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Going Deep with Dive Winnipesaukee
By Barbara Neville Wilson | Photos courtesy of Dive Winnipesaukee When asked why he decided to scuba dive at a young age, Tom Wachsmuth’s eyes twinkle and he begins to grin. “What else would any 12 year-old boy want to do?” he asks. Indeed, when you listen to the Dive Winnipesaukee owner, his manager Nick Sackos or explorers such as Hans Hug share tales about diving, you start to think, “What else would anyone want to do?” While historians find reference to breath-hold diving in ancient documents, it was only in the mid-20th century, when Jacques Cousteau and partner Emile Gagnan invented the Aqualung, that modern scuba diving was born. Since 1979, Dive Winnipesaukee and its related predecessors have taught scuba diving, rented, sold, and maintained equipment, and led tours from headquarters on Main Street in Wolfeboro. Dive Winnipesaukee’s services are in demand for search and recovery efforts, and its team of instructors has trained most water recovery personnel employed by area emergency services. What would it take to get someone like me under the water? I wonder. “We’ve got ‘Try Scuba,’ ” Tom says. “Try Scuba” is a 2-2 ½ hour course that gives beginners a taste of diving. Students learn safety rules and get to try out basic gear in the shallow water of a lake or a pool. Dive instructors teach the course to a small group, and the age range can be quite broad. It’s not uncommon
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he says. Most people want to move right into getting certified. An Open Water certification never expires. Tom explains that by the time most people start looking into scuba classes, they have already explored the sport enough to decide they want to get certified. Instead of “Try Scuba,” they choose to put the hours into certification classes. Why become certified? In an industry where safety is of primary importance, the certificate is proof that you have learned foundational concepts of diving and are prepared to complete dives safely. Dive Winnipesaukee offers certification through Scuba School International (SSI). Proof of deliberate, personalized training, the certificate ensures that every student knows the equipment, has sufficient skill to dive safely, and
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is fully comfortable in the water. Certified Open Water divers are entitled to dive anywhere in the world. Children as young as 10 can earn certification to dive with an adult until they are 16, and Tom tells me if a diver is not certified, dive shops cannot rent or sell them equipment for diving. The basic certification course is 20 to 24 hours and has three parts: Academics, Pool (or confined water) training and Open Water sessions. Thinking the water in local lakes is still a little cold for water sports? No worries. You can get started on Scuba Certification in spite of cold water/weather. The Academic portion of the training is online and can be completed wholly offsite from Dive Winnipesaukee. Only a written final exam has to be administered directly at the shop. The team at Dive realizes that water access in Wolfeboro is limited by the seasons and people’s schedules, so they offer the hands-on portions of the course inside and outside, all over the state, all year long. Both Tom and Nick teach at Plymouth State University several times a year, and their stable of instructors educates divers at local camps, schools, associations and emergency rescue facilities, as well as from their store on Wolfeboro Bay or at private residences. Generally, the course is taken in two-to-three hour sessions, twice a week for four weeks, but the Dive team is committed to suiting their clients’ schedules. “We do a training every year for interns at the Squam Lakes Association in just one week,” explains Tom as an example. The interns’ schedule doesn’t allow
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a longer training, so in one intense week, six to eight college interns are taught to safely scuba dive and operate a boat. Dive also teaches scuba to employees and campers at camps, including Camps Brookwoods in Alton. “We’re all about customer service,” says Nick. They go where clients need them. By the time hands-on training is complete, students will have gone on three or four shallow water dives, and at least four open water dives. Once certified, many Dive clients join Dive personnel for tours on Winnipesaukee, exploring shipwrecks and sites with compelling natural features. One of the most popular tours is the wreck of the Lady of the Lake, a side-paddle steamer that sank in just 30 feet of water in 1895, and it’s one of Nick’s favorites to lead. Once Open Water certified, many divers like to pursue advanced training. Dive offers dryland training, First Aid, CPR, Oxygen Management and advanced training throughout the year. One of the most popular courses for people heading on tropical vacations is Enriched Air Nitrox (EAN) training, where divers learn to manage their breathing mixture, reducing nitrogen and enriching oxygen so they can stay underwater longer and dive safer. Calculate the savings, says Tom. Without Nitrox training, most divers get about an hour from a tank of air. Nitrox-trained divers generally get 15 more minutes from that same tank. If you pay $50 for a tour that generally lasts an hour, and you take four tours on a vacation, by the end of your holiday, you may have “earned” yourself an additional hour of diving.
