Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - Doesn't anyone know what 150' means on the lake?

chachee52 · 07-04-2012, 08:05 AM

i remember when I took the classromm course. The instructor took us outside and told us to walk out 150'. I was the closest at 152'. There was a licensed Sea Captain and he walked about 30-40 ft out and then told the instructor that "on the ocean this isn't a rule". The instructor told him that the 150' rule is a rule in every water way, the ocean people just don't see other boats that close to begin with but should be doing it as they are close to others and the shore.
So it just goes to show that people have no sense of what 150' actually is.

07-04-2012, 08:05 AM	#16
chachee52 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 387 Thanks: 6 Thanked 79 Times in 62 Posts	i remember when I took the classromm course. The instructor took us outside and told us to walk out 150'. I was the closest at 152'. There was a licensed Sea Captain and he walked about 30-40 ft out and then told the instructor that "on the ocean this isn't a rule". The instructor told him that the 150' rule is a rule in every water way, the ocean people just don't see other boats that close to begin with but should be doing it as they are close to others and the shore. So it just goes to show that people have no sense of what 150' actually is.