Been caught in that same situation too many times,,,
And when we were in 20' or smaller outboard boats in my youth it used to get a bit unnerving.
The worst is when you are already out in the middle of the lake when it hit.
On a couple of occasions when I was in Wolfeboro or maybe we were water skiing over by the cluster of islands south east of Wolfeboro (Varney Islands?) I found it was actually better to come around by Barndoor Island and cut across from Clay Point to Smalls Cove rather than go back and cross the lake from Wolfeboro across the middle of the lake to rattlesnake Island. You just got so beat up in those little boats and often you got very wet,,,
Passengers would be terrified being out in the middle of the lake in a storm, but once you got behind the islands you got a lot of protection from the wind and waves.
Unfortunately, very active lightning only compounded the situation,,,
Then if you are there after the storm blows through, the lake is often amazingly peaceful, almost picture perfect. Well sometimes,,,
Glad you broke through and had that positive post-storm calm to end the trip. Now everyone had a story to tell about how you pulled them through!
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