Drop everything and head to the Lake

Island Life · 09-19-2007, 09:21 PM

I just returned from three days at the Lake and it was stunning. No boat traffic and no wind, so the water was like glass - like nothing I'd seen all summer. Warm days and chilly nights - perfect if you have a wood stove. So my advice is to make your excuses at work and head to your favorite place.

Long Island Baba · 09-19-2007, 09:25 PM

I was out there today. Truly enjoyable. Saw TWO boats. Great weather. Bring a sweatshirt. Supposed to be in the 80's on Thursday???? SWEEEEET.
Water was calm as could be. We were in a paddle boat in Moultonboro Bay and crept up near some loons playing. What a blast!

Actually, I'd rather you'd stay home wherever that may be. Nothing personal. Ha!

Irish mist · 09-19-2007, 10:36 PM

The day was near perfect.......sunny, with no humidity. I love September & October up here. Almost no traffic......warm days, cool evenings, the leaves changing. Really just about as good as it gets on God's green earth IMHO

This is from Ralph Waldo Emerson: "New England has a good climate.....the finest climate in the world. If we have coarse days, dog days, and white days, and days that are like ice-blinks, we also have yellow days, and crystal days, days which are neither hot nor cold, but the perfection of temperature."

That sums up autumn in New Hampshire for me.
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Argie's Wife · 09-20-2007, 07:19 AM

This whole week is supposed to be like this... it's wonderful - with today being the warmest day of the week, high around 80 degrees.

jeffk · 09-20-2007, 08:59 AM

We were up Monday to Wednesday. We boated to Meredith on Tuesday and Wolfeboro on Wednesday. Calm water, even in the Broads. Few boats, docks wide open, no waiting at restaurants. We took the PWCs back into Green's basin and Lee's Mills and putted around. We saw several loons, a couple put on a great show, rearing up an fanning their wings. We took a couple of very peaceful walks. We stopped by the Wining Butcher on the way up and Nadia's on the way back.

It doesn't get much better.

kchace · 09-20-2007, 11:10 AM

I took the week starting Labor day weekend off last year and spent the whole week at the lake. I couldn't believe how MUCH less boat traffic there was for the entire week than just the week before. We had many sunny, crisp, glass-calm days. It was wonderful.

Ken

Weirs guy · 09-20-2007, 11:18 AM

DO NOT COME UP!!

Its very cold and horrible, nothing to see and we're draining the lake Saturday to clean it for the ice fishing derby!

pmj · 09-20-2007, 02:10 PM

I went out for a sail yesterday and I saw all these long slimy green and purple thingies jumping out of the water every 10 feet or so...very unfriendly waters out there this week

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Waterbaby · 09-20-2007, 05:38 PM

I even got a call from the marina dude today about the boat........... said it won't seem to want to go in the water so we can't come up for awhile.......... lol

Winnipesaukee Divers · 09-20-2007, 06:16 PM

Some of us like more wind... in fact a lot more wind. It takes a lot of wind to make a ride on my boat... exciting.

I like the warm weather, but I love the wind 20+ is just right. Kinda separates the real boaters form the wimps, don't you think?

HomeWood · 09-20-2007, 06:38 PM

I'll be there in a week from Monday

lfm · 09-20-2007, 08:48 PM

quotes from the winni water taxi thread

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Originally Posted by MWSP

No, I don't need a taxi

An associate of mine was visiting friends at their Winnipesaukee island home, mid-August, and missed an important meeting. The excuse given to me was the water taxi had not arrived after a 3+ hour wait.

I happened to mention this excuse to a co-worker last week who told me there were no taxis operating on Lake Winnipesaukee this past summer. I searched the Winni Forum and bumped this old thread to see if any new business had popped up that I was not aware of.

By the way, this same co-worker said, "If they own a house on an island, they own a boat. They certainly don't swim to the island." I'm starting to think the water taxi excuse isn't holding water.

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Originally Posted by WeirsBeachBoater

Using the forum to bust a co-worker. I think that might be against forum policy?

If anyone asks - no that wasn't me at the lake tomorrow

michael c · 09-20-2007, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Winnipesaukee Divers

Some of us like more wind... in fact a lot more wind. It takes a lot of wind to make a ride on my boat... exciting.

I like the warm weather, but I love the wind 20+ is just right. Kinda separates the real boaters form the wimps, don't you think?

In a friendly manner: Because I do my sailing in the Virgin Islands, we seperate the men from the boys after 30 knots ... 14 foot seas are interesting and after that we head for "the hurricane hole ! " we don't even think about reefing until we see 20 knots ,,,,remember the basic rule of reefing : if you think its time to reef ,you are already 15 minutes late , if you are considering reefing more ,,then you are also way late ,,When the word reef enters your brain for the first time ,,that is the time !
then there is my brother ,who sailed his new pearson back from N.Y. and ran into the only hurricane in 5 years off point judith ,so I think he could add a few interesting words here also , but he did the right thing ! "please haul her out ....NOW !

