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Originally Posted by lakershaker
"...In fact, the Winter Harbor Yacht Club on Welch Island was started by families that used to raft and spend their day in that exact area, then got together and bought the property on Welch..."
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Thanks for that piece of history.
Years ago, I bought four
WHYC glasses at a yard sale because I thought it was a piece of local history—
then heard nothing at all about it!
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Originally Posted by lakershaker
"...Johnson's cove has been a popular destination for a long time..."
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Well, it's popularity bears a
direct relationship to "valet boat storage", a relatively new phenomenon for Lake Winnipesaukee.
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Originally Posted by Never Enough
"...what I'm am trying to find out is if there is a way to make sure this great little spot stays a free-to-visit-for-all-zone and that once land ownership changes hands it isn't declared a NRZ..."
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I contacted two local conservation groups about buying all those JC lots—
before they got snatched up for $1.3 million. Neither were "...interested in buying
that kind of property...."
"...We wouldn't have purchased Stamp Act Island
today, either...."
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Originally Posted by Never Enough
"...Can anyone tell me if there is there a way to have this spot declared "okay" for rafting and/or an achoring alone location before it becomes off limits...?"
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The lots will likely be sold to prospects during leaf-peeping season or otherwise in the off-season. When summer arrives, even one anchored boat would be "an eyesore" for someone who spent between $.7M and $4.2M for a lot there.
If only the Town of Wolfeboro would require "Impact Fees" from Wolfeboro's many developers, it's possible that an alternate site could be constructed for rafting. (Like the shallows at Parker Island or a suitable island built upon "The Witches" many boulders).
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Originally Posted by GTO
"...It sounds like the cove near my place...There are paths through the woods where I walk my dog..."
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I think you've got the wrong cove: at least three of those lots around JC's latest development are so steep that even your dog would lose his footing!
Abutting those lots is the most expensive lot: it's very steep, and even where it's
not very steep, it's very soggy! (
I wouldn't pay the $4.2 million they're asking—I'd make an offer.)
Years ago, those lots would have been called "unbuildable" (like the lots being built on at Rattlesnake Island presently
).
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Originally Posted by GTO
"...he decided it was a good place to pump out his septic...So, if someday soon this does become a NRZ, blame the few ignorant people out there.
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My folks are both floatplane operators and have seen similar instances from the air, but doubt this would happen in the tight quarters of Johnson's Cove.
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1) Two weekends ago, the Cove was crowded with two major raftings of about a dozen boats each.
The micro-beach there, named "Frankum's Beach" by locals, or "Land's-End Beach" by Camp Wyanokers, is clearly marked with a variety of
Posted notices, but got jammed with boats anyway.
2) Once inside Winter Harbor
most of the larger craft proceeding to Johnson's Cove do so at headway speed—and that is much appreciated by lakefront residents of Winter Harbor. The floatplane operator (that you'd pass nearby) told me he's had to push his floatplane—unattended—into monster wakes in order to keep it from crashing onto the rocky shore.
When headway speed isn't observed, the shorelines of Winter Harbor tend towards muddiness on sun-filled weekends.
3) Many monster waves ricochet off the shorelines on weekends. If cruiser-owner
Silver Duck had taken up my visitation-offer of a typical view of oversize cruisers from my dock, I knew right where to put his lounge chair!
Smart guy, that Silver Duck!