George Bald, NH's decision-maker at the top of the state park system, say's "NO WAY" to building a Winnipesaukee community sailing facility at Ellacoya State Beach & RV Park!
http://www.laconiadailysun.com/story...enter-ellacoya
So, that probably means no new sailing center on Winnipesaukee for at least another ten years or so. In the meantime, people interested in sailing who are looking to rent a small sailboat for a half day or all day can take the not-too-long drive up Rt 25 to Holderness and Squam Lake to
www.squamlakes.org/programs/boating.php
Just maybe, the Town of Gilford
www.gilfordnh.org together with the Lake Winnipesaukee Sailing Association
www.lwsa.org would be willing to create a community sailing center down at the lesser used end (northwestern end) of their 1100' long, natural sandy and very beautifull town beach. Considering that the Gilford Town Beach usually has lifeguard coverage from about June 21 to August 25, and for the remainder of the year is unsupervised and open to anyone, a community sailing program could be a good fit there? Plus, the Town of Gilford is probably much, much, much better funded than the state parks system and much more financially capable of building, maintaining, staffing, and attracting both youth and adult sailors than the state.
While the state appears to have no interest in a Winnipesaukee community sailing program, here's hoping the Town of Gilford could be seriously interested to partner with the Lake Winnipesaukee Sailing Association and build a new community sailing program facility down the lesser used end of their 1100' long beach that could be accessed behind the Gilford Town ice arena.