PORTLAND – A second day passed with no verdict in the manslaughter trial of a man whose speedboat smashed into the back of a motorboat last year on Long Lake, killing two people.

In the lobby of the second floor of Cumberland County Superior Court, the driver of the speedboat, Robert LaPointe, 39, of Medway, Mass. and Bridgton, waited Tuesday with his wife, family and friends for the jury to reach its decision. It began deliberations about 1 p.m. Monday.

Down the hallway and through a door, family and friends of Terry Raye Trott, 55, of Harrison and Suzanne Groetzinger, 44, of Berwick sat anxiously, wondering whether justice would be served in the couple’s deaths. Tucked into a stroller was Groetzinger’s granddaughter that she would never meet.

Jeannine Sumner of South Paris spent a “very long day” at the courthouse Tuesday, she said, hearing that the jury had passed notes via court officers to the judge presiding over the case. Attorneys made a half-dozen trips to the judge’s chambers to confer over the notes.

The jury asked Tuesday for a repeat of instructions on the law as well as definitions of legal terms. On Monday, they asked for an easel on which to prop exhibits.

Sumner, Groetzinger’s best friend, said she feels sad for LaPointe’s friends and family who, she is certain, also are emotionally drained by the two-week trial and day-and-a-half of waiting for a verdict. But she doesn’t understand the defendant, who cast blame on the victims, including her friend.

“We have not seen any remorse,” she said. “No, ‘I’m sorry.’ It’s more, we’re hearing, ‘it was the victims’ fault.’ It wasn’t his fault.”

LaPointe took the witness stand Friday, making the point repeatedly that Trott’s 14-foot boat had no lights on the night of Aug. 11, 2007. He saw the boat, painted black, pass by his 32-foot boat minutes before the crash. He yelled at Trott’s boat about the lights, he said.

He also talked about how lucky he was that he survived the crash to see his two children.

“Saying things like he’s able to hug his children when all three of (Groetzinger’s) kids are sitting right there,” Sumner said. “What kind of toll that is on the kids. It just feels heartless to me.”

There are no speed limits nor restrictions on boat size on Long Lake. Groetzinger’s friends and family hope that will change, that it would be at least one good thing to come from this tragedy, she said.

By some estimates, LaPointe’s boat was going 65 mph at the time of impact. Witnesses for the prosecution said LaPointe admitted to going 45-50 mph. On the witness stand Friday, he said he was traveling at 30 mph. His speed is likely one of the factors the jury will weigh during its deliberations.

The jury was instructed by Justice Robert Crowley on Monday to consider the five charges against LaPointe, including two charges of manslaughter, two charges of aggravated operating a watercraft under the influence and one count of reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.

A blood-alcohol test taken three hours after the crash showed LaPointe’s level at .11 percent. The legal limit in Maine is .08 percent. LaPointe told the jury he had three beers and a sip of a fourth that day. Witnesses for the prosecution said he told them he had eight or more beers.

If jurors believe the test result, it could convict LaPointe on two counts of aggravated OUI, provided the jury believes he caused the couple’s deaths.