Sleeper's No Rafting Zone

[Gavia immer]

Originally Posted by jrc

I've never been there, but by coincidence, late last fall some boater buddies were telling me how they had a great time there. And bang, this year it's a NRZ.

Sounds like you've got the wrong kind of boater buddies.

[jrc]

It was the good boating buddies, not the bad boating buddies

[John A. Birdsall]

I am a bit confused. I had thought that the term rafting meant more than one boat tied to each other at an anchorage, Now I am seeing or hearing that no more than 3 can do this in a NRZ. If it is a NRZ then how can three tie up?

[Nauset]

Originally Posted by John A. Birdsall

I am a bit confused. I had thought that the term rafting meant more than one boat tied to each other at an anchorage, Now I am seeing or hearing that no more than 3 can do this in a NRZ. If it is a NRZ then how can three tie up?

The rule is that no more than two can tie up. Or as the way it is writen three or more boats makes a raft. At Advent cove you can tie three together.

[jrc]

Rafting is tying boats together. Our NH "No Rafting Zones" are really restricted rafting areas. The details of the restrictions are the subject of this thread. When you get to one of theses areas, there's usually a bouy that says "No Rafting" but it really means "follow the rafting rules"

[KnotKnormal]

Is there a listing somewhere in one place of all the NRZs on the lake? Or, do you have to search through the NH rules?

[jrc]

The standard 2 boat rafting areas are listed below and don't forget Advent cove the new and only 3 boat rafting area. Lake Sunapee and Ossipee have there own places.

Saf-C 407.03 Prohibited Areas.
(a) Rafting as defined in RSA 270:42, V, shall be prohibited in the following areas of Lake Winnipesaukee unless covered by one of the exceptions specified in RSA 270:45:
(1) The Kona Mansion, so-called, in Moultonborough, east of an imaginary line running north and south from the red top mark buoy located on the western tip of Avery's Point on the south to the Kona Farm gas docks on the north;
(2) Small's Cove in Alton, southwest of an imaginary line running southeast-northwest from light 75 on the northwestern end to the northernmost point of land marking the entrance to the first cove, south of Small's Cove on the south;
(3) Wentworth Cove, southwest of Governor's Island Bridge west of an imaginary north-south line, running from light 43 on the north to the black top buoy, located off Wentworth Cove Estates on the south;
(4) Braun Bay, within 300 feet of both fish and game property lines, to be delineated by marine patrol with orange mooring balls;
(5) Braun Bay, at a distance less than 75 feet from shore, to be delineated by marine patrol with orange mooring balls;
(6) The area known as Cedar Cove, specifically identified as the area opposite Plum Island which borders the town of Alton tax map 18, lot numbers 12 through 20 and 55;
(7) The area of Winter Harbor from the southern boundary of the town of Tuftonboro tax map 63, lot number 14 to the southern boundary of tax map 15, lot number 20.
(8) The entire area known as Green’s Basin, in the town of Moultonborough;
(9) Orchard Cove, on the east side of Cow Island, in the town of Tuftonboro;
(10) The entire area known as Buzzell Cove, in the town of Moultonborough;
(11) Brickyard Cove, encompassing a described area that would run south of an imaginary line running about 2,300 feet from the northern tip of Clay Point to the southern tip of Barndoor Island; and
(12) The entire area known as Black Cove, in the town of Meredith, encompassing an area in Meredith tax map S-7, east from the northern most point of Lot 5-1 to the southeastern most point of Lot 1.

[Skipper of the Sea Que]

Originally Posted by jrc

The standard 2 boat rafting areas are listed below and don't forget Advent cove the new and only 3 boat rafting area. Lake Sunapee and Ossipee have there own places.

Saf-C 407.03 Prohibited Areas.
(a) Rafting as defined in RSA 270:42, V, shall be prohibited in the following areas of Lake Winnipesaukee unless covered by one of the exceptions specified in RSA 270:45:

Thanks jrc. I would not have found the Advent Cove NRZ rules without your direction.

I continued to read Saf-C 400 rules through the Lake Sunapee No rafting rules and stopped after Saf-C 407.04 regarding Ossipee Lake Rafting Restrictions. I assumed that 407.03 covered ALL of the NRZs on Lake Winnipesaukee. I'll bet the MP dispatcher I spoke with did the same thing. He did say that he was reading the rules on-line and told me how I could find links to them.

Saf-C 407.05 Lake Winnipesaukee Rafting Restrictions.
(a) The following rafting restriction shall apply to that area known as Advent Cove:
(1) The location of a raft shall be more than 100 feet and stand apart from the closest shoreline or another formed raft;
(2) Rafting shall be limited to 3 boats; and
(3) Rafting shall be limited between the hours of sunrise to sunset.

Source. #8807, eff 1-23-07

Sigh, now why didn't I look there in the first place