Area between mark and timber islands

fatlazyless · 08-15-2017, 12:23 PM

So, if someone is paddling along on a standup paddle board, and paddles along the shoreline, lined with private homes, with a different house for every 100' of shoreline, each with its own dock and a motorboat....there really isn't any presumed protocol for how close one can paddle?

Like, one can paddle within 10' of the dock, or 10' of the shoreline, or in between the shoreline and a moored boat ..... different people probably have different thoughts on what's the protocol .... but probably one has the legal right to paddle within 12" of the shoreline, or 12" of a dock, or boat, or moored boat.

Paddle boards are a little different than kayaks because they can be wobbly and it is considered to be a vessel that requires a pfd with a whistle except when being used as a swimmer's float .....so it gets a little confusing.....and different people have different thoughts about what their water rights include....and what's open to outside users?

Everyone just needs to get along ...... or something ...... maybe spend 10-minutes doing the downward dog yoga pose, just inches from a foreign home owner's dock, balancing on a sup and contemplate the meaning of littoral water rights and Lake Winnipesaukee?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsdA_9B-zlE: sup paddle boarding, May 21, 2013, water temp 60-degrees, Wolfeboro, 1:34 .....as a waterfront home owner....would it bother you if she paddled past your dock by within ten feet distance?

08-15-2017, 12:23 PM	#11
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,750 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,010 Times in 736 Posts	So, if someone is paddling along on a standup paddle board, and paddles along the shoreline, lined with private homes, with a different house for every 100' of shoreline, each with its own dock and a motorboat....there really isn't any presumed protocol for how close one can paddle? Like, one can paddle within 10' of the dock, or 10' of the shoreline, or in between the shoreline and a moored boat ..... different people probably have different thoughts on what's the protocol .... but probably one has the legal right to paddle within 12" of the shoreline, or 12" of a dock, or boat, or moored boat. Paddle boards are a little different than kayaks because they can be wobbly and it is considered to be a vessel that requires a pfd with a whistle except when being used as a swimmer's float .....so it gets a little confusing.....and different people have different thoughts about what their water rights include....and what's open to outside users? Everyone just needs to get along ...... or something ...... maybe spend 10-minutes doing the downward dog yoga pose, just inches from a foreign home owner's dock, balancing on a sup and contemplate the meaning of littoral water rights and Lake Winnipesaukee? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsdA_9B-zlE: sup paddle boarding, May 21, 2013, water temp 60-degrees, Wolfeboro, 1:34 .....as a waterfront home owner....would it bother you if she paddled past your dock by within ten feet distance? __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake! Last edited by fatlazyless; 08-15-2017 at 12:59 PM.