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Originally Posted by hancoveguy
Ok, I am still pretty new around here, but what or who is the GFBL crowd? I hope I am not part of it cuz it sounds bad, lol...
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I too am not a regular here and not sure what GFBL is but it sounds frightning,,,
Sorry I dont know all the players here, but I fear this stands for something like "
Green (tree hugger)
Fruitloop
Birkenstock wearing
Lesbian" basically anti-powerboaters,,, Oh sorry, maybe we cant say this stuff here.
But seriously, what is going on with Winnipesaukee???
As a kid in the 1960's I spent every summer on Alton Bay and my fondest memories were of the MT Washington going cur-chunk, cur-chunk, cur-chunk up and down the bay and the drone of the open exhaust big-block powered jet boats and inboards of the day echoing across the lake.
A good morning started with a trip to the marina where the air was filled with the sweet smell of the white gas and pure 2-cycle oil that was mixed in heavy doses. It just smelled like FUN!
The reason so many towns on Winnipesaukee have public docks is to accommodate the powerboats, not the row boats or the sail boats or the tree huggers who hate everyone and everything that intrudes into their world.
Sorry for the rant, but as someone who didn’t inherit waterfront property but still likes to trailer up and partake of the lake with my children, I for one am finding it harder and harder every year to enjoy Winnipesaukee.
I have been harassed by the Marine Patrol for the kids having there ankle over the side of the boat, for anchoring too close to some other boat near the G-Island bridge (we were well separated and I think they just wanted us all out of there even though we were quietly sitting with no radio and just enjoying our lunch and the views for a few moments)
I now cant launch my boat at Ames farm (which we have been doing for longer than I can remember) and now have to drive to Meredith or Wolfeboro for a ramp with parking.
I apologize for the GFBL comment (when I dont even know what it really means), but I for one feel like Winnipesaukee is changing and becoming less accepting of out of towners and powerboaters in general.
On a positive note, but for the few clueless goofballs out that shouldn't operate anything motorized, most of the powerboaters I encounter on the lake give my family a wave and look like they are friendly enough.
Its always the few elitists out there that know what’s better for the rest of us and ruin it for all.
Well that’s probably more that an outsider should say,,, I’ll go back to reading the snowmobile trail reports,,, Oh sorry nothing good to be found there,,,
p.s. this is my idea of a day of fun,,, (and yes this is my boat and my family, not some phantom! You will see us on the lake!!!)
