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Originally Posted by PROPELLER
Evenstar, the only way to know if the SL on Squam has made a difference is to compare statistics from before the enactment of a SL to statistics gathered after the enactment of a SL. Maybe speed was not a problem before it was enacted. Although I have only been on Squam once, my understanding is that high performance boats probably did not use Squam to begin with. Its not as busy as Winni to begin with either.
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I was on Squam last fall, while the NH B.A.S.S. Federation held it's annual Fall Open. Even though there were 51 teams there, kayaking anywhere on the lake was not a problem. Everyone of those Bass Boats could easily exceed Squam's speed limit.
You can argue all you want, but the fact is that Squam does have a speed limit, and the lake does feel very safe to me. If this is just my perception, then why are there so many small boats on Squam who aren't afraid to be out in the middle of the lake?
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BTW, didn't you say in a previous post that you and a friend were swamped on Squam last year by a speeding boat that was too close? Yet your saying now that Squam is very safe to kayak.
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Goodness there's always people breaking the law on any lake! As I explained in another post:
"When I wrote "speeding boat", I just meant a boat that was going faster than it should have been at that distance from us. ... That powerboat operator saw us just fine. He passed with 40 feet of us and laughed as his wake swamped us." That was the only time that I had any problem with any powerboat on Squam. And being swamped in a kayak with sealed bulkheads, isn't really dangerous, it's just anoying.