Quote:
Originally Posted by codeman671
"...Wh is this? Because damages ranging between $500-$2000 are not serious and certainly nothing that a speed limit will prevent..."
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If you ran over any one of my four sailboats (each
not reaching a value of $2000)—and it sank out of sight forever—I would not need to report that loss to the NHMP/Coast Guard. (If the boat's occupants remained unkilled, uncrushed, and undrowned, that is.)
Conversely, if your
$2200 purple-and-yellow-plastic graphics decal got damaged in the collision, you'd need to file a report. (You have 24-hours to report any of the boat's occupants killed, crushed, or drowned).
Quote:
Originally Posted by codeman671
"...Anything serious would be reported, a boat hitting a rock and not sinking or a few boats bumping at a dock are of no concern to the CG..."
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A boat hitting a rock is not a collision: dock bumps seldom do $2000 damage.
Rock-striking would be "running aground" or "striking a fixed object". Each is a separate category in CG statistics, and which receive full Coast Guard statistical attention
IF reported to the NHMP.
New Hampshire recorded only two full-season BUIs and two "Running Agrounds" in recent years—
statewide!
California, for example, still requires reports of >$500 damage, which makes California "look" more hazardous to boaters.
Conversely, New Hampshire reports so few Winnipesaukee damage reports—the threshold being $2000—it instantly assumes a "statistically safer" lake over California's lakes.
Pret-t-y smart of our tourist-state's Legislators, huh?