After Open Water certification, divers can seek a wide variety of advanced certifications, including night diving, deep diving, navigation, educator certificates and training in basics of diving medicine. Other SSI certified divers will recognize their credentials worldwide. Satisfied with the breadth of answers to my simple questions, I get ready to leave, but Nick starts telling me how scuba diving leverages advantages for the otherly abled. “The whole point of scuba diving is to achieve neutral buoyancy,” he says, so non-ambulatory people go into the water at an advantage to people like me who expect to keep arms and legs in constant motion to tread water. (Actually, scuba divers don’t use arms at all, but move through the action of their finned feet.) Tom notes that folks with hearing impairments also make good divers. Because they have keenly developed vision, they readily see things lessexperienced divers miss. The Dive Pirates Foundation has developed an adaptive scuba program to help otherly able people experience the freedom diving can provide. Nick and Tom encourage families to consider it or other programs to help develop new skills and confidence. Dive Winnipesaukee isn’t just about scuba diving. As Nick says, the shop offers “anything that goes in, on or under the water.” Visit them to learn about scuba diving classes, buy bait and fishing supplies, browse their paddleboards, wakeboards, wetsuits, or swimsuits, or schedule a dive tour on Winnipesaukee or all over the world in the off-season. Nick started working at Dive Winnipesaukee when he was 15. He reminisces, “I could have worked as a bus boy, but this was such a cool place, I stayed.” By the time he was 16, he was a certified diver and diving became a major focus of his life. What else would anyone want to do? (Learn more about scuba diving certification at www.divessi.com. Dive Winnipesaukee is located at 4 North Main Street, Wolfeboro. Tom and Nick can be reached by calling 569-8080).
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I do not own a boat although I have lived in the Lakes Region for most of my life. Like many, I am accustomed to living near Lake Winnipesaukee. I drive around the lake, glancing now and then at its sparkling beauty on a summer’s day as I travel through lakeside communities such as Alton Bay and Wolfeboro and Meredith. But I am usually busy and don’t give the attention and appreciation to the lake’s endless and ever-changing beauty and scenery that I probably should. Last summer, I was dreaming of seeing some up-close and out-of-the-way spots that can be reached only by boat. Without a boat of my own, I knew it would be necessary to reach out to a skilled boater who could get me to some spots and coves and shorelines I had never seen before. Enter Bill Verner and Lake Winnipesaukee Boat Tours. Last summer was Bill’s first season offering boat tours to the public and he was eager to show me the lake he loves. “Take me to the places you like, the hidden coves and unusual spots a landlubber such as myself might not know of,” I asked of him on a heat wave late July day in 2015. (This year – 2016 – Bill will be back on the lake with a new Starcraft 26-ft. long pontoon boat for tours as well as rentals with Bill as captain but more on that later in this story.) It was a Thursday in high summer and a heat wave had descended upon the Lakes Region. Unlike many who do not enjoy such weather, I live for a good hot, humid day now and then and it seemed the perfect time to get out
on the lake. Bill met me for our tour at the Weirs Beach docks (but he can make arrangements to pick up passengers just about anyplace around the lake). This makes a trek on the Lake Winnipesaukee Boat tour very convenient. I happened to be in the Weirs area and we both agreed it would be easy to meet at the docks. Bill called me early that morning to say he had been watching the weather and, as is the case with many humid, high temperature days, thunderstorms were predicted for later in the afternoon. “Let’s take our tour earlier than we originally scheduled and get back to beat any bad weather,” Bill suggested. I was impressed that he was so conscientious and weather/safety aware. The last thing either of us wanted, he told me, was to be out on the lake when a big storm blew in. As an unseasoned boater, I trusted him to know best and agreed to push our tour time up by a few hours. The Weirs Beach/Boulevard area was starting to get busy on the midmorning time I parked and put money in the meter. We would be out for a few hours, but since it is best to overpay at a parking meter vs. coming back to face a parking ticket under my windshield, I fed the meter with coins for four hours of parking. (Little did I realize our tour would be so complete I would make it back to my car with only 15 minutes to spare on the meter!) Bill waited for me at the docks with his 22-foot Four Winns Bow Rider and
