Attached is a slide from Captain Dunleavy. This is from his Boating 101 presentation he recently presented as part of the NH Lakes series.
Slide 66 attached shows there were 101K registrations in 2020. Up from 96K in 2019.
Their were 30K people that took the online boating course and received their Safety Certificate in 2020.
For reference - There were a total of 7K students that took the Safety course in 2019.
This does not confirm that the 12,000 new registrations is accurate, but it does indicate there is a spike in people looking to boat in NH.
Took the family on a 5 hour cruise yesterday from Wolfeboro to Wiers under the Gov's Island bridge then to Meredith Town Docks. We then went around Bear Is under the Long Island Bridge and back to Wolfeboro.
I can report that it was very busy. Like a busy Summer weekend. Not quite as bad as the 4th. Definitely some rookie navigators out there. Gave me the opportunity to teach my kids some things to look out for.
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