Boat Rental Requirements

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I don't think it made it through the House (?)...but this is what I could find: http://www.unionleader.com/article/2...WS07/705229981

...the House effectively sank a bill, by a vote of 276-75, that would have increased speed limits in The Broads by 10 mph, to 55 mph, during daylight hours.

Originally, the bill was to do away with the 45 mph-by-day, 30-mph-by-night speed limit, which is lake-wide. That bill hit ledge.

The Senate then passed a compromise bill to maintain those limits but allow for 10 mph more in The Broads, a 14-mile open section of the lake.

The House would have none of it....

270-D:2 General Rules for Vessels Operating on Water..
X. (a) No person shall operate a vessel on Lake Winnipesaukee at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the existing conditions and without regard for the actual and potential hazards then existing. In all cases, speed shall be controlled so that the operator will be able to avoid endangering or colliding with any person, vessel, object, or shore.
(b) Where no hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with subparagraph (a), the speed of any vessel in excess of the limit specified in this subparagraph shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful:
(1) 30 miles per hour during the period from 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise; and
(2) 45 miles per hour at any other time.

http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/.../270-D-mrg.htm