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Story and Photos by Kathi Caldwell-Hopper boat and I can take you wherever you wish to go, geared to your specific interests,” Bill said. (Bill knows the lake quite well, having been boating on it for about 29 years.) “I started the boat tours because I saw there is a need for people who might not have a boat to be able to access the water,” he explained. “So far, everyone who has taken the tour is extremely satisfied.” All was in tip-top condition, and soon we were underway. Bill said we would be going at no wake speed, which meant we would be following the rule of very slow speed as we went through the area near Weirs Beach. (You can tell no wake areas because there are signs posted in the water; it is important to follow the slow speed in these areas, rather like going at a lower speed in heavily populated pedestrian areas of towns.) Once we were clear of the no wake area, Bill urged me to sit in the front of the boat, where I would have a great view of everything on the lake…and lots of cool air! “We’ll go ‘up on top’ to get some speed,” he said, telling me that was terminology for gaining speed so the boat would travel on top of the waves, vs. hitting the waves if we were going slower. Indeed, we seemed to cruise over the water, and the wind and occasional mist from the water felt very cooling on the hot day. It wasn’t long before we were in the Meredith Bay area and I marveled how
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quickly we reached the spot vs. traveling in a car. Along the way, Bill pointed out Governor’s Island and Eagle Island and I was surprised and delighted to see loons not long after we started out. Bill kept well back from the wildlife and slowed way down; I was able to get a few photos before a camera-shy loon dove down into the water and out of sight. Soon Bill pointed out Spindle Point Lighthouse. This charming, tall lighthouse is made of stone and stands at the end of a point of land – it is private property but pretty to view from the water (this was certainly a new vantage point for me, usually a landlubber). In the area, Bill pointed out Stonedam Island, protected by the Lakes Region Bear Island Post Office Conservation Trust (LRCT). We reached it by going through a narrow cove area and I found this part of our boat tour very charming. We were close enough to Stonedam to see the protected, undeveloped shoreline with thick trees. (According to www.lrct.org, “The Stonedam Island Conservation Area encompasses 112 acres of the island, with 2.7 miles of undeveloped shoreline, acquired by LRCT in 1982 to protect one of the most significant undeveloped island parcels on the lake. Stonedam is a perfect place for a peaceful walk on a network of trails leading to points of interest all over the island, including one of the highest points on the Lake with a view of Copple Crown in clear weather. Docking for powerboats is available at a dock on the northeast shore of the island. The island can also be accessed by paddle craft. A network of trails, which are signed and blazed, extends from the dock to points of interest elsewhere on the island, one of the highest in the lake. The
loop around the island is 1.5 miles long.”) I commented to Bill that perhaps the forested Stonedam shoreline echoes what the islands would have looked like in the hundreds of years before settlers developed the area. Bill mentioned that he had heard otherwise. “I have been told the islands were mostly grassy fields back before they were settled.” (It would be interesting to learn what the islands really looked like before the days of vacationing brought cottages and big summer homes to the islands of Winnipesaukee.) We stayed well away from Stonedam’s shoreline, although it is open to the public (you have to have a boat to reach the island and you are expected to respect the land/ shore and follow rules.) “It is important to respect shore property,” Bill reiterated. Soon we moved on to Bear Island, and this is one not to miss. The charming little post office with dock right at the shoreline is a gathering spot for islanders and the U. S. Mail Boat Sophie C stops here on an island route to deliver and pick up the mail and passengers. The post office area always seems to have islanders gathered for conversation; this island is a great place due to its friendly, summer-casual atmosphere. Bear is a large island, with lots of shorefront property and cottages. Bill promised to show me a bear on the island and sure enough, as we rounded one end of Bear Island, there was a large, carved wooden bear sculpture at the water’s edge! It is just these fun and charming touches that make the islands so wonderful. As we continued our boat tour, we passed Camp Lawrence, located on Bear
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or thousands of years, boats were built mainly for use: as fishing platforms, military vessels, or representation of noble power. Dual developments in the 1800s led to the introduction of a leisure class and reliable transportation, and new industries were born. When a boy was born to James and Harriet Smith and they bestowed the name Christopher Columbus upon him, it’s hard to believe they could comprehend how he would be smitten with boats. But this Christopher Columbus wouldn’t be sailing anywhere. He was going to fly and he would bring all of the world, but especially America, with him. We are fortunate to have Middleton, New Hampshire’s Jack Savage who has literally “written the books,” on Chris-Craft, and we turned to some of
