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Zee · 06-03-2005, 12:58 PM

We have a 19 foot boat that goes everywhere on the Lake. In and around the Weir's on the weekend can get very choppy with all the boat traffic. I would suggest going there during the week. Winter Harbor is very well protected from a lot of the bad weather and chop the broads experiences. (The borads is the large expanse of lake from Barndoor Island to the Weirs.) Don't let the broads scare you, most of the time the navigation is just fine. If you are used to going out off-shore at home, you should be fine. Just watch the sky as storms will have a major impact on the wave action. It is a big lake and our favorite sections are the north part of the lake. Even on weekends, it is not very busy from Cow Island through the graveyard and into Moultonboro Bay into Green's basin. Lots of water up there and a lot less boats.

There are lots of areas to tie up at public docks. Going couterclockwise from Winter Harbor, try Pier 19 in 19 Mile Bay for some of the best sirloin burgers and very expensive gas. There are no water access restaurants in Moultonboro Bay other than Pier 19 and some might say that is not technically Moult. Bay. Going further west, you have Center Harbor with a grocery store, hardware store, wine shop, Coe House restaurant and for breakfast and lunch try Sam & Rosie's. Further west is Meredith. Too much to do to name it all but at least 12 restaurants within walking distance from pizza to seafood, all kinds of shops. Walk up the hill behind the Mill and you have many more shops. Then there is the Weir's, very honky tonk and great for kids. Paugus Bay has a Burger King (yuk) with docks. Glendale has public docks, but there aren't any restaurants or shops within walking distance. Ames Farm in Gilford (At the Alton line) has a nice restaurant with a nice breakfast menu I am told. Then there is Alton Bay with a few restaurants. And finally Wolfeboro. There are many docks there and on weekends you may have to drift out there waiting your turn but it is my favorite town. Walk up the street to the Wolfe's tavern, one of my favorite eating spots. Lots of shops.

06-03-2005, 12:58 PM	#13
Zee Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Union Wharf, Tuftonboro Posts: 173 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 1 Post	We have a 19 foot boat that goes everywhere on the Lake. In and around the Weir's on the weekend can get very choppy with all the boat traffic. I would suggest going there during the week. Winter Harbor is very well protected from a lot of the bad weather and chop the broads experiences. (The borads is the large expanse of lake from Barndoor Island to the Weirs.) Don't let the broads scare you, most of the time the navigation is just fine. If you are used to going out off-shore at home, you should be fine. Just watch the sky as storms will have a major impact on the wave action. It is a big lake and our favorite sections are the north part of the lake. Even on weekends, it is not very busy from Cow Island through the graveyard and into Moultonboro Bay into Green's basin. Lots of water up there and a lot less boats. There are lots of areas to tie up at public docks. Going couterclockwise from Winter Harbor, try Pier 19 in 19 Mile Bay for some of the best sirloin burgers and very expensive gas. There are no water access restaurants in Moultonboro Bay other than Pier 19 and some might say that is not technically Moult. Bay. Going further west, you have Center Harbor with a grocery store, hardware store, wine shop, Coe House restaurant and for breakfast and lunch try Sam & Rosie's. Further west is Meredith. Too much to do to name it all but at least 12 restaurants within walking distance from pizza to seafood, all kinds of shops. Walk up the hill behind the Mill and you have many more shops. Then there is the Weir's, very honky tonk and great for kids. Paugus Bay has a Burger King (yuk) with docks. Glendale has public docks, but there aren't any restaurants or shops within walking distance. Ames Farm in Gilford (At the Alton line) has a nice restaurant with a nice breakfast menu I am told. Then there is Alton Bay with a few restaurants. And finally Wolfeboro. There are many docks there and on weekends you may have to drift out there waiting your turn but it is my favorite town. Walk up the street to the Wolfe's tavern, one of my favorite eating spots. Lots of shops. Last edited by Zee; 06-03-2005 at 02:57 PM.