Only two more boating trips to Winnipesaukee for us...

Cal Coon · 06-10-2019, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave R

My favorite picture of the boat from the trip. This was in Fairport, NY. Cost 17 bucks to tie up there for 24 hours including 50 amp electric and nice bathrooms with great showers. The bridge tender and dock master checked in on us frequently to make sure we had everything we needed. Just a wonderful experience.

Sounds waaaaaay to good to be true... ONLY IN AMERICA!! That is an awesome picture.

Dave R · 06-10-2019, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Cal Coon

Sounds waaaaaay to good to be true... ONLY IN AMERICA!! That is an awesome picture.

Not just in America, Canada has beautiful towns and cities with canal walls and similar deals. This was our last boat, last year, on the wall in Ottawa. We stayed all day for free. Overnight would have been 25 bucks Canadian, which is a bargain in US currency.

We also stayed in a slip in Perth, ON (the prettiest town in ON and the last pic) overnight for $18 CAN

Dave R · 08-13-2019, 08:21 AM

We've put over 200 hours on the "new" boat so far and having a great time, but miss Winnipesaukee at times and looking forward to getting back on it in a couple of weeks with some friends on their new boat.

We've made it as far north and east as Port Clyde in Maine and I gotta say the New England coast is just fantastic to cruise and teeming with life. We rarely don't see whales, dolphins, sunfish, and seals; always see a huge assortment of birds, and often see sharks in our travels. There are a surprising number of loons in salt water, was not expecting that this time of year. Based on the massive schools of fish we see (they create a huge dark shadow in the water), they likely eat well.

There is apparently no concept of "safe passage" between power boats in the salt and it's refreshing. It's great to be able to anchor overnight and we do it often. We also enjoy the plethora of available transient slips (municipal and private) in different ports. Still scratching my head about how these concepts lack support on Winnipesuakee, but I'm glad they are normal everywhere else.

We've met some really cool folks in anchorages and over the years have anchored overnight 50+ times without ever experiencing any problems with noise or bad behavior. Last week we shared an anchorage with 4 super yachts (one was 223' long) one night, and on another night, we shared one with some German folks who had recently crossed the Atlantic from Greece and were enjoying New England immensely.

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Dave R Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,985 Thanks: 246 Thanked 744 Times in 444 Posts	We've put over 200 hours on the "new" boat so far and having a great time, but miss Winnipesaukee at times and looking forward to getting back on it in a couple of weeks with some friends on their new boat. We've made it as far north and east as Port Clyde in Maine and I gotta say the New England coast is just fantastic to cruise and teeming with life. We rarely don't see whales, dolphins, sunfish, and seals; always see a huge assortment of birds, and often see sharks in our travels. There are a surprising number of loons in salt water, was not expecting that this time of year. Based on the massive schools of fish we see (they create a huge dark shadow in the water), they likely eat well. There is apparently no concept of "safe passage" between power boats in the salt and it's refreshing. It's great to be able to anchor overnight and we do it often. We also enjoy the plethora of available transient slips (municipal and private) in different ports. Still scratching my head about how these concepts lack support on Winnipesuakee, but I'm glad they are normal everywhere else. We've met some really cool folks in anchorages and over the years have anchored overnight 50+ times without ever experiencing any problems with noise or bad behavior. Last week we shared an anchorage with 4 super yachts (one was 223' long) one night, and on another night, we shared one with some German folks who had recently crossed the Atlantic from Greece and were enjoying New England immensely.

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