That's the problem Joey...
270-D:1 Definitions. – In this chapter:
VI. "Headway speed'' means 6 miles per hour or the slowest speed that a boat can be operated and maintain steerage way.
VIII. "No wake area'' means an area where a boat is to be operated only at headway speed.
6MPH is not some random number chosen by the legislature... it is a definable speed limit for a No Wake Zone.... just as definable as 45MPH/30MPH is elsewhere on the lake!
And to further this because some people just don't get it.. per the letter from MP...
"In the early 1990’s Marine Patrol began patrolling our seacoast. It was recognized by our officers that the tidal currents in the state’s coastal rivers often exceeded 6 mph and therefore safe steerage for a vessel fighting the current would need to exceed the limits of the law. "
So the law was rewritten to ALLOW you to go FASTER than 6MPH if the conditions so warranted it. (think springtime in the Weirs channel with Lakeport Dam wide open)
Woodsy
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