: 90 Year his research to tell the story about the family from Algonac, Michigan and the boat brand they created. In 1876, brothers Hank and Chris Smith started building boats to bridge the off seasons of their hunting and fishing guide service just outside of Detroit on Lake St. Clair, a 20 mile lake sandwiched between Lake Huron and Lake Erie in the Great Lakes region. Duck boats led to speedboats by the turn of the 20th century, and soon after Hank left boat building to own a grocery store. Chris Smith found himself partnering with successful businessmen to produce some of the fastest race boats in the world. The Chris Smith-built Baby Speed Demon II took the 1914 Gold Cup Regatta with an average speed of 50 miles per hour, and his 250-hp Sterling
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rs on Winnipesaukee powered Miss Detroit, was the 1915 Gold Cup winner. After engineer and businessman Gar Wood partnered with Smith and sons Jay and Bernard, their Miss Detroit II set a record of 56 miles per hour at the 1917 Gold Cup Regatta trials. Taking advantage of the new technology used in airplanes, the Miss Detroit III was powered by a Curtiss Model 12 aircraft engine and took Gold Cup honors in 1918. It won again in 1919 with a fresh Packard-built Liberty aircraft engine. In 1922, after nearly five decades of building faster and increasingly expensive powerboats—some would cost more than $500,000 today–Chris Smith and his sons Jay and Bernard decided to go in a different direction, and build boats for the everyday American. Taking advantage of many of the new
techniques introduced by fellow Michigander Henry Ford to the new auto industry, they created Chris Smith and Sons Boat Company, and employed 30 men to pump out boats at the rate of two per week. The legendary Chris-Craft was born. For nearly 50 years, “Chris-Craft” was the byword for recreational wooden boats as the company increased production annually. In 1923, the boat yard produced 33 motorboats, in 1925, 111, and by 1927, its production of 447 boats brought in gross revenue of $1 million. It was about this time that the first Chris-Craft came to Lake Winnipesaukee. Bruce Barnard, a summer resident of Brookfield, New Hampshire, is the owner of Babs LX, (hull number 60) that he purchased in the early 1970s
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from Goodhue and Hawkins who had the boat on consignment. Today it sports an original 90 HP World War I Curtiss OX5 aircraft engine like it came with back in 1925. She launched from Back Bay in Wolfeboro several times in 2015. The boat was originally owned by Sam Dunsford, a New Hampshire industrialist with a penchant for boat racing. The 26’ runabout was just one of his boats, including the famous Scotty Hackercrafts. Boating became an important American pastime. By 1930, the National Association of Engine and Boat Builders estimated a ratio of one boat to every 15 automobiles and 81 people. 400,000 of those boats had been built by Chris-Craft. Following the lead of Detroit carmakers, Chris Smith & Sons put out new models every year, and offered variations on themes. Like an ice cream shop offering a flavor in every color, 97 Chris-Craft models were offered in 1947 alone. Just in the Runabout series, the boatyard produced 8,461 boats in eight different styles between 1946 and 1959. Changes were made to suit changing tastes and times. Practical and economical Utility boats were introduced in the Depression-plagued 1930s. As the industrial look came into vogue in the 1940s, torpedo (or barrelback) hulls became popular. When fins appeared on cars post World War II, ChrisCraft’s first fiberglass was introduced in dorsal finned Cobras. To encourage boat ownership among young families Chris-Craft created its Kit Boat Division in 1950. For the low cost of $42, buyers received a box full of precut plywood pieces and were encouraged to buy Chris-Craft outboard motors to power them. This is perhaps the era of boating that most of us recall from our childhoods: Those 1950s wooden boats that our uncles and grandfathers took us out on and let us steer. Eventually fiberglass became the norm across the recreational boat industry, and in 1971, the last wooden Chris-Craft, a 57-foot Constellation, rolled off the assembly line. Since then, the company was sold, folded into a larger corporation and has gone through several transitions. In 2001 it was acquired as an independent American company by two Harvard business-school graduates, Stephen Heese and Stephen Julius. They are determined to return Chris-Craft to its
Babs LX, (hull number 60) a 1925 Chris-Craft 26' runabout sports an originally owned by Sam Dunsford, a New Hampshire industrialist with place as the source of iconic boats built for everyman. We saw that plan clearly unfolding as We sat at the Wolfeboro town docks on the last day of summer 2015. The bright, new 32’ Corsair moored next to
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original 90 HP World War I Curtiss OX5 aircraft engine. The boat was h a penchant for boat racing. Dockside was watched closely. Every passerby gawked at the sleek lines of the shiny hull. Several took the time to walk out for a closer look or to snap a photo with their camera phone. Bobbing up and down gently on the waves,
