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Descant · 09-25-2020, 02:30 PM

I'm opposed to the NWZ for similar reasons. However, I ll speculate that it is easier to enforce than the 150' rule (which may be why no other state has such a rule. If you are too fast going by MP, you may get stopped. If there are two boats passing too close/too fast, to each other, which one do you stop? And, was it really less than 150'? If you re in a NWZ, it is obvious where you are, and it's an easy stop/ticket.
I note that prevailing winds coming from the NW lead to some good sized waves squeezing between Pig and Lockes, and depending on your course may give some difficulty to a boat trying to go <6 kts.

09-25-2020, 02:30 PM	#21
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,030 Thanks: 1,208 Thanked 1,509 Times in 982 Posts	No NWZ I'm opposed to the NWZ for similar reasons. However, I ll speculate that it is easier to enforce than the 150' rule (which may be why no other state has such a rule. If you are too fast going by MP, you may get stopped. If there are two boats passing too close/too fast, to each other, which one do you stop? And, was it really less than 150'? If you re in a NWZ, it is obvious where you are, and it's an easy stop/ticket. I note that prevailing winds coming from the NW lead to some good sized waves squeezing between Pig and Lockes, and depending on your course may give some difficulty to a boat trying to go <6 kts.