I'll add my observations to the above:
1) Boat traffic seemed way down compared to past years. Not sure if it was NWS or gas prices or ??? but there were less boats out and about.
2) Given the late announcement and poor visibility that the NWS declaration had, I was surprised to see so many people aware of it and either complying or trying to. Looking up/down Alton Bay I'd have swagged something like 50 - 60 %
awareness, if not actual compliance. As noted above there were some people who were obviously unaware or had no clue as to what 600' is. I have to say these didn't bother me as much as the people who knew they were supposed to be at NWS within 600' but just couldn't get themselves to do
actual NWS. I saw a lot of bow high mushers out there. I guess they knew they were supposed to slow down but forgot it was the
NW rather than the
S part that was the reason. When I get a chance I'll post some pics of the more obvious examples.
3) I also saw a number of people slow down at Sandy Pt (NWS or nearly) only to speed up again south of the Pt where the bay opens up a bit. Same was true of people headed up the bay. I can only deduce that they were aware of the NWS but hadn't figured out that the transition from on - off - on plane is worse than staying on-plane. I suppose I can't blame them as they were following the rule but it's an example of the rule hurting rather than helping.
4) That all said, the winds of last week had already done in a few docks up and down from us. I'm not sure what the Mother Nature to cruiser wake equivalency ratio is, but it's pretty high.
5) The MP was busy Sat, invisible on (late) Sun & Mon. Does anyone know if they're fully staffed at this time of year ?
6) I didn't see as much debris as I saw last weekend. More than usual for this time of year for sure, but all that I saw was small stuff. Except for the 1 large log off the beach in Alton Bay. Or perhaps it wasn't a log ... perhaps it was Winni sunning herself, waiting for some perch to show up on the beach ?