Joanna16 · 09-21-2007, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Weirs guy

DO NOT COME UP!!

Its very cold and horrible, nothing to see and we're draining the lake Saturday to clean it for the ice fishing derby!

Obviously you do not own a business in the lakes region.

We will be back! . . . but just to pick up the boat.

AC2717 · 09-21-2007, 09:05 AM

I will be up this evening for the weekend, trying to get in as many weekends as possible before i have to close up the camp, and holding the boat in the water to the last possible day that we pull the moorings. I can't believe it has come and gone, the summer that is, already. I will try to have a major accident on 93 before the tolls, obviously with no one getting hurt but causing a 36 hour backup going north, will this work?

jrc · 09-21-2007, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Winnipesaukee Divers

Some of us like more wind... in fact a lot more wind. It takes a lot of wind to make a ride on my boat... exciting.

I like the warm weather, but I love the wind 20+ is just right. Kinda separates the real boaters form the wimps, don't you think?

When I talk to my sailing buddies, it's always too calm or too windy.

idigtractors · 09-21-2007, 11:47 AM

I'm not sure, but I think this weekend is the last weekend that my prime/baked stuff is available at Sandy Point. Am I right??

gtxrider · 09-21-2007, 02:15 PM

I plan to be there Wednesday...bad part it will be to pull the boat and jetski out for the season

. I will take one last ride!

Waterbaby · 09-22-2007, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by idigtractors

I'm not sure, but I think this weekend is the last weekend that my prime/baked stuff is available at Sandy Point. Am I right??

I thought Columbus Day Weekend was their last weekend open, I could be wrong on that though. Their phone # is (603) 875-6001. Hope you don't miss them! BTW, have you tried their bacon-wrapped scallop appetizer? Delicious, and I haven't been able to duplicate the taste in several years of trying..........

Cal · 09-22-2007, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Winnipesaukee Divers

Some of us like more wind... in fact a lot more wind. It takes a lot of wind to make a ride on my boat... exciting.

I like the warm weather, but I love the wind 20+ is just right. Kinda separates the real boaters form the wimps, don't you think?

I prefer to push the throttles till I get the desired amount of wind

. Saw a video of the lake today between 2:30 and 3:30 pm near Moultonboro and the water had that glassy look but looked like 65mph winds that slowed to about 30mph near the end

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http://www.youtube.com/jp.swf?video_...y38rSysn4-cIfQ

This is where the run was made.

SteveA · 09-25-2007, 09:24 PM

Tonight on the Broads...

Gas for the boat... $5.00

Steak Dinner on the grill.... $15.00

Watching the sun go down on Winnie

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and turning around to catch the Moon Rise

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Priceless!

Doesn't get any better than this !

Weirs guy · 09-26-2007, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveA

Tonight on the Broads...

Gas for the boat... $5.00

Steak Dinner on the grill.... $15.00

Watching the sun go down on Winnie

and turning around to catch the Moon Rise

Priceless!

Doesn't get any better than this !

Stop encouraging them, or more will come!

I was thinking the same thing about 8 pm last night when me and the boy went swimming (yep, really). What an absolutely beautiful night it was, warm, calm, and a big ol' full moon.

gravy boat · 09-26-2007, 11:32 AM

Thank you , Steve A, for the great photos!

We will be launching the Bears' Den after work and dining aboard w/friends...hope to beat the t-storms and enjoy the last of this wonderful weather!

WeirsBeachBoater · 09-26-2007, 11:37 AM

Spent most of the morning on the water, well technically I still am on the water, just stopped into my friends shop(has a dock) and soon going to head home. Unfortunately I can't escape the real world all day, but if I could I would be on the Lake, its awesome today.

codeman671 · 09-26-2007, 01:08 PM

This morning was certainly as gorgeous as WBB claims. I rode our jetski in from the island this morning to retire it for the season and almost "forgot" my way back to the dock. Sunny, 83 degrees, flat calm and like a ghost town.

I could not believe how low the water was on our dock. I had to lift the bow and push it off the lift into the water as it was completely out.

SIKSUKR · 09-27-2007, 10:24 AM

I too was on my Jetski all afternoon.What a glorious day with temps about 90 and the water still in the high 60's.I was suprized to find more than a few boats out there on a Wednesday in late September.Saw Watermark bringing an excavater to an island with the Mount cruising by.Great day to sail with steady 10-15 mph winds.I was the only at Timber Island for an hour or so.

codeman671 · 09-27-2007, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

Saw Watermark bringing an excavater to an island with the Mount cruising by.

