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Originally Posted by Loub52
Cutting across the broads heading any direction at ~40, it’s very easy to close on another boater much quicker than you expect. Raising the notional speed limit would be foolhardy. Why not take that speed to the ocean?
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1) Some may recall the ocean-racer that ejected the occupants, whose empty boat crossed a mile of lake, ran up a wooded enbankment and interrupted a neighborhood cookout.
2) Some may recall a Florida "captain" who was sentenced to 80 years in prison for losing control of his ocean-racer and crushing a citizen inside his house!
Of the two fatalities above, the latter case is evocative of a similar fatality on Lake Winnipesaukee: New Hampshire justice was poorly served with a slap on the wrist. (Not to mention the seven bikers case).
The speed limit provides NH prosecutors with a
second charge totally in accord with the serious charges of Homicide and Manslaughter.