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Old 07-17-2008, 10:36 AM   #4
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From NH RSA's: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/.../270-d-mrg.htm

CHAPTER 270-D : BOATING AND WATER SAFETY ON NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC WATERS

270-D:1 Definitions:

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.

XII. "Wake'' means any disturbance created on the surface of the water as a result of combined vessel motion and hull displacement.
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