I saw this as well, they were doing 2 septic systems on Mark. One on either side of us. As I was leaving the island I passed two pwc in the broads right after the barge went by.

gtxrider · 10-02-2007, 12:12 PM

Made the final trip last week and now the boat and jetski are snug for the winter! Great weather had the lake almost to myself...

Wicked thunder storm on Thursday morning, the cabin shook!

From what I understand there were several homes hit by lightning.

Ropetow · 10-02-2007, 07:25 PM

Just checked out the long-range forecast for the weekend...Saturday, clear, high 70s; Saturday few showers, near 70; Monday clear, mid 60s. Would love to get three more days on the Big Lake. Wonder how crowded it'll be?

mets3007 · 10-03-2007, 08:54 AM

I finished my summer almost 2 months already and man I miss the Lakes Region. Its so much fun and relaxing up there. I have 8 more months til I return (sighs) but it will go fast.

AC2717 · 10-04-2007, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by mets3007

I finished my summer almost 2 months already and man I miss the Lakes Region. Its so much fun and relaxing up there. I have 8 more months til I return (sighs) but it will go fast.

Too bad you do not have the Mets to take your mind off things for October at least. Sorry had to do it

09-19-2007, 09:21 PM	#1
Island Life Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 273 Thanks: 12 Thanked 6 Times in 2 Posts	Drop everything and head to the Lake I just returned from three days at the Lake and it was stunning. No boat traffic and no wind, so the water was like glass - like nothing I'd seen all summer. Warm days and chilly nights - perfect if you have a wood stove. So my advice is to make your excuses at work and head to your favorite place. __________________ Island Life the way my grandparents' grandparents enjoyed it - but with a faster boat!!!

09-19-2007, 09:25 PM	#2
Long Island Baba Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 78 Thanks: 1 Thanked 14 Times in 11 Posts	Awesome I was out there today. Truly enjoyable. Saw TWO boats. Great weather. Bring a sweatshirt. Supposed to be in the 80's on Thursday???? SWEEEEET. Water was calm as could be. We were in a paddle boat in Moultonboro Bay and crept up near some loons playing. What a blast! Actually, I'd rather you'd stay home wherever that may be. Nothing personal. Ha!

09-19-2007, 10:36 PM	#3
Irish mist Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 682 Thanks: 122 Thanked 85 Times in 49 Posts	The day was near perfect.......sunny, with no humidity. I love September & October up here. Almost no traffic......warm days, cool evenings, the leaves changing. Really just about as good as it gets on God's green earth IMHO This is from Ralph Waldo Emerson: "New England has a good climate.....the finest climate in the world. If we have coarse days, dog days, and white days, and days that are like ice-blinks, we also have yellow days, and crystal days, days which are neither hot nor cold, but the perfection of temperature." That sums up autumn in New Hampshire for me. ________ FORD FIELD SPECIFICATIONS Last edited by Irish mist; 02-27-2011 at 09:59 PM.

09-20-2007, 08:59 AM	#5
jeffk Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 1,132 Thanks: 201 Thanked 421 Times in 239 Posts	Heaven on Earth We were up Monday to Wednesday. We boated to Meredith on Tuesday and Wolfeboro on Wednesday. Calm water, even in the Broads. Few boats, docks wide open, no waiting at restaurants. We took the PWCs back into Green's basin and Lee's Mills and putted around. We saw several loons, a couple put on a great show, rearing up an fanning their wings. We took a couple of very peaceful walks. We stopped by the Wining Butcher on the way up and Nadia's on the way back. It doesn't get much better.

09-20-2007, 11:18 AM	#7
Weirs guy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Weirs Beach, NH Posts: 1,067 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Good lord, didn't everyone just leave? DO NOT COME UP!! Its very cold and horrible, nothing to see and we're draining the lake Saturday to clean it for the ice fishing derby! __________________ Is it bikeweek yet? Now?

09-20-2007, 07:19 AM	#4
Argie's Wife Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Alton Posts: 1,908 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 533 Thanked 579 Times in 260 Posts	This whole week is supposed to be like this... it's wonderful - with today being the warmest day of the week, high around 80 degrees.

09-20-2007, 11:10 AM	#6
kchace Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brookline and Moultonborough NH Posts: 100 Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I took the week starting Labor day weekend off last year and spent the whole week at the lake. I couldn't believe how MUCH less boat traffic there was for the entire week than just the week before. We had many sunny, crisp, glass-calm days. It was wonderful. Ken

09-20-2007, 02:10 PM	#8
pmj Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 240 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	green thingies I went out for a sail yesterday and I saw all these long slimy green and purple thingies jumping out of the water every 10 feet or so...very unfriendly waters out there this week .

09-20-2007, 05:38 PM	#9
Waterbaby Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kensington, NH and Paugus Bay Marina Posts: 656 Thanks: 323 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts	Stay Home! I even got a call from the marina dude today about the boat........... said it won't seem to want to go in the water so we can't come up for awhile.......... lol __________________ On the boat is always waterfront!

