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Originally Posted by Woodsy
Rusty...
Here are some the terms explained in an understandable format. Essentially the bill is worded the same as Coast Guard Rule #6.... Its universally accepted as the defacto rule governing all maritime activities and is taught in all Safe Boating classes across the United States.
http://powerboat.about.com/od/boatin...-SafeSpeed.htm
Woodsy |
Most of the additions in this Bill are not measureable (they are guidelines only) and will just add confusion to the RSA.
Revised Statutes Annotated (RSA’s) are not guidelines, they are the law!
Guidelines didn’t control the speed limit on Lake Winnipesaukee before the law was put into place and they won’t if the speed limit is replaced.
The NH Marine Patrol can measure the speed of a boat but they cannot measure guidelines.
IMO absolutely no thought was put in SB-27 before it was written….it was just a cut and paste job that took about 5 minutes to do. The state of wind, sea, and current…. The draft in relation to the available depth of water….. The effect on radar detection of the sea state??? What a joke this is to put in a NH RSA. How in heck is anyone suppose to measure any of this stuff to tell a boater he is going too fast?
This Bill cannot and should not replace what is written in RSA 270-D:2.