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jrc · 08-24-2008, 10:59 PM

Saf-C 401.08 "Headway speed" means 6 miles per hour or the slowest speed that a boat can be operated and maintain steerage way.

So I can go 6 MPH, I don't need the "OR" and I've complied with the law.

I was just hoping for a definitive answer to clear up a campfire "discussion". I have no plans to hot rod around Smith Cove with 500 other boats going 6 MPH.

There so many "old wives tales" about the lake, sometimes it boggles the mind. The other day a experienced (old) laker told me it was a law to carry an anchor with enough rode to reach the bottom of the lake. My new boat only has 150' of rode.

08-24-2008, 10:59 PM	#9
jrc Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NH Posts: 2,689 Thanks: 33 Thanked 439 Times in 249 Posts	Saf-C 401.08 "Headway speed" means 6 miles per hour or the slowest speed that a boat can be operated and maintain steerage way. So I can go 6 MPH, I don't need the "OR" and I've complied with the law. I was just hoping for a definitive answer to clear up a campfire "discussion". I have no plans to hot rod around Smith Cove with 500 other boats going 6 MPH. There so many "old wives tales" about the lake, sometimes it boggles the mind. The other day a experienced (old) laker told me it was a law to carry an anchor with enough rode to reach the bottom of the lake. My new boat only has 150' of rode.