Alton to Mill Falls swim

MikeWelsch1559 · 03-23-2005, 11:25 AM

Mike Welsch will swim from Alton Bay to Mill Falls in Meredith on August 7th.
Boaters, please come and escort him into Mill Falls that afternoon.
Call Don at 603-335-0700! Kayaks are welcome too.

xltRod · 03-23-2005, 05:29 PM

Good luck, Thats on a Sun. Would be safer swimming in a blender.

upthesaukee · 03-23-2005, 05:34 PM

Mike, as you head in Merideth, don't forget that there is a now wake zone!!!!! You may have to slow down.

Best of luck, and no injuries this year, please!!!!

Pepper · 03-23-2005, 07:54 PM

Best Wishes to you, Mike! I hope the swim goes flawlessly this year. May the water be calm, the sun be gentle on your eyes, and the go fast boats be anywhere but on Winni that day!
God Bless you, Mike!

glennsteely · 03-25-2005, 07:32 AM

How long does it take you to swim this? How many miles is the swim? Good luck and Godspeed.......GS

Rattlesnake Gal · 03-30-2005, 08:29 AM

I think we brought this up last year, the typical direction of the wind will make your swim more difficult if you start in Alton Bay.
Good luck!

ghfromaltonbay · 03-30-2005, 01:09 PM

You're right, RG, most of the time the NW winds would make swimming from Alton Bay to Meredith quite difficult. The 3 or 4 swims I've witnessed over the years all went from Center Harbor to Alton Bay, not the other way.

MikeWelsch1559 · 05-05-2005, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by glennsteely

How long does it take you to swim this? How many miles is the swim? Good luck and Godspeed.......GS

Hello It will take me about 10 hours about 20 miles come to Meredith on the Aug-7th and watch me come in- MIKE WELSCH

MikeWelsch1559 · 05-27-2005, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by upthesaukee

Mike, as you head in Merideth, don't forget that there is a now wake zone!!!!! You may have to slow down.

Best of luck, and no injuries this year, please!!!!

Sorry -late, But Thank you. I will be starting at midnight the 26th me and
the stars. I am hoping that it is like glass! please come to the finish,Mill falls
or the start Alton Bay. Thanks-Mike

MikeWelsch1559 · 05-27-2005, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Pepper

Best Wishes to you, Mike! I hope the swim goes flawlessly this year. May the water be calm, the sun be gentle on your eyes, and the go fast boats be anywhere but on Winni that day!
God Bless you, Mike!

Hi Don, Trainning hard I have a 3 miler swim Johns pond Mashpee,Cape Cod
on June 25 wish me luck i will keep in touch-Mike Welsch

glennsteely · 05-28-2005, 08:56 AM

I will be up the first week in August, but I am leaving on the 7th......
if it is not too late, I will hang around. It would be a pleasure to meet you.
Good luck.

MikeWelsch1559 · 06-02-2005, 10:24 AM

I should be getting to Millfalls at 2:00 give or take sometime.

Mike Welsch

GWC... · 06-02-2005, 11:44 AM

How many boats will be accompanying you at night?

MikeWelsch1559 · 06-10-2005, 08:04 AM

Two boats will be starting off with me. Would like more,more the better!

thanks Mike

Captain Binary · 06-10-2005, 09:05 AM

That is quite the swim, good luck to you Mike!

GWC... · 06-10-2005, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeWelsch1559

Mike Welsch will swim from Alton Bay to Mill Falls in Meredith on August 7th.
Boaters, please come and escort him into Mill Falls that afternoon.
Call Don at 603-335-0700! Kayaks are welcome too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeWelsch

... I will be starting at midnight the 26th ...

What day will you swim - 7th or 26th of August?

Or, 8th or 27th of August?

The midnight thingy gets confusing.

MikeWelsch1559 · 06-15-2005, 11:02 AM

Midnight Aug 7th sunday i will enter the water at Alton Bay and swim to
Mill Falls in Meredith. I will be looking for a tough KAYAKer escort me to
Mill Falls, 20 Miles Call Don 603-335-0700. Kayak-Please

Thank you, Mike Welsch

PROPELLER · 06-15-2005, 01:41 PM

Are you beginning your swim at 12am or 12pm? Swimming in the dark with kayak escorts is not safe. The kayaks will need legal navigation lights which I have never seen. Will you have larger powerboat escorts also?

Silver Duck · 06-15-2005, 05:49 PM

I actually saw a kayak with nav lights set out from the public docks at Lovejoy Sands last weekend! I guess that there's a first time for everything...

Silver Duck

Mee-n-Mac · 06-15-2005, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Silver Duck

I actually saw a kayak with nav lights set out from the public docks at Lovejoy Sands last weekend! I guess that there's a first time for everything...

Silver Duck

First (and only) time I've seen lighted kayaks was last year (or mebbe the year before) when we were dining at Garwoods in Wolfeboro. We were eating in the bar area and I was looking out over the bay when I saw a swarm of whitish lights float by. Somehow my brain first seized upon the idea that the were little floats with lights or candles on them (like you'd see in some Japanese festivals). This made no sense to me so I continued to watch and finally determined they were a group of kayaks. They only had the white all-around light (as is required) and it wasn't very bright nor really white ... almost looked flourescent. The light was close to the water (atop some short pole I assume) and personally I wouldn't have gone out into the middle of the bay (on a Sat night

) as they did.

