Sloooow season:

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At 77-degrees, the Lake Winnipesaukee water temperature says that the weather so far this summer has been pretty warm, which is good for the Winnipesaukee boater-tourists.

At $3.75 to 4.00/gal gasoline, getting out on the water can be just too much?

Like them or dislike them, the go-fast performance boaters were always the hard core boaters who really wanted to go boating, and would be out on the water a lot, and regardless the weather. Probably, the speed limits annoyed enough to make a noticeable difference.

Lake Winnipesaukee does not have a State of NH, free-to-use boat launch facility for trailer boaters day use, and the very popular Ames Farm ramp close to the Gilford-Alton border has been closed to the general public since 2009.

Lakes Winnisquam, Newfound and Squam all have very well designed State of NH, free-to-use boat launch facilities complete with double ramps, loading docks, rest rooms, and big trailer-vehicle parking spaces, all in one spot, and right on the waterfront, so some former Winnipesaukee boaters are probably choosing Winnisquam-Newfound-Squam which are easy to get to and close to Winnipesaukee and 100% totally free. These three state boat launch facilities were constructed over the last ten years with boater registration fee money. I believe a new state launch facility is currently under construction on Lake Sunapee, NH's fifth largest lake, in New London, NH.