Who remembers The Tonimar ???

mcdude · 02-15-2006, 01:08 PM

WBB:
It was for auction on e-bay. Someone else won th auction so I wrote to them on e-bay's "contact member" function. He is from South Carolina but vacations in Alton Bay. I told him it would be great to see it on a forum thread so he made a color copy and mailed it to me! You'd be surprised at how much unsolicited historical material people e-mail to me! McD

mcdude · 03-06-2006, 08:04 PM

Wolfeboro - The U.S. Mailboat delivers the morning mail at CANOPACHE LODGE and COTTAGES - Wolfeboro - This Lake Winnipesaukee Resort offers housekeeping cottages and rooms in the Lodge for spring, summer and fall vacations. Overnighters welcome too.

Tallyho · 06-21-2006, 12:58 AM

I spent my summers at Alton Bay starting in 1952, and I remember the Tonimar very well. She left early and returned late. Occaisionly we would get to see the former steam yacht Swallow on a trip "down the bay".
Mcdude, thank you for your superb articles about the lake and the early railroads. I think that I can date your Canopache Lodge postcard to 1959 or therabouts. The boat tied to the pier looks like a Thomphson of that era, and the outboard motor on it is an Evinrude, or Johnson 50 hp, v-4, which came out in 1959.

mg2107 · 06-24-2006, 08:26 PM

Her owner when she was a mail boat was Captain Lawerence Beck. He was a real character and a great guy. They don't make um like that any more.Always had a cigar and a story. Lived in Alton all his life. His wife ran a guest home in the summer on main st. in Alton.
He had a large boat house at the Woodlands in West Alton where he dry docked her and worked on her in the winter. Kept her in the boat house in the bay in the summer. Hired Alton high school boys to help him with the mail runs in the summer. I'm sure he looking down with pride that his Tonimar is still on the lake.

Just Sold · 06-25-2006, 06:57 PM

TallyHo,
Was your place on the east side of the bay with a boat of the same name as you? The boat is still there today in the covered dock next to the Collins' place. I loved boat and remember the cottage as well from my youth. Never got a real close up look though. I did see the boat at Shibley's at the Pier last year.

Tallyho · 06-26-2006, 05:25 PM

It must be a different Tallyho. Our cottage was on the west side of Alton Bay, just before the Bayside Motel. The boat was named Tallyho, and is a wooden, blue/white 1965 Chris Craft Cavalier that hasn't been on the lake in about 10 years. I have seen similar boats, but never with the same name.

02-15-2006, 01:08 PM	#1
mcdude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rock Haven Lake - West Newfield, ME Posts: 5,367 Thanks: 374 Thanked 1,057 Times in 495 Posts	e-bay of course! WBB: It was for auction on e-bay. Someone else won th auction so I wrote to them on e-bay's "contact member" function. He is from South Carolina but vacations in Alton Bay. I told him it would be great to see it on a forum thread so he made a color copy and mailed it to me! You'd be surprised at how much unsolicited historical material people e-mail to me! McD

03-06-2006, 08:04 PM	#2
mcdude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rock Haven Lake - West Newfield, ME Posts: 5,367 Thanks: 374 Thanked 1,057 Times in 495 Posts	Tonimar at the Canopache Cottages Wolfeboro - The U.S. Mailboat delivers the morning mail at CANOPACHE LODGE and COTTAGES - Wolfeboro - This Lake Winnipesaukee Resort offers housekeeping cottages and rooms in the Lodge for spring, summer and fall vacations. Overnighters welcome too.

06-21-2006, 12:58 AM	#3
Tallyho Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 312 Thanks: 439 Thanked 16 Times in 13 Posts	Tonimar I spent my summers at Alton Bay starting in 1952, and I remember the Tonimar very well. She left early and returned late. Occaisionly we would get to see the former steam yacht Swallow on a trip "down the bay". Mcdude, thank you for your superb articles about the lake and the early railroads. I think that I can date your Canopache Lodge postcard to 1959 or therabouts. The boat tied to the pier looks like a Thomphson of that era, and the outboard motor on it is an Evinrude, or Johnson 50 hp, v-4, which came out in 1959.

06-25-2006, 06:57 PM	#5
Just Sold Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Suncook, NH, but at The Lake at Heart Posts: 2,615 Thanks: 1,083 Thanked 434 Times in 210 Posts	TallyHo Question TallyHo, Was your place on the east side of the bay with a boat of the same name as you? The boat is still there today in the covered dock next to the Collins' place. I loved boat and remember the cottage as well from my youth. Never got a real close up look though. I did see the boat at Shibley's at the Pier last year. __________________ Just Sold At the lake the stress of daily life just melts away. Pro Re Nata

06-26-2006, 05:25 PM	#6
Tallyho Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 312 Thanks: 439 Thanked 16 Times in 13 Posts	Tallyho It must be a different Tallyho. Our cottage was on the west side of Alton Bay, just before the Bayside Motel. The boat was named Tallyho, and is a wooden, blue/white 1965 Chris Craft Cavalier that hasn't been on the lake in about 10 years. I have seen similar boats, but never with the same name.

06-24-2006, 08:26 PM	#4
mg2107 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 169 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Her owner when she was a mail boat was Captain Lawerence Beck. He was a real character and a great guy. They don't make um like that any more.Always had a cigar and a story. Lived in Alton all his life. His wife ran a guest home in the summer on main st. in Alton. He had a large boat house at the Woodlands in West Alton where he dry docked her and worked on her in the winter. Kept her in the boat house in the bay in the summer. Hired Alton high school boys to help him with the mail runs in the summer. I'm sure he looking down with pride that his Tonimar is still on the lake.