Forum: Boating
08-20-2023, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 22,315
Type of Anchor? Type of Boat?
Two "dry" methods:
1) Secure the anchor line to the bow. Have everyone on board move to the bow and tie it as tight as possible. Then have everyone move to the stern. If the anchor can be freed...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-20-2023, 02:59 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 12,784
Thirty-five Years With This Same Dock!
I just stumbled on my dock's building permit. It was built in 1987. :eek2:
...And have yet to replace a single plank! :eek:
However, the pressure of 35 winters' ice floes has splintered many...
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Forum: Getting Here
08-20-2023, 02:32 AM
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Replies: 64
Views: 39,454
If Not NOW--When?
If you're first in line, it's not particularly long at all: But traffic eventually backs down the hill behind you (to Dunkin'), so you're given two choices to get home--a left past Dunkin', or a...
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Forum: Boating
08-19-2023, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 219
Views: 220,291
Or Washington Post...
Yeah, you'd think all NH print media were controlled by The New York Times!
There's personal information here that doesn't lead to resolving important details. It is unknown if the alleged...
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Forum: Getting Here
08-19-2023, 04:37 AM
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Replies: 64
Views: 39,454
"Maim" Street?
A traffic circle would take a big chunk out of Brewster Field. Both gas stations would have to be bought and bulldozed. (Not that they add anything to the scene). :rolleye2:
Backed-up traffic...
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Forum: Boating
08-19-2023, 03:53 AM
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Replies: 219
Views: 220,291
Be The Jury...
Take another look at the HackerCraft and the dock:
https://indepthnh.org/2023/08/13/wolfeboro-hit-and-run-boat-crash-under-investigation/
The dock's wooden 2x8's are crushed directly downwards...
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Forum: Boating
08-18-2023, 03:38 AM
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Replies: 219
Views: 220,291
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Forum: General Discussion
08-17-2023, 04:57 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 12,784
How's The Fishing?
Don't the dam people take into account that waves--but especially wakes--are leaching-out chemicals from wood treatments in the lake's thousands of docks?
Besides Thompson's, shouldn't that...
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Forum: Getting Here
08-16-2023, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 39,454
New Way to Navigate Wolfeboro?
NHDOT to the rescue!
Will it be a three-way stop, a traffic light, or a roundabout?
https://www.nh.gov/dot/media/video/pickering-corner-peak-hour.htm
DOT wants your input. Attend--starting...
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Forum: Boating
08-16-2023, 04:01 AM
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Replies: 219
Views: 220,291
A Judge Should Restrict Him to Canoes...
Those figures came from auction sites. (and included a +). ;)
Other figures can include "provenance". (Serial number 1000, once owned by Vanna White, Janis Joplin, Shah of Iran, etc...)
The...
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Forum: Boating
08-15-2023, 07:26 AM
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Replies: 219
Views: 220,291
No Attorney Necessary...
I just realized this morning that I had a front seat to this "accident"! :eek2:
That explains all the boat traffic while I was having an early lunch. There may have been a second barge docked...
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Forum: Boating
08-14-2023, 05:14 PM
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Replies: 219
Views: 220,291
Missing "Normal" Yet...?
That may be a Hackercraft. :eek2:
I have sent an email to the NHMP to confirm that name and the location of the "accident". Technically, it maybe been Tuftonboro Bay (Libby Museum area) and not...
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Forum: Boating
08-13-2023, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 219
Views: 220,291
Crime Scene?
"Caution" tape or "Crime Scene" tape?
:confused:
The dock doesn't look so good, either...:(
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Forum: General Discussion
08-13-2023, 04:47 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 6,251
Surprise, Surprise...
I don't normally plant corn, but one popcorn seed dropped out of sight "forever" into my kitchen sink.
A couple of days later, I came face to face with a corn plant two feet tall! :eek2:
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Forum: General Discussion
08-10-2023, 03:40 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 6,251
Freeze...
A freeze took out much of New Hampshire's crops.
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
08-10-2023, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 10,039
Lights Up...
Princess telephones are still available in ivory-white and has a great feature of lighting the dial in the dark.
https://hchm.org/its-little-its-lovely-it-lights-the-princess-telephone/
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
08-10-2023, 03:31 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 17,918
About $3 Dollars...
Adapters for headphones are available from AliExpress.
One type charges while you listen...:cool:
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Forum: General Discussion
08-09-2023, 07:59 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,808
Wolfeboro Lost Power?
After looking around Winter Harbor for lights, I called the town to report this wee-hours outage.
The Town's number gave me this recorded message:
"We are aware of the outage. Call 569-1444 for...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
08-09-2023, 07:17 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 17,918
Somebody Said "Better Radio?"
I bought two strings of LED lights @$12 each. One has failed after only a couple of months!
A Smartphone could be the answer. You can tune-in to iHeart. :idea:
iHeart will tune-in AM and FM...
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Forum: Boating
08-08-2023, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 24,004
Feet vs Cleats...
Most videos I've seen of Pacific Ocean cruisers are barefoot as crews.
Others don't want wet shoes, but I own the specialized shoes (Topsiders) for cruising-class sailboat competition, and don't...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-07-2023, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,350
The Occasion Wasn't What It Seemed...
I was just turning-in, wondering where the noise was coming from.
It seemed like the noise was coming from the airport uphill from me. :confused: Some sounded like rifle fire, which are not...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-07-2023, 10:11 AM
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Replies: 83
Views: 37,126
Found It!
I have the shirt in front of me. It was located in the rag bin, because I have Red Squirrels here. :rolleye2:
On the back it says:
On the front it reads:
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Forum: Boating
08-06-2023, 07:52 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 23,983
Water Intake Not a Problem Now...
No sand in our intake at 18 inches, but we had no boat traffic in 1956.
After the galvanized pipe rusted through, we went to plastic poly pipe in 7 feet of water.
Around 1980, Winter Harbor...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-05-2023, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 112
Views: 31,762
Measure Twice...
From the bottom of my piling dock, the lake has dropped about 6 inches.
Sunning at the end of my dock, an unseen boat still mamaged to make a wake that washed over the entire length of the dock! ...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-05-2023, 05:21 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,563
Expect Spreading...
Cyanobacteria thrive especially well where lawns are present. :eek2:
Recent rains have "rinsed" large quantities of Phosphorus into the lake from upslope lawns. Alton Bay isn't as prone to this...
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