First time to the Lake

MikeF-NH · 07-15-2011, 12:45 PM

The Witches is a huge part of my advice on that triagle but also coming past Eagle Island can be a bit tricky especially as light fades and in high traffic. There is also markers in the open water south of the entrace to the Bay that seperates Bear and Merideth Neck (south entrance not the one by Pine Island). Also loads of markers around all those islands in the area around Mink....some of them block off huge areas of open water and again, you just have to be careful in there an know what you are doing. I've never had any problems personally in there but you have to keep your wits about you.

sa meredith · 07-15-2011, 03:59 PM

Just this minute got back from marina. Drove thru sallys gut for the first time today after spending a few minutes with my chart. Probably not the best thing for someone new to the lake. Yes, it is well marked, but a bit nerve racking.
At the end, as I approached the tiny little opening that let's you out, a near by fisherman yelled for me to center myself more with the opening...and told me to do it quickly. As I past thru, I saw where my course would have taken me. Hull would have hit...no question. I believe the area requires a bit of "local knowledge" aside from the chart. Probably better to pass thru the first time with someone who has done it already.

trfour · 07-15-2011, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by sa meredith

Just this minute got back from marina. Drove thru sallys gut for the first time today after spending a few minutes with my chart. Probably not the best thing for someone new to the lake. Yes, it is well marked, but a bit nerve racking.
At the end, as I approached the tiny little opening that let's you out, a near by fisherman yelled for me to center myself more with the opening...and told me to do it quickly. As I past thru, I saw where my course would have taken me. Hull would have hit...no question. I believe the area requires a bit of "local knowledge" aside from the chart. Probably better to pass thru the first time with someone who has done it already.

Well done sa, and you now have some " local knowledge, to boot ", without hitting the ledge, or a rock!

Terry
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Dave R · 07-15-2011, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by sa meredith

Just this minute got back from marina. Drove thru sallys gut for the first time today after spending a few minutes with my chart. Probably not the best thing for someone new to the lake. Yes, it is well marked, but a bit nerve racking.
At the end, as I approached the tiny little opening that let's you out, a near by fisherman yelled for me to center myself more with the opening...and told me to do it quickly. As I past thru, I saw where my course would have taken me. Hull would have hit...no question. I believe the area requires a bit of "local knowledge" aside from the chart. Probably better to pass thru the first time with someone who has done it already.

Wondering how anyone could look at that opening in the "Stonedam" and not want to stay right dead center in it...

sa meredith · 07-16-2011, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Dave R

Wondering how anyone could look at that opening in the "Stonedam" and not want to stay right dead center in it...

A boat was entering so I thought moving a bit to the right would be OK. It looked liked it would be fine...but I was wrong. No harm done.

Dave R · 07-16-2011, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by sa meredith

A boat was entering so I thought moving a bit to the right would be OK. It looked liked it would be fine...but I was wrong. No harm done.

Ah, gotcha. That's a pretty tight channel. Having been through it many times, there's no way I'd ever try to get two boats through at once. Really deep in the middle though. Reminds me a little of the channel underneath the Governor's Island bridge.

Aguamenti · 07-24-2011, 05:02 PM

This is my first post to the forum, and I just wanted to say thank you for all of this fantastic advice.

I've been going to Wolfeboro all my life, but my family just recently bought a house up there, and I'm trying to do loads of research about boating on the lake with the hope of buying a small boat at some point.

I've already ordered my Bizer chart and have been reading up on the Boater's Guide with plans to get my safety certification this summer.

I am so glad to have found this forum!

Slickcraft · 07-24-2011, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Aguamenti

This is my first post to the forum, and I just wanted to say thank you for all of this fantastic advice.

I've been going to Wolfeboro all my life, but my family just recently bought a house up there, and I'm trying to do loads of research about boating on the lake with the hope of buying a small boat at some point.

I've already ordered my Bizer chart and have been reading up on the Boater's Guide with plans to get my safety certification this summer.

I am so glad to have found this forum!

Welcome to the Forum!

07-15-2011, 03:59 PM	#2
sa meredith Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 986 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 32 Thanked 352 Times in 137 Posts	Sallys gut Just this minute got back from marina. Drove thru sallys gut for the first time today after spending a few minutes with my chart. Probably not the best thing for someone new to the lake. Yes, it is well marked, but a bit nerve racking. At the end, as I approached the tiny little opening that let's you out, a near by fisherman yelled for me to center myself more with the opening...and told me to do it quickly. As I past thru, I saw where my course would have taken me. Hull would have hit...no question. I believe the area requires a bit of "local knowledge" aside from the chart. Probably better to pass thru the first time with someone who has done it already.

07-15-2011, 12:45 PM	#1
MikeF-NH Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 318 Thanks: 2 Thanked 120 Times in 80 Posts	The Witches is a huge part of my advice on that triagle but also coming past Eagle Island can be a bit tricky especially as light fades and in high traffic. There is also markers in the open water south of the entrace to the Bay that seperates Bear and Merideth Neck (south entrance not the one by Pine Island). Also loads of markers around all those islands in the area around Mink....some of them block off huge areas of open water and again, you just have to be careful in there an know what you are doing. I've never had any problems personally in there but you have to keep your wits about you.

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07-24-2011, 05:02 PM	#7
Aguamenti Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: MA/Tuftonboro Posts: 143 Thanks: 95 Thanked 36 Times in 21 Posts	This is my first post to the forum, and I just wanted to say thank you for all of this fantastic advice. I've been going to Wolfeboro all my life, but my family just recently bought a house up there, and I'm trying to do loads of research about boating on the lake with the hope of buying a small boat at some point. I've already ordered my Bizer chart and have been reading up on the Boater's Guide with plans to get my safety certification this summer. I am so glad to have found this forum!