I took a boat out for a shake down cruise yesterday and just for chuckles I went over to the area of the Witches to see for myself what they look like this season.
I know where the Witches are, they have been in view of my family's places at the lake since long before I can remember and I'm pretty sure they haven't moved.
As I rounded the backside of Governor's headed into Saunders Bay I did not sight a single bouy! I didn't even sight the bouy at the end of Governor's Island that has been there for as long as I can remember.
Are they missing? Probably not, but it seems to me that if they can't be seen they are as good as missing.
I know that time and weather play a role in moving and even destroying aides to navigation, that's why the Coast Guard has a Notice to Mariners listing. If similar aides to navigation are destroyed and/or missing on the lake perhaps the state should include a similar "Notice to NH Mariners" on their website.
Oh, there's that funding thing again, adding another unfunded mandate to MP to deal with....oh well.
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