Island Lover,
Its a pretty good article, and an even better website! Some of those articles are AWESOME! I suggest everyone visit the website and poke around. Here is the link to the whole website -
http://www.auxguidanceskills.info/index.php
However, the article you mentioned really has nothing to do with excessive speed as debated here in this forum or as it pertains to HB-162 and Lake Winnipesaukee. In this particular instance, the primary cause of the accident was striking a submerged object, not excessive speed. If the speed of the boat was deemed to be excessive, I am sure that would have been included in the USCG report of the accident and subsequently the article. The USCG would have listed the primary cause of this accident as striking a floating or fixed object, depending on what the boat struck was determined to be. Without having all of the facts in regards to that particular accident, I think anything short of headway speed would have damaged the boat and possibly injured the occupants.
What I find really interesting is that the article is listed as "1 Of A Series On Speed" and dated 1-March-04. There are no other followup articles on speed listed and no other articles pertaining to excessive speed at all anywhere else on the website. The website author also indicates that his last article will be posted in Dec 2005.
That being said, the rest of the articles on this website are pretty darn good, especially the ones listed in the safety section and public service section.
Darn good website!
Woodsy