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skprbob · 06-10-2007, 10:41 PM

This is a really nice thread - I've mostly lurked with an occasional post, and it's a pleasure to find out a bit about others!

I grew up on Long Island (NY) and discovered Winni at the tender age of 11 when I started as a camper at the late Camp Idlewild on Cow Island. I spent 14 wonderful summers there as a camper, CIT, and counsellor until it closed in 1975 (like Wyanoke). I took up a career teaching Physics and Chemistry and coaching at various prep schools around New England but always came back to the Lake in the summer. I spent a few more summers at other camps, then ten summers as a Marine Patrol officer, finally ending up with Winni Flagship as the skipper of the Sophie C - hence the screen name - all the time as a summer house sitter for an old friend in Tuftonboro.

I finally bought my own place up here in 1994 near 19 Mile Bay. I left the classroom in 1999 and took up full time with Flagship. You might spot me in the engine room or the wheelhouse of the Mount, actually getting paid to cruise my favorite Lake!

I've been a long-time SCUBA diver, ham radio op (W1RSR), player of Scottish music, and contra dancer.

This is an incredibly diverse group and always enjoyable - occasionally exasperating - to follow. I do hope, with all of our opinions, we never lose sight of the fact that we all love the Lake!

06-10-2007, 10:41 PM	#131
skprbob Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 19 Mile Bay Posts: 147 Thanks: 0 Thanked 90 Times in 29 Posts	here's one more This is a really nice thread - I've mostly lurked with an occasional post, and it's a pleasure to find out a bit about others! I grew up on Long Island (NY) and discovered Winni at the tender age of 11 when I started as a camper at the late Camp Idlewild on Cow Island. I spent 14 wonderful summers there as a camper, CIT, and counsellor until it closed in 1975 (like Wyanoke). I took up a career teaching Physics and Chemistry and coaching at various prep schools around New England but always came back to the Lake in the summer. I spent a few more summers at other camps, then ten summers as a Marine Patrol officer, finally ending up with Winni Flagship as the skipper of the Sophie C - hence the screen name - all the time as a summer house sitter for an old friend in Tuftonboro. I finally bought my own place up here in 1994 near 19 Mile Bay. I left the classroom in 1999 and took up full time with Flagship. You might spot me in the engine room or the wheelhouse of the Mount, actually getting paid to cruise my favorite Lake! I've been a long-time SCUBA diver, ham radio op (W1RSR), player of Scottish music, and contra dancer. This is an incredibly diverse group and always enjoyable - occasionally exasperating - to follow. I do hope, with all of our opinions, we never lose sight of the fact that we all love the Lake!