|
Home | Forums | Gallery | Webcams | Blogs | YouTube Channel | Classifieds | Calendar | Register | FAQ | Donate | Members List | Today's Posts | Search |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
09-06-2023, 07:54 AM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Parrish, Florida
Posts: 525
Thanks: 231
Thanked 184 Times in 132 Posts
|
Leavitt Beach
Hi everyone.
Does anyone know what happened at Leavitt Beach the other day? I heard marine patrol was there and asking boats to move away from the swim line and a lot of people were unhappy and were questioning what the rule actually is. 150 feet from shore or 150 feet from the swim line etc. |
09-06-2023, 09:48 AM | #2 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 151
Thanks: 38
Thanked 26 Times in 18 Posts
|
Quote:
Last edited by eyenotall777; 09-06-2023 at 12:08 PM. |
|
09-06-2023, 10:16 AM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Weirs Beach
Posts: 1,949
Thanks: 80
Thanked 969 Times in 432 Posts
|
I looked over the RSA's... There is no rule about anchoring near a swim line, (other than you cannot operate inside a swim line) I don't believe that area is a designated no rafting zone. (I saw nothing mentioning it in the RSA's. However, if it is a designated NRZ, then they do have to be 150' off the shoreline etc etc.
Woodsy
__________________
The only way to eliminate ignorant behavior is through education. You can't fix stupid. |
09-06-2023, 10:35 AM | #4 |
Senior Member
|
Motorboats anchored just outside the Leavitt Beach floating swim rope line
.....https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1434202839987467 .... has a few different photos which show the 300' long, Lake Winnipesaukee swim area at Leavitt Beach which is owned by the Town of Meredith.
The State of N.H. has a law that prohibits boats from anchoring within 300' of a beach swim line. It is a water safety zone to keep the swim area safe and enjoyable for swimmers and waders out beyond the swim line. At Leavitt Beach, the water depth is about four feet deep at the outer swim line and people can easily swim or wade out beyond the swim line. The lake bottom is smooth and sandy. Having motorboats anchored just beyond the swim line there, is similar to parking a car in the middle of a grassy public playground, a place where they DO NOT belong. If you look closely at the photos in the facebook link, above, you can see how close the motorboats are anchored just beyond the swim line, there.
__________________
... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake! |
The Following User Says Thank You to fatlazyless For This Useful Post: | ||
FlyingScot (09-07-2023) |
09-07-2023, 08:19 AM | #5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Parrish, Florida
Posts: 525
Thanks: 231
Thanked 184 Times in 132 Posts
|
Thanks, FLL.
I don’t have Facebook so I couldn’t look at the pictures. Has the lake really become so crowded that you’re not even safe in a roped in swim area? |
Sponsored Links |
|
09-07-2023, 08:48 AM | #6 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Weirs Beach
Posts: 1,949
Thanks: 80
Thanked 969 Times in 432 Posts
|
Quote:
Woodsy
__________________
The only way to eliminate ignorant behavior is through education. You can't fix stupid. |
|
09-07-2023, 09:55 AM | #7 |
Senior Member
|
Moving the Meredith-Leavitt Beach swim rope line to deeper water?
Comparing the outer swim rope lines at Leavitt Beach swim area in Meredith, and Weirs Beach swim area in Laconia, Meredith-Leavitt is four foot water depth and Weirs is six to seven foot water depth.
These swim area rope lines serve just like a fence on the water as a way to keep motorboats outside the swim area. The Meredith-Leavitt swim line set at four foot depth is too shallow. It could be moved further out to six to seven foot depth, similar to Weirs Beach, to better protect and enhance the Meredith swim area from the motorboats. For example the outer rope line at Ellacoya State Beach in Gilford is set at about six foot water depth. The rope line at Meredith Leavitt Beach is just too shallow at four feet depth, and it could get moved deeper out to create more space for the swimmers/waders and move the motorboats out from anchoring in the 4-5' shallow water. What do you think?
__________________
... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake! |
09-07-2023, 11:00 AM | #8 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 13
Thanks: 0
Thanked 9 Times in 5 Posts
|
I have seen boats literally tie up to the swim line. As FLL has said, people frequently swim out beyond the swim lines because it is so shallow there. I have anchored off the beach but have been about 300 feet from the beach. Not a big deal to be safe and share the area with swimmers.
|
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to joec For This Useful Post: | ||
Susie Cougar (09-07-2023), Woodsy (09-07-2023) |
09-07-2023, 11:15 AM | #9 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Weirs Beach
Posts: 1,949
Thanks: 80
Thanked 969 Times in 432 Posts
|
Quote:
Woodsy
__________________
The only way to eliminate ignorant behavior is through education. You can't fix stupid. |
|
09-07-2023, 04:42 PM | #10 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Tuftonboro and Sudbury, MA
Posts: 2,211
Thanks: 1,112
Thanked 935 Times in 577 Posts
|
Quote:
|
|
09-07-2023, 05:28 PM | #11 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2021
Posts: 2,983
Thanks: 2
Thanked 529 Times in 435 Posts
|
Quote:
I remember Leavitt going out a long way before it became neck deep even when I was a child. I seem to remember a cove or something off to the right beyond the actual beach if you are orientated toward the lake that boaters used to use as a means to protect their crafts from the waves generated by the Mount when it would pass by. I used to love how the shallow ledge would increase the wave height and allow for a little body surfing. |
|
Bookmarks |
|
|