starting back about three summers ago, in 2013, when the number of MP patrol boats out on the Winnipesaukee water was reduced from maybe 6-7, down to 2-3 boats for the entire lake at any one time. The budget was cut to save money, and the MP was shifted within the Dept of Safety from a separate Marine Patrol to a Div of NH State Police, or something like that .... during the two year conservative Republican majority under the leadership of Speaker of the House, Bill O'Brien.

Probably, the biggest safety problem is drinking and driving a boat ....... boating and drinking is almost a natural go-together and always has been and always will be ..... so's driving impaired can be trouble at any speed but probably is more of a problem at faster speeds.....and with fewer patrols boats out patrolling....it can be a problem........glug.....glug......glug......bottom 's up.....and three sheets to the wind......time to put the pedal to the metal......and make some waves......adios amigo! .......and don't forget.....NH does not have an 'open container' law for boaters..... as it does for cars.

SIKSUKR · 08-31-2015, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

...and don't forget.....NH does not have an 'open container' law for boaters..... as it does for cars.

So what.It has the same "operating under the influence" law which is what counts.

fatlazyless · 09-01-2015, 08:13 AM

So's......paddling around a kayak at the Meredith town docks area ......and wearing a brite yellow hardhat with two cup holders screwed to the hardhat with two 18-oz open cans of beer on the hardhat....is alrighty dighty ...... is this legal?

Talking about beer just got me a-thinking .......best beer buy in the area.......Heath's in Center Harbor has 18oz single cold cans of Beck's Sapphire 6%-alc ...... in the black can...... a highest quality-lowest price type-of-a-beer......for just one dollar ..... try it and you will like it! ..... a great beer at at great price .... .....made by Anheuser Busch ....way-to-go Mr. Heath! The Irving's Beer Kave in Holderness used to sell the same exact Beck's Sapphire for 2.29 each........ like glug-glug-glug on a hot and humid 90-degree day in September .... hurray for global warming ... and cold beer!

Happy Gourmand · 09-01-2015, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

So's......paddling around a kayak at the Meredith town docks area ......and wearing a brite yellow hardhat with two cup holders screwed to the hardhat with two 18-oz open cans of beer on the hardhat....is alrighty dighty ...... is this legal?

Talking about beer just got me a-thinking .......best beer buy in the area.......Heath's in Center Harbor has 18oz single cold cans of Beck's Sapphire 6%-alc ...... in the black can...... a highest quality-lowest price type-of-a-beer......for just one dollar ..... try it and you will like it! ..... a great beer at at great price .... .....made by Anheuser Busch ....way-to-go Mr. Heath! The Irving's Beer Kave in Holderness used to sell the same exact Beck's Sapphire for 2.29 each........ like glug-glug-glug on a hot and humid 90-degree day in September .... hurray for global warming ... and cold beer!

I thought you were a PBR sort of guy.

08-31-2015, 11:14 AM	#2
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,753 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,010 Times in 736 Posts	.......Adios Amigo! The lake probably used to be safer starting back about three summers ago, in 2013, when the number of MP patrol boats out on the Winnipesaukee water was reduced from maybe 6-7, down to 2-3 boats for the entire lake at any one time. The budget was cut to save money, and the MP was shifted within the Dept of Safety from a separate Marine Patrol to a Div of NH State Police, or something like that .... during the two year conservative Republican majority under the leadership of Speaker of the House, Bill O'Brien. Probably, the biggest safety problem is drinking and driving a boat ....... boating and drinking is almost a natural go-together and always has been and always will be ..... so's driving impaired can be trouble at any speed but probably is more of a problem at faster speeds.....and with fewer patrols boats out patrolling....it can be a problem........glug.....glug......glug......bottom 's up.....and three sheets to the wind......time to put the pedal to the metal......and make some waves......adios amigo! .......and don't forget.....NH does not have an 'open container' law for boaters..... as it does for cars. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

09-01-2015, 08:13 AM	#4
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,753 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,010 Times in 736 Posts	So's......paddling around a kayak at the Meredith town docks area ......and wearing a brite yellow hardhat with two cup holders screwed to the hardhat with two 18-oz open cans of beer on the hardhat....is alrighty dighty ...... is this legal? Talking about beer just got me a-thinking .......best beer buy in the area.......Heath's in Center Harbor has 18oz single cold cans of Beck's Sapphire 6%-alc ...... in the black can...... a highest quality-lowest price type-of-a-beer......for just one dollar ..... try it and you will like it! ..... a great beer at at great price .... .....made by Anheuser Busch ....way-to-go Mr. Heath! The Irving's Beer Kave in Holderness used to sell the same exact Beck's Sapphire for 2.29 each........ like glug-glug-glug on a hot and humid 90-degree day in September .... hurray for global warming ... and cold beer! __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

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