Trivia ??

Phantom · 09-04-2008, 01:54 PM

Okay, this one has bugged me for years and I keep forgeting to Post it (perhaps it was addressed long ago)

There are some 76 Floating Lights on the Lake --- Why (in the numbering scheme) was #31-38 skipped ??

Inquiring minds need to know

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Dave R · 09-04-2008, 01:59 PM

31 through 35 used to mark the Weirs Channel (maybe still do????). Dunno about 36, 37 and 38 though.

jrc · 09-04-2008, 02:28 PM

I heard similar to DaveR. 31-38 are the four black and four red bouys in the Wiers channel.

On the same subject, there seems to be two or more overlapping sequences of numbers. If you follow the numbers from one, they seem to make a logical path through the lake. The higher numbers seem to be added afterwards.

Anyone know the history of the bouys?

Phantom · 09-04-2008, 02:52 PM

Thanks DaveR --- makes sense to me

And I love jrc's question but to add to his question .... where's the logic in the path? Doesn't obviously follow the Mount route and I'm confident Black Cat & Farrer Pt were thrown in simply as the next in the sequence

Wohoo, I started a thread no one get's bashed in!!
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Senter Cove Guy · 09-04-2008, 07:23 PM

There are 54 numbered flashing light buoys on this map. 31 - 38 are listed as follows:

31 Weirs Channel, N.E. (Red)
32 Weirs Channel, S.W. (Amber)
33 Weirs Channel, N.E. (Red)
34 Weirs Channel, N.W. (Amber)
35 Weirs Channel, N.E. (Red)
36 Weirs Channel, S.W. (Amber)
37 Weirs Channel, N.W. (Amber)
38 Weirs Channel, N.W. (Amber)

jrc · 09-04-2008, 08:40 PM

Lets follow the markers:

1,2,3,4,5
Weirs Beach to Center Harbor via the Bear Island channel

6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14
Center Harbor, to Moultonboro bay
Around Long Island, by Little Bear, by the Graveyard and through Melvin Bay up to it gets real rocky

8 Round Is, seems out of sequence

17,18,16,19,15
Out through the Barber pole and into Winter Harbor
These numbers are jumbled but there is a path

20,21
Winter Harbor to Wolfeboro

22,23
Wolfeboro to Alton Bay

24,25,26

From Rattlesnake to the Witches

27,28,29

Timber, Mark and Mink

30-38

Back to the Weirs

So there is a definite round the world pattern here and after 39 I don't easily see a pattern

39 Paugus Bay
40 Keniston
41 Ragged
42 Rock
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Phantom · 09-29-2008, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Senter Cove Guy

There are 54 numbered flashing light buoys on this map. 31 - 38 are listed as follows:

31 Weirs Channel, N.E. (Red)
32 Weirs Channel, S.W. (Amber)
33 Weirs Channel, N.E. (Red)
34 Weirs Channel, N.W. (Amber)
35 Weirs Channel, N.E. (Red)
36 Weirs Channel, S.W. (Amber)
37 Weirs Channel, N.W. (Amber)
38 Weirs Channel, N.W. (Amber)

Came across a map over the week-end from "1966 / 1967" and the FL's #31-38 were still listed in the Weirs Channel with a total of 73 markers (up from the 54 that Senter Cove Guy has listed in 1953)

TRIVIA Question #5 -- When did they elimnate the Floating lites from the Weirs Channel

(This one I do not have the answer to)
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09-04-2008, 01:54 PM	#1
Phantom Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Berlin, Ma / Gilford Posts: 1,934 Thanks: 450 Thanked 605 Times in 341 Posts	Trivia ?? Okay, this one has bugged me for years and I keep forgeting to Post it (perhaps it was addressed long ago) There are some 76 Floating Lights on the Lake --- Why (in the numbering scheme) was #31-38 skipped ?? Inquiring minds need to know . . . __________________ *A bad day on the Big Lake (although I've never had one) - Still beats a day at the office!!*

09-04-2008, 02:52 PM	#4
Phantom Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Berlin, Ma / Gilford Posts: 1,934 Thanks: 450 Thanked 605 Times in 341 Posts	Thanks DaveR --- makes sense to me And I love jrc's question but to add to his question .... where's the logic in the path? Doesn't obviously follow the Mount route and I'm confident Black Cat & Farrer Pt were thrown in simply as the next in the sequence Wohoo, I started a thread no one get's bashed in!! . . . __________________ *A bad day on the Big Lake (although I've never had one) - Still beats a day at the office!!*

09-04-2008, 01:59 PM	#2
Dave R Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,984 Thanks: 246 Thanked 743 Times in 443 Posts	31 through 35 used to mark the Weirs Channel (maybe still do????). Dunno about 36, 37 and 38 though.

09-04-2008, 02:28 PM	#3
jrc Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NH Posts: 2,689 Thanks: 33 Thanked 439 Times in 249 Posts	I heard similar to DaveR. 31-38 are the four black and four red bouys in the Wiers channel. On the same subject, there seems to be two or more overlapping sequences of numbers. If you follow the numbers from one, they seem to make a logical path through the lake. The higher numbers seem to be added afterwards. Anyone know the history of the bouys?

09-04-2008, 07:23 PM	#5
Senter Cove Guy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 596 Thanks: 291 Thanked 429 Times in 140 Posts	From a 1953 Navigation Chart of Lake Winnipesaukee There are 54 numbered flashing light buoys on this map. 31 - 38 are listed as follows: 31 Weirs Channel, N.E. (Red) 32 Weirs Channel, S.W. (Amber) 33 Weirs Channel, N.E. (Red) 34 Weirs Channel, N.W. (Amber) 35 Weirs Channel, N.E. (Red) 36 Weirs Channel, S.W. (Amber) 37 Weirs Channel, N.W. (Amber) 38 Weirs Channel, N.W. (Amber) __________________ Lake Winni - The only place I want to be during the summer.

09-04-2008, 08:40 PM	#6
jrc Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NH Posts: 2,689 Thanks: 33 Thanked 439 Times in 249 Posts	Lets follow the markers: 1,2,3,4,5 Weirs Beach to Center Harbor via the Bear Island channel 6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14 Center Harbor, to Moultonboro bay Around Long Island, by Little Bear, by the Graveyard and through Melvin Bay up to it gets real rocky 8 Round Is, seems out of sequence 17,18,16,19,15 Out through the Barber pole and into Winter Harbor These numbers are jumbled but there is a path 20,21 Winter Harbor to Wolfeboro 22,23 Wolfeboro to Alton Bay 24,25,26 From Rattlesnake to the Witches 27,28,29 Timber, Mark and Mink 30-38 Back to the Weirs So there is a definite round the world pattern here and after 39 I don't easily see a pattern 39 Paugus Bay 40 Keniston 41 Ragged 42 Rock ....