the craft appeared to dance on the water. Legend has it that the nation’s very first Chris-Craft dealership was right here on Winnipesaukee. Today, the best and largest selection of new and used Chris-Craft boats can be found at Lakeport Landing Marina on Paugus Bay in Laconia. This family-owned, full service marina offers sales, service, storage and boat gas. How good is the service? Well, there’s a waiting list for a slip. But if you’re in the market for a world class Chris-Craft, this should be your first stop in the Lakes Region or New England for that matter. If you long for the nostalgia of an old woodie, you can scour the many other locally owned marinas, like the 1958 28’ Constellation we found at Fay’s Boat Yard in Gilford. Another way to get a great price on a classic Chris-Craft is to attend the August 16 Vintage Boat auction at the New Hampshire Boat Museum in Wolfeboro. Every year a few restored beauties and a few restoration projects go under the gavel. Whether you own a 1939 Triple Cockpit Runabout, a 1960 wooden Capri or a 2016 fiberglass Corsair 32 like the one on the cover of this magazine, Chris-Craft is about the American Dream and Classic American Style. The classic lines. The soothing burble of the motor. The sleek sweep of the stern’s chrome nameplate. All speak quality and performance. Do you hear a ChrisCraft whispering to you? Huge thanks to Jack Savage, whose books Chris-Craft and Chris-Craft Boats (with Anthony Mollica, Jr) provided much of the history recorded in this article. Jack’s other books include Chris-Craft in the 1950s and Building Chris-Craft: Inside the Factories. We would also like to thank Peter Ferber who contributed the artwork for this piece. Many of Peter’s works, some of which feature classic wooden boats like Chris-Craft can be found at the Art Place in Wolfeboro. (You can find your own Peter Ferber MiniPoster on page 62 of this publication suitable for boathouse and cabin posting.)
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he 2016 season at the New Hampshire Boat Museum will be filled with new and exciting exhibits and activities. The museum is located on Center Street in Wolfeboro; it offers something for all ages and interests, from children to seniors. Each year, the museum hosts a number of exhibits that explore the world of boating and life on New Hampshire’s many lakes. This year’s featured exhibit, “We’ve Got You Covered: Art From Motorboating Magazine Covers 1914-1935,” looks back at a time when magazine covers were true works of art. The exhibit is on loan from the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, New York. Before the advent of digital graphic design, many magazines commissioned artists to create paintings to be used on magazine covers. Most people are familiar with illustrator Norman Rockwell’s Saturday Evening Post covers. MotorBoating magazine also commissioned covers; the artists’ paintings depicted the latest motorboats of the time driven by beautiful women and men. Today, these covers are not only visually appealing, but are historically interesting because they give us a view of boats from a bygone age. The Motor Boating Company, Inc. founded MotorBoating magazine in 1907. In 1909, the famed newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst purchased the magazine. The magazine had a long history as the foremost publication for the boating industry. The exhibit will display 30 covers spanning the years from 1914 through 1935. The exhibit also will include many copies of the original magazines from the Boat Museum’s collection. “We’ve Got You Covered” is just one of the Boat Museum’s attractions for this season. Another exhibit, “The Seduction of Speed:
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ine Covers 1914-1935, at the New Hampshire Boat Museum Ice Boating” will look at the lure of iceboats. The exhibit will feature the Boat Museum’s newly restored 1920s ice boat, a vintage skate sail, along with historic photos, video footage and other ice boating memorabilia. The third exhibit will focus on “McDuff Motors: A Local Enterprise.” The exhibit features McDuff motors from the collection of Jeff Fay, as well as the New Hampshire Boat Museum. The exhibit will look at the development of the McDuff Motor Company in Lakeport during the early part of the 1900s. And, of course, the museum will feature a wide range of glorious vintage boats on display from the museum’s permanent collection, as well as ones on loan from other collectors. One thing the New Hampshire Boat Museum is known for are educational programs that invite visitors to actively learn boat-related skills with their hands. If you are interested in learning to sail, the museum offers youth and adult sailing lessons in conjunction with the town of Wolfeboro. Or you can rent a share in the J-24 sailboat if you want to sail this summer but don’t want the expense of owning your own sailboat. If you would like to race your sailboat, you can enter the Lake Wentworth Sailing Regatta in August. The regatta is a joint program between the Boat Museum, the Town of Wolfeboro and the Lake Wentworth Association. The Boat Museum has fun programs for kids of all ages, from 5 to 100. Do you want to build your own boat? You can do that in the museum’s boatbuilding program. Two sessions are offered: One for adults and families in July and the other for youth over 12 in early August. Or perhaps you would like to race radio-controlled model yachts? The Back Bay Skippers meet each Tuesday and Thursday afternoon on Back Bay. Stop by to try your hand at this fun and addictive sport.
