Seaplane Base and runway 19 Mile Bay Proposed

[Woodsy]

Originally Posted by FlyingScot

Separate from the law and whether chasedawg's in need of a refresher--you seem to be implying that adding more seaplane traffic to a heavily boated area is the boaters' problem. Have you been to 19 Mile Bay on a summer weekend? Always plenty of boats, many with captains I would bet are much less knowledgable than most on this forum. This is a really bad accident just waiting to happen

To answer your question, yes, I have been to 19 Mile Bay on busy weekends. (I like the fried chicken available across the street) and it's a cool place to hang. However, I am implying no such thing about Seaplane traffic... Your post however seems to be implying that area is only open to boats and Seaplanes are unwelcome. Seaplanes have just as much right to use 19 Mile bay (or any place on the lake) as anyone else. Personally, I would rather have the runway marked on a chart to make me aware of possible Seaplane operations. There has been one in Paugus Bay for as long as I can remember.

Woodsy

[FlyingScot]

Originally Posted by Woodsy

To answer your question, yes, I have been to 19 Mile Bay on busy weekends. (I like the fried chicken available across the street) and it's a cool place to hang. However, I am implying no such thing about Seaplane traffic... Your post however seems to be implying that area is only open to boats and Seaplanes are unwelcome. Seaplanes have just as much right to use 19 Mile bay (or any place on the lake) as anyone else. Personally, I would rather have the runway marked on a chart to make me aware of possible Seaplane operations. There has been one in Paugus Bay for as long as I can remember.

Woodsy

That's fair. Like you, I did not mean to imply more than I wrote. My concern is that marking it on a chart is likely to increase seaplane traffic, and I don't think that's safe in that area in the summer, even if there is a legal right to do so

[LIforrelaxin]

This thread is going back in circles... The concern remains the same, is there enough room in 19 mile bay for both Sea Plane and boat traffic, and will a designated running in the bay cause more sea plane traffic. So lets ask our selves a question or two:

1. what would draw in the sea plane traffic with a designated runway?
2. Are their adequate facilities to tie up sea planes?

When you think about those two questions, really 19 mile bay isn't that attractive. Now if facilities where put in place to make a more ideal situation for Sea Planes to dock temporarily maybe there would be an argument that the store could be a draw for people. But Honestly that is it.... And I don't think the store is going to be able to add docking to allow that to happen....

At the end of the day, this is just something to needlessly squabble about...People need to just let this go..... A simple question was raise, on who to report a perceived wrong doing to.... I left my suggestion, and then the debate started again.... let it rest...

[ITD]

I don't have a seaplane rating, but a designated runway would be counterproductive considering the vocal opposition to seaplanes. I can see it now, if the waterway was approved and charted, these people would then be upset at seaplanes landing outside of the designated runway. There are probably at least thousands of seaplane operations a day in the US, accidents are rare and collisions with boats or other objects are even more rare. Probably a better chance of being struck by lightning, definitely a better chance of being injured driving a car.

[fatlazyless]

With 468-posts, and counting, so far, in this thread ....... has the Epic Seaplane Adventures website ..... www.epicseaplaneadventures.com ...... or ..... www.facebook.com/epicseaplaneadventures ..... made it into this thread, yet?

Knowing very little about float planes other that they are intended for landing on a smooth lake water surface in remote areas without a landing strip/airport, this old red & white float plane is a very happening looking, small float plane.

Laconia Municipal Airport in Gilford, NH has a 5890-foot paved runway, very usable by large jet airplanes and has no regularly scheduled commercial passenger airline service so it is always 24/7, 100% available for landing and take-offs by private planes.

Is about ten air miles flight from Nineteen Mile Bay on Lake Winnipesaukee?