Mail Boat Cruise Prices
 

Took the 2 hour mail boat cruise yesterday. Tickets for 3 adults were $174.72. The cruise was great and the kids and diving shows at the various stops were very entertaining but yikes!

Mail Boat Cruise Prices
 

"Yikes" is an understatement!
What was the route (or area covered)?

Left from the Weirs. Stopped at Camp Lawrence, Birch, Sandy, Jolly and a few others in that area.

I say "yikes" to just about everything today!
Prices of everything just keep going up at an alarming rate.:(

Are these really a lake excursion/tour that just happens to deliver the mail as a 'novelty'? Or an official USPS delivery system that takes on passengers? It would seem that if the boat has to go anyway, it would be reasonably priced for people to tag along...

The wife and I went to Portland Maine about a month ago and took a mail delivery boat to the Islands. It was about a 2-hour tour, and I believe it was $36 for both of us.

I believe the Sophie is owned by Mount Washington Cruises and is contracted to deliver mail to the islands by the USPS.

The latter. It's a mail boat that just happens to take on passengers and I agree. It must not be very lucrative to be a mail boat, huh? Or maybe they just said why not?

My kid and I were on the 11AM cruise yesterday. And I agree, $94 for the 2 of us (he's 9 yo) was a little shock. But after 50 years, I have never been on it and it has been on my bucket list.
I guess it's better than the Cog, depending on the day $81-102. That is on the kid's bucket list.

Wolfeboro mailboat
 

For over 60 years a mailboat has been going out of Wolfeboro delivering mail to the islands on that part of the lake all the way up to Melvin Bay. It was run by Captain Sandy for 58 of those years. Now recently his son Issac has taken over. He built a 32' an amazing tritoon that handles 15 passengers or more. The trip is a good 1 1/2. Issac has a great background of interesting facts about the lake and surrounding environment. You should try it. As i recall the charge is $40 for the ride.