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Originally Posted by Bear Islander
I'm sure that many people that boated on the lakes and ponds that now have 10 hp limits thought the same thing.
Not that long ago waterfront homes were being built next to, and even OVER lake Winnipesaukee. The septic was a 55 gallon drum with holes punched in it. And this was done without needing even a building permit. A few decades later we have the Shoreland Protection Act and wonder if we are breaking the law by raking up pine needles.
Be careful what you predict will never happen.
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Most of the lakes and ponds that have a 10 hp limit SHOULD have that limit, due to their size. Winni is the largest lake in the state. To enact an HP limit would be ludicrous (sp?).
You simply cannot compare an environmental disaster, such as a 55 gallon drum septic system, with the campaign to enact a horsepower limit. It's not even apples and oranges, it is more like apples and eggs.
Bye bye water skiing, bye bye wake boarding. Jet skis, nearly all over 100hp now. Bye. Any bow rider wanting to go over 30 mph, bye bye. Oh, and good luck to those island dwellers who have to traverse the broads on a windy day. With less than 100hp, it won't be an easy trip in a 16 foot Boston Whaler.