Many more boats at swimming spots

[VitaBene]

Originally Posted by VtSteve

For us, and a lot of this lake, anchoring has been a way of life boating for twenty years. The usual beach and sandy spots are crowded, but a number of other areas offer peace and solitude. The water this year was much better than last. Many people head out in larger boats for weekend getaways. We do that sometimes, but mostly day trips.

It's an instant campground on the water. Bring the grill, load the music, and you have a day on the water. I didn't have my GPS on during many stops this year, but I think at last look it read 25 hours at rest. I'd estimate probably 60 hours while at anchor, at bare minimum. That's just weekends. Yet another reason I will never buy another boat that doesn't have an enclosed head.

Agreed on the head, my next boat will be another bowrider, a bit bigger with an enclosed head.

We love to drop anchor and hang with friends on the lake. Like you, our 50 engine hours this year do not tell the true story of how many hours we spend on the lake!

[VtSteve]

What I find simply amazing is that there are now so many bowriders and deck boats with enclosed heads, and some of them are quite large. Yet, there are very few cuddy cabins, of the same size, with enclosed heads. There used to be more, now there are very few. I asked one of the manufacturer reps why this was so at a boat show. He replied, "That is odd isn't it?"

So my list of boats to look at got pretty small.

[Rattlesnake Guy]

We were recently talking to the rattlesnake kids and they were recounting how much they enjoyed and missed when we used to have little choice but to hang out on the boat all day. Swimming, tubing, playing cards and having a picnic. The lake is a magic place all by itself.

[trfour]

While hanging out at our favorite place on this planet, boat or back at the camp, was 'winniminimonopoly that consumed us from wake-to-wake 365-24-7!
The game was fun too!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_(game)



Terry
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[BroadHopper]

Originally Posted by VitaBene

Agreed on the head, my next boat will be another bowrider, a bit bigger with an enclosed head.

We love to drop anchor and hang with friends on the lake. Like you, our 50 engine hours this year do not tell the true story of how many hours we spend on the lake!

Just hit the 70 hours mark. What a wonderfull summer we have!

[robmac]

My hour meter for the season is 94 and with the weather these next few days she'll be well over 100. So here I go off to get more fuel. Does anyone else get fuel like I do most of the time to save alot of money? I put the boat on the trailer and go to Irving in Meredith fill up with gas and add my own Startron, getting premium rather than mid grade and saving from 40-60 cents per gallon. I do get some gas from the marina but with that savings I don't mind a couple of miles drive and can visit the Winning butcher at the same time.

[upthesaukee]

I don't keep my boat at West Alton any longer, but I buy my gas there. Far easier than hooking up the trailer, dragging the boat out, getting the step ladder out of the car so I can reach the gas fill, bring the boat back and launch it, bring the trailer back home and park it, and go back down to Parker's, get out in the boat, go out Alton Bay and be within 5 minutes of West Alton.
Also, I live in Alton and West Alton is one of the largest taxpayers in Alton, so it is a small way to say Thanks to them and support them. (thanks also to Minge Cove -Andrew's- and Roberts Cove as well).

And I am off topic, so back to our regualarly scheduled program: I have used the boat far more than in past two years, and we have had had the lake pretty much to ourselves sometimes, and others, well, where the heck did they all come from!