Mailboat Mail: What Happens in the Winter?

P-3 Guy · 01-22-2019, 01:01 PM

What happens to a piece of mail that's sent in the winter to an island address that in the summer would be delivered by the mailboat? I've been told second hand that the Laconia post office will not accept a forwarding request for mail sent to an island address that from June to September would be delivered by the Sophie C. If this is true, what happens to a letter sent to an island address that lands in the Laconia post office in the middle of winter? Does the post office hold on to it until the mailboat starts making runs again in June? Does it get put in a dead letter bin to never see the light of day again? Returned to the sender?

Outdoorsman · 01-22-2019, 05:19 PM

Returned to sender as undeliverable is standard practice.

Trail Goer · 01-23-2019, 10:17 AM

What, no hovercraft?

Just kidding.

boat_guy64 · 01-23-2019, 12:19 PM

The Meredith post office will just lose it like they do 50% of my mail.

P-3 Guy · 01-23-2019, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by boat_guy64

The Meredith post office will just lose it like they do 50% of my mail.

Mail delivered by the Sophie C. goes through the Laconia post office. Not saying it won't get lost there, but if it does it's not because of the Meredith post office.

fatlazyless · 01-23-2019, 06:52 PM

One things for sure ...... like island - like main land ...... if you don't shovel out the snow, all around your island mailbox, you won't be gett'n no island mail .... because the mail delivery is too fat 'n lazy to get out of their boat and place it in the mail box!

01-22-2019, 01:01 PM	#1
P-3 Guy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Under the former KNHZ bounce pattern Posts: 476 Thanks: 3 Thanked 207 Times in 110 Posts	Mailboat Mail: What Happens in the Winter? What happens to a piece of mail that's sent in the winter to an island address that in the summer would be delivered by the mailboat? I've been told second hand that the Laconia post office will not accept a forwarding request for mail sent to an island address that from June to September would be delivered by the Sophie C. If this is true, what happens to a letter sent to an island address that lands in the Laconia post office in the middle of winter? Does the post office hold on to it until the mailboat starts making runs again in June? Does it get put in a dead letter bin to never see the light of day again? Returned to the sender?

01-23-2019, 12:19 PM	#4
boat_guy64 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Windham and Meredith Posts: 225 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 33 Thanked 89 Times in 42 Posts	mail The Meredith post office will just lose it like they do 50% of my mail.

01-23-2019, 06:52 PM	#6
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,525 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 295 Thanked 957 Times in 698 Posts	One things for sure ...... like island - like main land ...... if you don't shovel out the snow, all around your island mailbox, you won't be gett'n no island mail .... because the mail delivery is too fat 'n lazy to get out of their boat and place it in the mail box! __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

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01-22-2019, 05:19 PM	#2
Outdoorsman Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 815 Thanks: 113 Thanked 193 Times in 126 Posts	Returned to sender as undeliverable is standard practice.

01-23-2019, 10:17 AM	#3
Trail Goer Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: New Durham Posts: 162 Thanks: 116 Thanked 95 Times in 56 Posts	What, no hovercraft? Just kidding.