WRT M Welsch's midnight swim - I agree w/Propellor and hope he has more than just a (single) kayak along. So long as he keeps close to shore I suspect all will go well but I think it a bit much for a single kayak to keep constant track of him, as well as other traffic. Should any aid be required is a single person (or 2) going to be sufficient to effectively help ? This is one case where I'd violate my rule re: constant use of a spot light. I'd light-up the swimmer, from behind, the whole way. Is it a full moon that night ?

MikeWelsch1559 · 06-16-2005, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by PROPELLER

Are you beginning your swim at 12am or 12pm? Swimming in the dark with kayak escorts is not safe. The kayaks will need legal navigation lights which I have never seen. Will you have larger powerboat escorts also?

I will have a couple of Boats with a Kayak, so Please find me a
KAYAK-thank you
12:00am

MikeWelsch1559 · 06-16-2005, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Mee-n-Mac

First (and only) time I've seen lighted kayaks was last year (or mebbe the year before) when we were dining at Garwoods in Wolfeboro. We were eating in the bar area and I was looking out over the bay when I saw a swarm of whitish lights float by. Somehow my brain first seized upon the idea that the were little floats with lights or candles on them (like you'd see in some Japanese festivals). This made no sense to me so I continued to watch and finally determined they were a group of kayaks. They only had the white all-around light (as is required) and it wasn't very bright nor really white ... almost looked flourescent. The light was close to the water (atop some short pole I assume) and personally I wouldn't have gone out into the middle of the bay (on a Sat night

) as they did.

WRT M Welsch's midnight swim - I agree w/Propellor and hope he has more than just a (single) kayak along. So long as he keeps close to shore I suspect all will go well but I think it a bit much for a single kayak to keep constant track of him, as well as other traffic. Should any aid be required is a single person (or 2) going to be sufficient to effectively help ? This is one case where I'd violate my rule re: constant use of a spot light. I'd light-up the swimmer, from behind, the whole way. Is it a full moon that night ?

I have a boat or two and a Kayak to,and a full moon i hope.
Mike!

MikeWelsch1559 · 06-16-2005, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by GWC...

How many boats will be accompanying you at night?

Two Boats and Kayak

GWC... · 06-16-2005, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Misty Blue

Lake Girl

I think that the Lakes Region Conservation Trust has a mapped course around the Lake. As I remember it goes from Weirs and other spots and visits 5 mile island, Stonedam, etc. Give Em a call. They love Kayaks. It's snowmobiles that they hate.

Give LRCT a call for your kayak escort.

MikeWelsch1559 · 06-17-2005, 12:50 PM

Do you have a name or a tellephone no. to LRCT thanks Mike

GWC... · 06-17-2005, 04:50 PM

Hope this helps…

Call: 603-279-3246
Email: lrct@metrocast.net
Write: Lakes Region Conservation Trust P.O. Box 1097Meredith, NH 03253
Fax: 603-279-7278

MikeWelsch1559 · 07-01-2005, 09:06 AM

MIKE WELSCH

Will swim from Alton Public Docks to Andrew's Marine 6 miles.

This is preparation swim for the Big Alton to Mill Falls swim 20 miles on Sunday, August 7th. Please come and join us at Andrew's Mariner on Saturday, August 6th at 12:00 noon for the finish. come and be a part of this.

Volunteers !! Call Don 603-755-9595

MikeWelsch1559 · 07-19-2005, 01:25 PM

Mike Welsch swam from Alton Docks to Minge Cove in 4 hours and 30 minutes.
Saturday the 16th was Great Weather for the swim. Now From Alton to Mill Falls,Meredth I Will SWIM on August 6th,20 Miles. Wish me luck, come to the Finish.

MikeWelsch1559 · 07-25-2005, 09:54 AM

Chanle 9 tv news and the Granite Sports Magzine are covering the Alton to Mill Falls swim.

03-23-2005, 11:25 AM	#1
MikeWelsch1559 Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 30 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Alton to Mill Falls swim Mike Welsch will swim from Alton Bay to Mill Falls in Meredith on August 7th. Boaters, please come and escort him into Mill Falls that afternoon. Call Don at 603-335-0700! Kayaks are welcome too.

03-23-2005, 05:29 PM	#2
xltRod Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Windham NH Posts: 19 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Good luck, Thats on a Sun. Would be safer swimming in a blender. __________________ It is far easyer to beg forgiveness, than ask permission.