09-20-2007, 06:16 PM	#10
Winnipesaukee Divers Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Exeter, NH or @ WCYC on weekends Posts: 250 Thanks: 7 Thanked 46 Times in 28 Posts	Sorry to hear the lake condition were so misserable... Some of us like more wind... in fact a lot more wind. It takes a lot of wind to make a ride on my boat... exciting. I like the warm weather, but I love the wind 20+ is just right. Kinda separates the real boaters form the wimps, don't you think?

09-20-2007, 06:38 PM	#11
HomeWood Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Clayton,NC / Sanbornton,NH Posts: 610 Thanks: 125 Thanked 136 Times in 74 Posts	I'll be there in a week from Monday

09-21-2007, 09:05 AM	#15
AC2717 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maynard, MA & Paugus Bay Posts: 2,522 Thanks: 747 Thanked 344 Times in 257 Posts	Do not fear I will be up this evening for the weekend, trying to get in as many weekends as possible before i have to close up the camp, and holding the boat in the water to the last possible day that we pull the moorings. I can't believe it has come and gone, the summer that is, already. I will try to have a major accident on 93 before the tolls, obviously with no one getting hurt but causing a 36 hour backup going north, will this work?

09-21-2007, 11:47 AM	#17
idigtractors Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 248 Thanks: 6 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Drop everything I'm not sure, but I think this weekend is the last weekend that my prime/baked stuff is available at Sandy Point. Am I right??

09-21-2007, 02:15 PM	#18
gtxrider Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Piscataway, NJ Posts: 1,030 Thanks: 2 Thanked 46 Times in 24 Posts	1 last trip I plan to be there Wednesday...bad part it will be to pull the boat and jetski out for the season . I will take one last ride!

09-25-2007, 09:24 PM	#21
SteveA Deceased Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 2,311 Thanks: 1,070 Thanked 2,054 Times in 497 Posts	Priceless Tonight on the Broads... Gas for the boat... $5.00 Steak Dinner on the grill.... $15.00 Watching the sun go down on Winnie and turning around to catch the Moon Rise Priceless! Doesn't get any better than this ! __________________ "Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry he'll be a mile away and barefoot!" unknown

09-26-2007, 11:32 AM	#23
gravy boat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Gilford year round, West Alton summers Posts: 582 Thanks: 580 Thanked 194 Times in 99 Posts	Head to the lake!!! Thank you , Steve A, for the great photos! We will be launching the Bears' Den after work and dining aboard w/friends...hope to beat the t-storms and enjoy the last of this wonderful weather!

09-26-2007, 11:37 AM	#24
WeirsBeachBoater Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 709 Blog Entries: 9 Thanks: 39 Thanked 148 Times in 65 Posts	Today is a winner! Spent most of the morning on the water, well technically I still am on the water, just stopped into my friends shop(has a dock) and soon going to head home. Unfortunately I can't escape the real world all day, but if I could I would be on the Lake, its awesome today.

09-26-2007, 01:08 PM	#25
codeman671 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,365 Thanks: 210 Thanked 764 Times in 448 Posts	This morning was certainly as gorgeous as WBB claims. I rode our jetski in from the island this morning to retire it for the season and almost "forgot" my way back to the dock. Sunny, 83 degrees, flat calm and like a ghost town. I could not believe how low the water was on our dock. I had to lift the bow and push it off the lift into the water as it was completely out.

09-27-2007, 10:24 AM	#26
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	I too was on my Jetski all afternoon.What a glorious day with temps about 90 and the water still in the high 60's.I was suprized to find more than a few boats out there on a Wednesday in late September.Saw Watermark bringing an excavater to an island with the Mount cruising by.Great day to sail with steady 10-15 mph winds.I was the only at Timber Island for an hour or so. __________________ SIKSUKR

10-02-2007, 12:12 PM	#28
gtxrider Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Piscataway, NJ Posts: 1,030 Thanks: 2 Thanked 46 Times in 24 Posts	that's that Made the final trip last week and now the boat and jetski are snug for the winter! Great weather had the lake almost to myself... Wicked thunder storm on Thursday morning, the cabin shook! From what I understand there were several homes hit by lightning.

10-02-2007, 07:25 PM	#29
Ropetow Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Rochester, NH / Bartlett, NH Posts: 322 Thanks: 228 Thanked 33 Times in 13 Posts	good weekend ahead? Just checked out the long-range forecast for the weekend...Saturday, clear, high 70s; Saturday few showers, near 70; Monday clear, mid 60s. Would love to get three more days on the Big Lake. Wonder how crowded it'll be?

10-03-2007, 08:54 AM	#30
mets3007 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 170 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I finished my summer almost 2 months already and man I miss the Lakes Region. Its so much fun and relaxing up there. I have 8 more months til I return (sighs) but it will go fast.