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Airwaves · 08-24-2008, 10:32 AM

I think was are still in mild disagreement.

The law establishes a speed of 6 MPH, that part is okay, but it also says OR the slowest speed in which you can maintain steerage. That would be the minimum speed in which you can maintain steerage.

It doesn't say headway speed is up to 6 mph or the minium speed over 6 mph in which yiou can maintain steerage.

So in the given conditions, if you can maintain steerage at a speed that is below 6 mph, then that is your headway speed as defined by NH law.

And because a no wake zone is defined as a zone in which only headway speed is allowed then headway speed defines, under NH law, what no wake is.

08-24-2008, 10:32 AM	#8
Airwaves Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: I'm right here! Posts: 1,153 Thanks: 9 Thanked 102 Times in 37 Posts	I think was are still in mild disagreement. The law establishes a speed of 6 MPH, that part is okay, but it also says OR the slowest speed in which you can maintain steerage. That would be the minimum speed in which you can maintain steerage. It doesn't say headway speed is up to 6 mph or the minium speed over 6 mph in which yiou can maintain steerage. So in the given conditions, if you can maintain steerage at a speed that is below 6 mph, then that is your headway speed as defined by NH law. And because a no wake zone is defined as a zone in which only headway speed is allowed then headway speed defines, under NH law, what no wake is.