I took some friends out for a boating day, one had never been on the lake but sails on Lake Massebesic, the other used to have a tiny sailboat on the lake when he was in his 20's.
We started at Smith cove, headed to MVYC for gas, then headed towards the inside of Governors for a scenic route around it, past Eagle, and then headed up to Wolfeboro. We anchored and grilled some lunch to the south of Wolfboro and then ended up riding down to Alton, and then back again, but this time came inside Sleepers and by the West Alton sandbar in Small's cove, and then headed back to Smith cove. I slowed down at the mirrored boat house to allow my friends to try to capture a photo of themselves, but their timing was off so they didn't quite get the photo. We then proceeded back into Smith Cove.
The ride was no problem at all.... sometimes some spray would come into the cockpit when the wind whipped it past the bow and then past the windshield. It felt good!
I guess days like this I am glad I have a 35 to 38 ft boat. It sure makes it comfortable. We did have a few waves that knocked us here or there, but we never felt threatened nor even close to asking 'why did we do this'.
In the end they had a great day, and I did also.
But I did notice that the Broads seems especially empty for a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon.