I am adamantly in favor of having the current speed limit law cease to exist as of January 2011, as enacted by our legislature and signed by our governor. In it's place I would like to see Rule 6 be the overriding law, it is almost universal.
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/mwv/navru...les/Rule06.htm
The only times I have felt nervous due to another boat occurred as a direct result of the 150 foot rule violation or other basic navigation and right of way rules, never was speed or a performance boat an issue.
Simply put, the current speed limit law is a solution to a non existant problem. The misinformation, misleading and inaccurate conclusions and the statements that the Lake is safer or calmer by a vocal minority is disturbing. A lie told often enough becomes the truth as they know.
When and if a proposal to make the speed limit permanent is brought forward I expect the House and Senate to consider only provable and demonstrable facts relevant to Lake Winnipesaukee in the analysis. My experience has shown such facts do not exist.