In the winter of 1956-57 my dad decided to build a boat, It was not a very big boat, just 11'6" if I recall. It was first powered by a 6 hp Elgin and it did not operate very well. So a 12 hp Elgin was put on it, but it needed repairs more than it ran. In the fall of 57 my dad put a deposit on a 1957 18 HP Johnson and that did the trick, now the boat would get up and plane. But my Dad sort of lost that boat, to my brother and I. That boat has been on every spot on the lake. When gas was .34 per gallon and that included the oil. We used $264.00 of gas in that boat alone that summer. In 1970 I bought that boat from my father, I was in my second hitch with the Navy and it was going to New London, but it needed some work. After much work with a new transom, and fiberglass everywhere I became scared of the boat enough so, that on Jan 1 1971 my brother and I took the boat to the Groton Dump and watched as a bulldozer destroyed it. The memories that boat has made for all who road her will never die. The "Puddy-Tat" has been the best boat I ever owned. Did you know that in Loon Cove there is two bridges the second one in the 60s anyway was taken over by some beavers.
Boating and memories are with all of us on this lake. Hopefully all yours are as happy as mine have been.
