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Originally Posted by elchase
Had a great weekend. Sailed in the Broads for two hours on Saturday and over three on Sunday without a single scare or conflict. Many boats and plenty of wave action, but civility reigned. It was like a return to the pre-GFBL era. Those boats were out there, but isn't it nice to see them sharing the lake with us instead of trying to chase us off? I just cannot get over the huge improvement such a simple law has made. How can anyone object? Hoping we get a couple more of these summer weekends before the leaves fall. Most importantly, hoping the civility we are enjoying this summer is not allowed to "sunset".
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For the past nine years we sailed all over Winnipesaukee until this summer. We needed to put the sailboat in storage for the season for personal reasons, and do we miss the lake. I read the forum regularly and saw the initial post for sailors, but didn't respond.
Fays is the only place on the lake that we know of that works with the sailboats. Wayne is great and always has been helpful, if sometime very busy.
In the past, we have dedicated one weekend day for sailing, and depending on conditions we had a great time. Many times we got skunked by light and variable winds, but in general we loved the time on the water.
We avoid sailing on days where the gusts are strong, due primarily to the boats tendency to want to turtle. Many times during the day we went out with a great wind and came back in a gale, tired, but happy to have gotten in another day.
We'll just have to see if the conditions are right for us to return next summer.