Three areas you want to know by name and site are:
-The Witches
-The Graveyard
-Middle Ground Shoals
...as they are all "off shore" and all have claimed lots of props. The Witches and MGS are both "shoals" or offshore islands where you simply stay away from the markers. The Graveyard is a bolder field where you have to stay in the channel between the markers and proceed with extreme caution.
Find these areas on a map and go there just to make sure you know them and know how to navigate around them. I would do this early morning before major boat traffic has kicked up and you don't feel pressure.
Also, be well practiced at launching and retrieving your boat at ramps as the ramps can be very busy on weekends. Docking your boat at any public launch can be very busy on weekends especially because you have upgraded from a 17 to a 24 foot boat. Weirs, Merideth and Wolfboro public docks will need some consideration if docking anywhere around lunch time but can be busy all day on a good weather weekend.
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