Hb1045
HB1045 relative to requiring a powerboat operator to wear an engine cut-off switch (ECOS) while operating certain powerboats traveling over headway speed has passed and adopted.
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The good news is the C-nile is exempt! Rock on Capt Steve :) |
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I wonder if wireless electronic cut off switches are allowed?? Anyone know??
Dan |
Electronis Switch
Looks like the wireless ones are acceptable in the definition of Engine cut off switch.
Marinas will start making some $$$ on those installs! I just looked it up and an amendment shows trolling as an exception as well. |
At the end of the day its a USCG/Federal law from 2021 that NH is now supposed to enforce.
I haven't, and typically don't wear one but I guess I will be. This article states that electronic versions are accepted by the USCG. https://www.boatingmag.com/story/how...-off-switches/ |
So I have a 1989 15 foot skiff with a 70hp and a 1995 FourWinns 24 Footer with 290hp.
So according to this law both older than 2020, I do not need to have a ECOS? is this only if it is not equipped? if it is equipped with one, and older than 2020 does that obligate you to use it? Im not asking whether right or wrong to wear it or to debate for or against, I am asking for interpretation/rule of the law |
Only if not equipped.
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Another Nanny state law.....
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Using a safety lanyard-kill switch ....... https://www.wmur.com/article/lake-wi...e-720/44599678 ...... could have prevented this run-a-way boat situation on Wednesday, July 20, 2023 near Round Island in Gilford at 10:30-pm.
Probably, the boat was equipped with a safety lanyard-kill switch but the driver didn't bother to attach it to himself and then he got thrown off the moving boat, or something! |
How so? Clearly others could be hurt.
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I'm sure there is some kind of formula they used, but curious why 26 ft was the cut off for the rule. My 24 ft is pretty deep and doesn't go very fast, so it would take a lot for me to get thrown off the helm or out of the boat. I'll just have to get an extender for the lanyard so I can go up in the bow to sunbath while crossing the broads. I'm sure Amazon has something that can help me with that |
As Codeman pointed out...
It is more than likely housekeeping. By keeping rules/regulations uniform... it is easier on everyone. |
Them--Not Us...
I have an excellent view of the exact area where an under-aged operator died while operating a Jet-Ski. (The same area where both a piling dock and a wooden Hacker Craft Laker were crushed by a 50-foot hit-and-run Sea Ray).
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All it takes is one incident--or one violator--to disrupt law-abiding Winnipesaukee boaters. So far, sailcraft aren't in those numbers... :look: |
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The four classes of boats are Class A (under 16 feet), Class 1 (16 to less than 26 feet), Class 2 (26 to less than 40 feet), and Class 3 (40 to less than 65 feet). Thus, it applies to Class A and 1. |
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