Boozin' & Cruzin'

Airwaves · 07-10-2008, 05:59 PM

Skip is correct in saying there is no open container law for boats in NH. Several years (at this point maybe a decade or more) I questioned a ranking NHMP official about that and his response was that every cruiser on Winnipesaukee probably has a small bar and in that bar are open containers of alcohol. It would be unrealistic to charege each and every one of those vessels, not to mention economic suicide!

My personal policy is that when I am the operator of the boat I drink bottled water. (cold from the cooler!) On the water you dehydrate faster than you do on land because of the sun and wind. Alcohol adds to dehydration and impairment.

One other point that I always make to guests on my boat. When you are in public, such as cruising on Lake Winnipesaukee, anyone at any time can and will take your photograph. Do you want to be seen in the paper at the helm of a boat, or even a passenger, chugging???? I have seen photographs of me and my boat a number of times in my local newspaper and even on Boston TV and I had no idea I was being photographed at the time.

Just FYI.

07-10-2008, 05:59 PM	#17
Airwaves Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: I'm right here! Posts: 1,153 Thanks: 9 Thanked 102 Times in 37 Posts	Skip is correct in saying there is no open container law for boats in NH. Several years (at this point maybe a decade or more) I questioned a ranking NHMP official about that and his response was that every cruiser on Winnipesaukee probably has a small bar and in that bar are open containers of alcohol. It would be unrealistic to charege each and every one of those vessels, not to mention economic suicide! My personal policy is that when I am the operator of the boat I drink bottled water. (cold from the cooler!) On the water you dehydrate faster than you do on land because of the sun and wind. Alcohol adds to dehydration and impairment. One other point that I always make to guests on my boat. When you are in public, such as cruising on Lake Winnipesaukee, anyone at any time can and will take your photograph. Do you want to be seen in the paper at the helm of a boat, or even a passenger, chugging???? I have seen photographs of me and my boat a number of times in my local newspaper and even on Boston TV and I had no idea I was being photographed at the time. Just FYI.