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Old 04-29-2015, 07:47 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by thinkxingu View Post
The Broads is pretty much the middle of the lake, the biggest open part--on the Bizer map, which you should pick up the next time you're in town, it's labeled north of Governor's Island. We have a 20' pontoon and have driven through a bunch with no issues--in fact, the worst chop we've faced has been just outside of the Weirs docks (last October, BTW, when it seemed EVERYONE came out on that last nice Saturday).

Outside of a crazy busy day, or foul weather, you'd be fine crossing them in a 19ft boat.

From Moultonborough to Meredith, you pretty much avoid them. To the Weirs and other spots southeast, not so much.

We took a ride one sunny fall day from Ctr Harbor to Wolfboro in our 22 ft bowrider. Water was calm all the way as we went under the Long Island bridge and past the Barbers pole. Once we hit the broads there were (literally) 4 foot swells coming from all sides. its hard to imagine that certain parts of the lake can be so calm and other parts like an ocean.
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