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Originally Posted by JG1222
"...if you see a 38' cigarette boat bearing down on you - move."
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Really good advice, there. We had a boating visitor crushed to death by a 38-foot racer. No rescue was attempted -- a too-common collision response by these Big Boaters. (Bajas haven't
always "made the Lake safer").
You can always buy a bigger boat than your 17-footer, but 24-feet wasn't enough...
once.
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Originally Posted by Just Sold
..."Horror stories happen far less than the enjoyable days."...
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Just Sold brings "The Happy Face" to the issue.
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Originally Posted by Dave R
"It's rarely very choppy in the bay itself and if the worst kind of Winnipesaukee wind picks up (a northwest wind)..."
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I've never heard of "the worst kind of Winnipesaukee wind" before! Northwesterlies are a sign of good weather -- dry, moderate, steady winds, sunny, and predictable. Northerlies are super-dry, cold, and rare, in the summer.
To me, it's a tie between East and South as "the worst kind" of Winnipesaukee wind: Easterlies are damp, often imbedded with solid rain, can be very windy, and last for days. We once had a solid summer week of windy rain.
It's the muggy Southerlies (from Massachusetts way) that warn you -- watch for thunderstorms in the PM.