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Dumb and disrespectdful
Dumb and disrespectful. Bandrews7 should get off the lake and off the Forum.
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It's a shame stuff like that is not allowed. Have fun, leave it better than you found it, don't confess to it publicly, and don't get caught.
If overnight (or longer) boating trips appeal to you, consider moving to the ocean. We do it all the time out of Hampton River Marina. It's awesome. |
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So just how did this nonsense law about not sleeping overnight ever get on the books?
Not sure I understand how it is fundamentally different than boating on the lake 24 hrs/day so long as you don't actually sleep, and/or sleeping while docked or anchored during the day,,, I'm sure there is some aspect I am missing so please enlighten me. |
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However the marine patrol interpret differently. According to the wording of the statute any vessel with a galley and head shall not anchor overnight on inland waters in NH. Legally you can anchor overnight if you do not have a galley or head. But the marine patrol will not allow any boat(s) to anchor overnight.
Decades ago I use to anchor off Timber frequently but today I can't. Even without a head or galley. A shorefront owner landed in court a few years ago when he allowed a friend to anchor overnight with permission in front of his property. Due to a technicality, since the boat was tied a registered mooring, he was not anchoring. The state beg to differ. I have not seen any change in the law nor have any new legislation was introduced. I expect to see some shat to happen in court with sleazy lawyers!
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The Braun Bay thread proves why a head would be an advantage
The cooler thread shows why a galley isn't necessary I don't get it, unless the children or safety is involved in the argument. |
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There is another aspect to this. The dock at Stonedam in on conservation land owned by The Lakes Region Conservation Trust. The LRCT also owns Ragged Island.
https://lrct.org/conserved-lands/ The public access policy allows for many types of enjoyment but does not allow any overnight use. https://lrct.org/explorelearn/public-access-recreation/ Many members of this Forum are also LRCT members some making substantial contributions to allow LRCT to conserve land and/or to support maintenance. Some also volunteer time for annual clean up for places like Stonedam and Ragged. If not for LRCT places like this would have been developed and there would be no public access period. I find it offensive for someone violating the public access policy of these special places. Alan |
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I see a parallel to open use of private property for snowmobile and OHRV trails, hiking, etc. When landowners find abuses, they close the land to all use. LRCT could do the same thing.
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I have mixed feelings about LRCT, for a number of reasons.
I remember when they were soliciting the public for money to buy the Castle in the Clouds. So as not to affront the snomobiling community and their contributions, they promised not to close any trails at the Castle. Right after they bought it, they closed all but one trail. |
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I agree. My family has a working farm, we decided to conserve the land and approach LRCT. They wanted the farm close and curtail the hiking trails to the public. We deed it to Belknap Conservatory Trust. Now I am worried as there are talk of merging with LRCT. I ask the question of continued land use. LRCT will not respond. I refuse to support LRCT.
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Never noticed how their radar antenna is not even close to level. Like it is pointed to swimmers in front, and UFO's aft !
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Sorry xcr but I’ll differ on opinion. Been on that lake over 50 years and what we see now is unthought of back 20 years ago. Not saying it will be rampant but it would happen for sure. Wasn’t singling our day trippers just used that for example.
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As for what we see now (a changed lake from 20+ years ago), I agree! I think were we part company is what we see and why. What I see is a lake full of "new boaters" that dont follow any rules, and boaters of any vintage that are rude, obnoxious, and grossly unsafe, and I believe most of them own homes on the lake or keep their boats in a marina on the lake. I constantly see them taking off from their docks or marinas like wannabe NASCAR drivers, with boats full of people, not adhering to the most basic safety standards. At this point I will no longer boat on Winnipesaukee on Saturdays, and even Sundays are becoming a problem. Rarely do I see anyone with large boats (that you might be capable of sleeping on, or people interested in doing so) launching from trailers. Its just too hard to trailer the size boats we see on Winnipesaukee and there are just too few places to launch from and park a truck and trailer and do so for a price a working family can afford on a regular basis. As for trailer boaters, I mostly see families trailering their modest size boats and then taking them home at the end of the day. Not dudes looking to party hard and find a place to drop anchor when they are on the verge of passing out. You may be seeing something different. Clearly the lake has evolved, some of it not to my liking, but it is still a place that I cherish. And I recognize people have different preferences; I thoroughly enjoy a whiff of 2-cycle oil from an old outboard staring up first thing in the morning and the sound of a thru-hull exhaust on an old jet boat, but I have no use to hear anyone's music blasting across the lake. You may have a very different set of likes and dislikes, and that ok, so long as we both respect each others reasonable boundaries. What I worry about is restrictive rules/laws based on fear mongering and/or the few instances of serious problems. I mostly shrug off the obnoxious idiots, I guess I assume they will eventually move on to the next thing that allows them to show off. But I dont live there every day, so again, you may be seeing something different and more of it. ATB |
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Perhaps the reason you don’t see large boats being trailered is because they can’t anchor overnight. If the rule changes then the frequency of large boats being trailered may change.
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Put the Pinch on Winnipesaukee Inns and Lodges...?
How about a multi-family houseboat to take up even more space on a crowded lake? Maybe anchored off your shore?
It just needs paint, that's all. While withholding summer income from lake businesses, what's a good fee schedule for this houseboat? $125?