03-23-2005, 05:34 PM	#3
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,597 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,455 Thanked 1,979 Times in 1,080 Posts	Mike, as you head in Merideth, don't forget that there is a now wake zone!!!!! You may have to slow down. Best of luck, and no injuries this year, please!!!! __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

03-23-2005, 07:54 PM	#4
Pepper Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Laconia, NH Posts: 1,284 Thanks: 409 Thanked 155 Times in 40 Posts	Best Wishes! Best Wishes to you, Mike! I hope the swim goes flawlessly this year. May the water be calm, the sun be gentle on your eyes, and the go fast boats be anywhere but on Winni that day! God Bless you, Mike! __________________ Never waste time lamenting what was. Simply celebrate what is!

03-25-2005, 07:32 AM	#5
glennsteely Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Mantua, N.J. Posts: 472 Thanks: 90 Thanked 111 Times in 38 Posts	Mw1559..... How long does it take you to swim this? How many miles is the swim? Good luck and Godspeed.......GS __________________ You have to go out on a limb sometimes, cause that is where the fruit is. You can't get to the fruit from that nice safe spot, clinging to the trunk of the tree......

03-30-2005, 08:29 AM	#6
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,451 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	Swim from Alton to Meredith I think we brought this up last year, the typical direction of the wind will make your swim more difficult if you start in Alton Bay. Good luck!

03-30-2005, 01:09 PM	#7
ghfromaltonbay Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Clifton, NJ, Alton Bay Posts: 827 Thanks: 255 Thanked 225 Times in 131 Posts	Prevailing winds You're right, RG, most of the time the NW winds would make swimming from Alton Bay to Meredith quite difficult. The 3 or 4 swims I've witnessed over the years all went from Center Harbor to Alton Bay, not the other way.

05-28-2005, 08:56 AM	#11
glennsteely Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Mantua, N.J. Posts: 472 Thanks: 90 Thanked 111 Times in 38 Posts	Mike...what time do you anticipate arrival in Meredith?? I will be up the first week in August, but I am leaving on the 7th...... if it is not too late, I will hang around. It would be a pleasure to meet you. Good luck. __________________ You have to go out on a limb sometimes, cause that is where the fruit is. You can't get to the fruit from that nice safe spot, clinging to the trunk of the tree......

06-02-2005, 10:24 AM	#12
MikeWelsch1559 Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 30 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I should be getting to Millfalls at 2:00 give or take sometime. Mike Welsch

06-02-2005, 11:44 AM	#13
GWC... Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,325 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Just curious... How many boats will be accompanying you at night? Last edited by GWC...; 06-03-2005 at 10:42 PM.

06-10-2005, 08:04 AM	#14
MikeWelsch1559 Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 30 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	20 mile swim Two boats will be starting off with me. Would like more,more the better! thanks Mike

06-10-2005, 09:05 AM	#15
Captain Binary Junior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	That is quite the swim, good luck to you Mike!

06-15-2005, 11:02 AM	#17
MikeWelsch1559 Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 30 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Midnight Aug 7th sunday i will enter the water at Alton Bay and swim to Mill Falls in Meredith. I will be looking for a tough KAYAKer escort me to Mill Falls, 20 Miles Call Don 603-335-0700. Kayak-Please Thank you, Mike Welsch

06-15-2005, 01:41 PM	#18
PROPELLER Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 340 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	12am? Are you beginning your swim at 12am or 12pm? Swimming in the dark with kayak escorts is not safe. The kayaks will need legal navigation lights which I have never seen. Will you have larger powerboat escorts also? Last edited by PROPELLER; 06-15-2005 at 01:48 PM.

06-15-2005, 05:49 PM	#19
Silver Duck Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Billerica, MA Posts: 364 Thanks: 40 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	I actually saw a kayak with nav lights set out from the public docks at Lovejoy Sands last weekend! I guess that there's a first time for everything... Silver Duck

06-17-2005, 12:50 PM	#25
MikeWelsch1559 Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 30 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	kayak escort- 20 mile swim Mike Welsch Do you have a name or a tellephone no. to LRCT thanks Mike

06-17-2005, 04:50 PM	#26
GWC... Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,325 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hope this helps... Hope this helps… Call: 603-279-3246 Email: lrct@metrocast.net Write: Lakes Region Conservation Trust P.O. Box 1097Meredith, NH 03253 Fax: 603-279-7278

07-01-2005, 09:06 AM	#27
MikeWelsch1559 Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 30 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Mike Welsch- July 16,swim MIKE WELSCH Will swim from Alton Public Docks to Andrew's Marine 6 miles. This is preparation swim for the Big Alton to Mill Falls swim 20 miles on Sunday, August 7th. Please come and join us at Andrew's Mariner on Saturday, August 6th at 12:00 noon for the finish. come and be a part of this. Volunteers !! Call Don 603-755-9595

07-19-2005, 01:25 PM	#28
MikeWelsch1559 Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 30 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Alton to Minge cove swim 7-miles Mike Welsch swam from Alton Docks to Minge Cove in 4 hours and 30 minutes. Saturday the 16th was Great Weather for the swim. Now From Alton to Mill Falls,Meredth I Will SWIM on August 6th,20 Miles. Wish me luck, come to the Finish.

07-25-2005, 09:54 AM	#29
MikeWelsch1559 Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 30 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	chanle 9 tv Chanle 9 tv news and the Granite Sports Magzine are covering the Alton to Mill Falls swim.