No overnight anchoring

BroadHopper · 08-21-2009, 08:40 AM

And have not been approach by an MPO since I got permission in 2003. See prior post. I have a day cruiser that do not fit the definition of a houseboat. As for toilet facilities I use the rest rooms at the Glendale docks most of the time. It is clean, big and open 24 hours. So are the rest rooms across the street form Alton public docks. The rest rooms under the Weirs train station is a bit unsanitary but doable. I don't anchor in front of a property owner, and always anchor in a cove or bay.

You will always see me brushing my pearly whites at the public restrooms around the lake.

Kamper · 08-21-2009, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by BroadHopper

(... have not been approach by an MPO since I got permission in 2003. See prior post. I have a day cruiser that do not fit the definition of a houseboat. ...

So your interpretation, apparently confirmed by experience, is that the overnight laws only apply to "houseboats?" I wish I'd known this before. I've slept a lot rougher than the lounge seat of my Starcraft! lol.

I'm not convinced you are correct but I hope you continue to get away with it.

Good luck!

no-engine · 08-23-2009, 02:51 PM

All the NH laws about anchoring overnight came from personal opinions of legislators who lived on waterfront. They did not like seeing boaters off their frontage. Such selfish "law makers"!

One can observe such peaceful anchoring up and down the coast in coves and inlets!
Frontage on tidal waters is to the mean high water mark. I just observed that along Rye NH coast at a friend's two week rental. Owners in area attempted to control where people placed their beach chairs!

In NH, the State owns the Lake and body of water, not the land owner.

BroadHopper · 08-23-2009, 07:45 PM

Several nights in the past heat wave. Funny, I haven't seen the MP last week. Did they gat laid off?

08-21-2009, 08:40 AM	#1
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,582 Thanks: 3,223 Thanked 1,106 Times in 796 Posts	Still anchoring off islands And have not been approach by an MPO since I got permission in 2003. See prior post. I have a day cruiser that do not fit the definition of a houseboat. As for toilet facilities I use the rest rooms at the Glendale docks most of the time. It is clean, big and open 24 hours. So are the rest rooms across the street form Alton public docks. The rest rooms under the Weirs train station is a bit unsanitary but doable. I don't anchor in front of a property owner, and always anchor in a cove or bay. You will always see me brushing my pearly whites at the public restrooms around the lake. __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.

08-23-2009, 02:51 PM	#3
no-engine Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: West side Winnipesaukee, Lakes Region Posts: 516 Thanks: 20 Thanked 52 Times in 40 Posts	Where? All the NH laws about anchoring overnight came from personal opinions of legislators who lived on waterfront. They did not like seeing boaters off their frontage. Such selfish "law makers"! One can observe such peaceful anchoring up and down the coast in coves and inlets! Frontage on tidal waters is to the mean high water mark. I just observed that along Rye NH coast at a friend's two week rental. Owners in area attempted to control where people placed their beach chairs! In NH, the State owns the Lake and body of water, not the land owner.

08-23-2009, 07:45 PM	#4
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,582 Thanks: 3,223 Thanked 1,106 Times in 796 Posts	anchored overnight Several nights in the past heat wave. Funny, I haven't seen the MP last week. Did they gat laid off? __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.

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