Wolfeboro Fireboat
While looking at the Wolfeboro webcam I noticed the fireboat is still in the water at the public docks. When do they usually pull the boat out? Is there a specific date or does it just depend on the weather?
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Fire Boat
I've been wondering the same thing. The departure usually marks the end of the tourist season for me.
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Driving through town about 12:30 today there were 4 or 5 boats in addition to the Fire Boat at the Wolfeboro docks today. There were no boats in Meredith.
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Wolfeboro Fireboat
I saw those boats arrive about 11:30 AM; it looked like all the people were one big group. Maybe they were getting the last run of the season; it was a great day, cold, but only on the land, not out on the water (?).
Thanksgiving is over, so... Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All!! |
Island residents are a different breed, regardless of the nearby public docks.
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Not George Washington, nor FDR...
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Congress, having nothing else to do after the attack on Pearl Harbor, passed the new date into law December 26th, 1941. |
Franksgiving, 1939-1941 ..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franksgiving
... quoting Curly's reply to Moe from a Three Stooges movie released on October 4, 1940: "You can never tell. Look what they did to Thanksgiving!" |
Looks like the fireboat has been moved. Must had heard us.
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Ya gotta love this forum. Where else can you start a thread about the Wolfeboro fireboat and have it end with a reference to the Three Stooges. :laugh:
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Hey, yesterday I noticed the Meredith Fire boat parked at the Unique Boat Restoration business on RT 25 in Moultonborough, and it got a nice new paint job, or maybe a more permanent gel coat re-do on the outside. It basically looks like a new boat with the new do, and it now says MEREDITH FIRE in huge, white, block letters on both sides, within a bright red hull for the entire, big boat.
It is now one very happening looking fire boat ..... is probably new gel or fiberglass .... and it looks like a super quality boat re-do. Got to admit .... looks better than a $3.50 reduced price quart of Wal-Mart's reg price $12.50 exterior, semi gloss .... which is great paint ..... but not a new gel re-do. What this new high quality re-do replaced was a do-it-themselves Fire Dept paint job ....... so, this here fire boat just went up-town, big time! Believe it is powered by two Suzuki 140-hp four cylinder outboards, and with its' new do, looks like a very sharp fire boat .... is maybe twin 200-hp outboards ..... maybe 300-hp ....... whatever! So, with that big powerful fire boat, they need to get really serious ..... go hit the water ...... and work on a Sunday morning water ski show that tours the lake ..... spritzing water from bow water cannon ...... ka-spritz ..... look at that ...... there they go ..... and make that fire boat a famous lakes region status icon ..... the famous Meredith Fire Dept touring water ski show!! |
I saw it to driving by yesterday as well - looks pretty nice.
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I saw it driving by FL-3 about a minute ago with two on-board.... it has a water cannon in front of the windshield .... heading south somewhere, with no flashing red light visible .... probably just a coffee run on a cold, rainy day.
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