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The lake probably used to be safer starting back about three summers ago, in 2013, when the number of MP patrol boats out on the Winnipesaukee water was reduced from maybe 6-7, down to 2-3 boats for the entire lake at any one time. The budget was cut to save money, and the MP was shifted within the Dept of Safety from a separate Marine Patrol to a Div of NH State Police, or something like that .... during the two year conservative Republican majority under the leadership of Speaker of the House, Bill O'Brien.

Probably, the biggest safety problem is drinking and driving a boat ....... boating and drinking is almost a natural go-together and always has been and always will be ..... so's driving impaired can be trouble at any speed but probably is more of a problem at faster speeds.....and with fewer patrols boats out patrolling....it can be a problem........glug.....glug......glug......bottom 's up.....and three sheets to the wind......time to put the pedal to the metal......and make some waves......adios amigo! .......and don't forget.....NH does not have an 'open container' law for boaters..... as it does for cars.