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jrc · 07-09-2007, 08:53 AM

All you ever wanted to know about rafting is in: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rules/saf-c400.html

The West Alton sandbar is addressed here:

Saf-C 407.03 Prohibited Areas.
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(2) Small's Cove in Alton, southwest of an imaginary line running southeast-northwest from light 75 on the northwestern end to the northernmost point of land marking the entrance to the first cove, south of Small's Cove on the south;
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SIKSUKR, I wish you were right but check 3(a) below, I think the new red bouys at West Alton are 150' from shore:

(a) In addition to and in conjunction with the requirements of RSA 270:44, no person, except as otherwise provided herein, shall, in a prohibited location or at a prohibited time:

(1) Form or allow a boat which he or she is operating or in charge of to be a member of a raft consisting of 3 or more boats;

(2) Form or allow the boat which he or she is operating or in charge of to be a member of a raft if any part of such raft is:
a. Less than 150 feet from shore; or
b. Less than 50 feet from any other raft; or
c. Less than 50 feet from any occupied single boat which is stationary upon the waters of the same lake or pond; and

(3) Anchor a single boat and cause it to remain stationary upon the waters of a lake or pond other than momentarily if any part of such boat is:
a. Less than 150 feet from shore; or
b. Less than 50 feet away from any raft; or
c. Less than 25 feet away from any other single boat which is stationary upon the waters of such lake or pond.

BTW notice there is no exception for the land owner, so even people with permission of the land owner can not anchor with 150' of the shore.

07-09-2007, 08:53 AM	#3
jrc Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NH Posts: 2,689 Thanks: 33 Thanked 439 Times in 249 Posts	All you ever wanted to know about rafting is in: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rules/saf-c400.html The West Alton sandbar is addressed here: Saf-C 407.03 Prohibited Areas. ... (2) Small's Cove in Alton, southwest of an imaginary line running southeast-northwest from light 75 on the northwestern end to the northernmost point of land marking the entrance to the first cove, south of Small's Cove on the south; ... SIKSUKR, I wish you were right but check 3(a) below, I think the new red bouys at West Alton are 150' from shore: (a) In addition to and in conjunction with the requirements of RSA 270:44, no person, except as otherwise provided herein, shall, in a prohibited location or at a prohibited time: (1) Form or allow a boat which he or she is operating or in charge of to be a member of a raft consisting of 3 or more boats; (2) Form or allow the boat which he or she is operating or in charge of to be a member of a raft if any part of such raft is: a. Less than 150 feet from shore; or b. Less than 50 feet from any other raft; or c. Less than 50 feet from any occupied single boat which is stationary upon the waters of the same lake or pond; and (3) Anchor a single boat and cause it to remain stationary upon the waters of a lake or pond other than momentarily if any part of such boat is: a. Less than 150 feet from shore; or b. Less than 50 feet away from any raft; or c. Less than 25 feet away from any other single boat which is stationary upon the waters of such lake or pond. BTW notice there is no exception for the land owner, so even people with permission of the land owner can not anchor with 150' of the shore.