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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
At 77-degrees, the Lake Winnipesaukee water temperature says that the weather so far this summer has been pretty warm, which is good for the Winnipesaukee boater-tourists.
At $3.75 to 4.00/gal gasoline, getting out on the water can be just too much?
Like them or dislike them, the go-fast performance boaters were always the hard core boaters who really wanted to go boating, and would be out on the water a lot, and regardless the weather. Probably, the speed limits annoyed enough to make a noticeable difference.
Lake Winnipesaukee does not have a State of NH, free-to-use boat launch facility for trailer boaters day use, and the very popular Ames Farm ramp close to the Gilford-Alton border has been closed to the general public since 2009.
Lakes Winnisquam, Newfound and Squam all have very well designed State of NH, free-to-use boat launch facilities complete with double ramps, loading docks, rest rooms, and big trailer-vehicle parking spaces, all in one spot, and right on the waterfront, so some former Winnipesaukee boaters are probably choosing Winnisquam-Newfound-Squam which are easy to get to and close to Winnipesaukee and 100% totally free. These three state boat launch facilities were constructed over the last ten years with boater registration fee money. I believe a new state launch facility is currently under construction on Lake Sunapee, NH's fifth largest lake, in New London, NH.
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Seriously FLL?
Your continued attempt at arguing that the SL has impacted the number of boats on the lake really getting old. The performance boating community is alive and well. Lakeport Landing has a Poker run today, Donzi owners had their yearly event, and the NASWA's run was bigger than ever this year. The number of performance boats has always been a small percentage of the total number of boats on the lake. Their presence or absence has little effect on the amount of boat traffic.
And now your suggesting the lack of State of NH launch facilities is discouraging people from trailering their boats to the lake? Just off of the top of my head Alton, Gilford, and Meredith have public launching facilites with all the amenities that you describe. Whether or not they are controlled by the State of NH is irrelavent. Further more, here many marinas that for a small fee will allow you to launch and retrieve your boat.
There's a phrase coined by James Carville that is appropriate: "It's the economy, stupid"
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