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2020 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey
Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water
Section 270:120 - Connecticut River.
Universal Citation: NH Rev Stat § 270:120 (2020)
270:120 Connecticut River. –
I. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no person shall use or operate any motorboat or any boat equipped with an outboard motor in excess of headway speed of 6 miles per hour upon the waters of the Connecticut River between the Ledyard Bridge in Hanover and a line across the river a distance of 2,500 feet to the north of the Ledyard Bridge.
II. No person shall operate a motorboat or any boat equipped with an outboard motor in the area described in paragraph I while towing a person, whether or not that person is using waterskis, an aquaplane, or any other similar device.
III. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a motorboat or any boat equipped with an outboard motor that is used in the area described in paragraph I as follows:
(a) By state or town employees for patrolling the area;
(b) By any person in the case of an emergency rescue activity;
(c) By any person in connection with coaching of rowing; or
(d) By any person during boat personnel training and boating meets.
IV. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.
I. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no person shall use or operate any motorboat or any boat equipped with an outboard motor in excess of headway speed of 6 miles per hour upon the waters of the Connecticut River between the Ledyard Bridge in Hanover and a line across the river a distance of 2,500 feet to the north of the Ledyard Bridge.
II. No person shall operate a motorboat or any boat equipped with an outboard motor in the area described in paragraph I while towing a person, whether or not that person is using waterskis, an aquaplane, or any other similar device.
III. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a motorboat or any boat equipped with an outboard motor that is used in the area described in paragraph I as follows:
(a) By state or town employees for patrolling the area;
(b) By any person in the case of an emergency rescue activity;
(c) By any person in connection with coaching of rowing; or
(d) By any person during boat personnel training and boating meets.
IV. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.
Source. 1990, 93:1, eff. June 12, 1990.
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