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Originally Posted by TMI Guy
Legally, you're good even if you are anchored one foot from shore. The lake is owned by the state, and shore front property owners have no exclusive legal right to any water in front of their property. Mind you, I am talking about what is allowed under the law, not what good manners or your own conscience may dictate.
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Technically, you are not correct. Property owners do have "exclusive" rights to the water in front of their properties that the general public does not have. For instance, a property owner has the exclusive right to "wharf out" in front of their property, whereas the public has no right whatsoever to "wharf out" in front of privately owned land. Here's a good document that describes these Riparian Rights.
https://www4.des.state.nh.us/blogs/l...Hampshire3.pdf