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Originally Posted by Little Bear

Two irresponsible kayakers, paddling without lights about 15 minutes after sunset. What if one of them got hit by a powerboat, then who's fault is it?

Seen this post the other day right after it was posted. I wonder what my situation would have been if I hit a boat that night on Winnisquam that same evening at about 10:30.

Originally Posted by Descant

There is a requirement to keep a proper lookout (applies to both vessels, right?), so who's at fault?

My lookouts were one officer from the Marine Patrol and two officers from the Laconia Police.

The single boat and single officer on duty needed an assist at Pot Island. While not fearful of navigating the lake at night on my home lake, my number one fear while getting them out there in a hurry was hitting someone with no lights.

No lights at night or just a flash light ......... really stupid.

Luckily everything went ok and got the three additional officers out there quickly without incident.