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Originally Posted by VtSteve
"...I really don't see your point above..."
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Many have waterskied happily behind just 20-HP; conversely, nobody needs 700-HP to waterski. (But oversized boats are seen waterskiing a little too often inside Lake Winnipesaukee's bays and coves—impacting shorelines, paddlers, and sailing craft).
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Originally Posted by Mee-n-Mac
The NHMP are investigating ?!? Hmmmm, somewhere I heard that these things weren't investigated unless the damage was over $2000. Musta been one expensive kayak.  |
A nice
Cailou, a kayak I considered briefly, costs $7000.
An Old Town Canoe today costs $7500!
A recent law change means damage must exceed $2000 before a report must be filed with the NHMP. While this change has reduced NHMP paperwork, it also has the effect of reducing collision statistics to the USCG. In other words, through a stroke of the NH Legislature's pen, the U. S. Coast Guard has instantly made NH lakes "much safer"
as no $2000+ kayaks have been struck for years.
Why this case was reported seems clear; however, among the possibilities are that the waterski-boat sustained damage also (pushing the damage beyond $2000), the kayak (only) is valued at over $2000 or that something bad happened.