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So I vote for the top one! He/she/whoever can park in front of my house any day so long as I can get a tour. p.s. I particularly like the old 2-stroke Johnson! Nothing beats the smell of 2-cycle oil and marine/white gas first think in the morning, it's THE best. Last edited by XCR-700; 09-25-2019 at 04:30 PM. |
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I don’t think you can moor your boat and sleep on it on Lake George. You can reserve a campsite on a state owned island, but if you don’t have a reservation, cannot just drop anchor and spend the night.
There are not any state owned islands on Winnipesaukee, so I don’t see a system like Lake George ever happening. I don’t have a philosophical issue with someone spending a night on a public dock, but from a practical point of view see nothing but problems. Public dock space is already at a premium and the three hour time is often ignored. On a summer night the docks in Meredith are often full until 8:00 at night, sometimes later. What time would someone be able to pull up for the night - and what time would they have to leave? I’m not that familiar with Champlain or the Thousand Islands. My guess, and it’s just that, is that they must have more spaces available to the public than Winnipesaukee. Also, in either of those areas can you anchor wherever you want and sleep on board, or do you have to be at a dock? Regardless of how any of us feel about the issue, the reality is that the rules as they currently exist are not going to change. |
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I have many memories of sleeping over at public docks, enumerated in old threads. Basically, it got too crowded and the towns weren't willing to deal with it. Charging a fee to stay overnight, and setting a plan so that a one time walk through for enforcement makes sense to me. It works for parking downtown. I think the towns are missing an opportunity. So are the motels that have their own docks.
I'd be happy to pay a meter fee if that got me a dockmaster to manage the sequence of boats and made people stop blocking other boats by tying up in the middle of the dock. |
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We take 2 trips on 70' house boats every year in both Bull Shoals Lake in Arkansas and on Lake Powell. Its pretty amazing stepping onto a boat that you control and isn't a "cruise ship" and not touching land for a week. And if you do touch land its usually unoccupied. We typically travel for a day or two camp over night and keep moving until we hit our destination. Anchor up the house boat there and enjoy the week with the out and about boat to explore. Now I don't really see that being practical on Winni but its definitely an awesome experience if you ever get the chance to try. And oh man the stars from out there.
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The LRCT owns some islands and are missing a great opportunity to put them to better use by not encouraging camping on them, IMO. There are very good examples of the same sort of thing happening with great success on nearby lakes. Valcourt, Knights, and Burton Islands on Champlain (there are probably more...) all successfully allow camping of various types ranging from wilderness camping to rental cabins. Obviously Lake George is famous for its island camp sites. Champlain allows overnight anchoring and while most towns do not have overnight transient docks, there are plenty of marinas that do, mainly because plenty of slips are empty when people leave them to go anchor overnight or visit the islands that allow camping etc. The marinas get to rent the empty slips out at a very good profit (the slips are already paid for so they get to double dip at an inflated short term rate) and everybody wins. For this reason alone, I'm surprised Winnipesaukee marinas aren't actively advocating to allow overnight anchoring and overnight use of town docks. 1000 Islands allows overnight anchoring and the towns have transient dockage too. There area also tons of islands that allow camping, and have moorings and docks to use. For an even closer example, one could also look at Portsmouth NH to see how allowing overnight docking at a public dock works. They get $2 a foot for transients by Prescott park and it works very well for the city and boaters. We docked near there a few weeks ago and had a fantastic evening. If Meredith charged 2 bucks a foot and allowed overnight docking, I bet many of those boats that are there until 8 PM would just stay for the night and spend more money at local businesses. I bet they could easily get 4 bucks a foot at high season too... Many of those boats that spent the night would likely leave an empty slip at a marina somewhere that could rent out the slip for the night. It all cascades and makes great use of resources that currently go unused all night, every night. In my experience, most of NH is the exception when it comes to these things. For a state full of towns that rely heavily on tourism, that seems like a bad plan to me. I guess they can just raise lakefront property tax to offset the lost revenue though. |
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We miss or Winni friends, the warm swims, and all the close together and wonderful ports, but everything else about coastal boating is awesome. We love that we can leave our slip and make a 7000 mile loop (Great Loop + Downeast Loop) that allows for overnight stays in protected waters every night (thus the ability to wait out bad weather with ease), with only a mile of overlap. How far did you venture from your slip? We made it as far south as the Statue of Liberty and as far west as La Salle, MI (solely due to the cruise home with the "new" boat); and as far north as Thomaston, ME this year. The only truly frightening experience was taking 8 foot breaking waves over the bow at the mouth of the Kennebec River, which was just awful. If you have not done the Maine coast yet (north and east of Portland) or Buzzards Bay/Martha's Vinyard, you are in for a treat. |
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But you can sleep on a boat that is docked, even if it’s a private dock, correct?
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That’s a great looking Tolly and 3208 CAT’s are great too. Tolly was always a nice boat. The bottom setup / distance between the props / weight and I’d say larger running gear probably help it’s maneuverability over the carver.
I’ve done the trip south and back many times between Boston and Lauderdale. It’s a blast. We were always in a hurry and got it done in a week. I could spend a month on the Chesapeake alone . If you ever need any stop recommendations let me know. We ran at 30knots (big sportfish) so would do Boston - Jersey - va bch or Norfolk (this is where we’d decide inside or outside ). Then Beaufort nc- Charleston - st Augustine- Lauderdale. The speed allowed for 200 miles / day and a few weather days if needed. The people you meet and places you’ll see are so much fun. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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