For kids or grandkids, don’t forget the museum’s fun and active Lake Discovery Camp in late July. Kids will learn about boat safety, play plenty of fun boat- and water-related games, conduct water experiments on a floating classroom, and ride the Millie B. New this year, the kids will also become Watershed Warriors. All these activities are part of the museum’s mission to teach young people about boating and water safety and to help them become good stewards of the environment. Do you want to have your own boat without having to build one? Come to the museum’s annual vintage boat auction on July 16. The auction features a wide range of boats, from beautifully restored vintage wooden boats to used fiberglass boats. Also up for bid will be canoes, sailboats, kayaks, rowboats and motors, as well as maritime and camp antiques for your home. This year, the auction will also include vintage cars. (Check out the museum’s website at www.nhbm.org closer to auction time to see the complete list of what’s being auctioned.) To see the full schedule of events or to learn more about the New Hampshire Boat Museum, please visit the museum’s website at nhbm.org. The New Hampshire Boat Museum is open to the public for the 2016 season from Saturday, May 28 daily through Monday, Oct. 10 from 10 am to 4 pm, Monday through Saturday, and Sunday from noon to 4 pm. The Museum is a not-for-profit institution focusing on New Hampshire’s boating and fresh water heritage. It is located at 399 Center Street, Wolfeboro Falls, two miles from downtown Wolfeboro in the former Allen “A” Resort dance hall/theater building. For further information, call 569-4554, email museum@nhbm.org, visit www.nhbm.org or via Facebook.
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What’s almost as much fun as boating? Dining by boat would definitely rank up there at the top of warm-weather pastimes. Visitors and residents alike know that dining out and boating go together quite well. Those boating on Lake Winnipesaukee can take their pick - from ice cream to burgers to tempting gourmet meals, the dining choices are endless. The restaurants listed here have boat docking or are in walking distance of the spot where you can park Canoe, Center Harbor your boat. This list is by no means comprehensive, but it includes some Laker favorites. Plan ahead (and/or call ahead), because dock spaces go fast in the busy summer months. If you are looking for casual waterfront dining in Alton Bay, head to Shibley’s at the Pier. The restaurant is a favorite spot for boaters and others who love the food, the relaxed atmosphere and the great views of Alton Bay. The restaurant has dining room seating, a lounge and deck seating in warm weather and offers everything from burgers to pizza to steak and seafood. Call 875-3636 or visit www.shibleysatthepier.com. If you’re hankering for great ice cream or casual burgers, seafood and more, stop at Shibley’s Drive-In (in business for about 40 years), also in downtown Alton Bay. Order up ice cream and sit at picnic tables or take it across the street to the town docks where you can enjoy the lake and boats going by on a warm summer’s day. Call 875-6611. The advent of spring is marked, for many, with the yearly seasonal opening of Pop’s Clam Shell Restaurant on Route 11 in Alton Bay. For years, Pop’s has been the place to go for seafood, burgers and subs; diners can opt to sit indoors or on fun and unique rooftop dining with great views of the bay. Just across the street from the town dock area, boaters can carry out and take their meal back to their boats. Delicious ice cream also is available. Call 875-6363. Although the River Run Deli is technically not on the lake, it is a great place to eat and to rent a kayak in Alton. Located just off the traffic circle on Rt. 28, the River Run Deli offers a menu with a variety of delicious items, as well as
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soft serve ice cream during the summer. If you are planning a party or taking a group out on your boat, take advantage of the River Run’s special gathering platters for large groups. Call 875-1000 to order ahead. Wolfeboro attracts many visitors each summer and fall. It’s popular for many reasons: shopping of all kinds, outdoor band concerts, craft fairs, parades…and of course the dockside area with spectacular views of the lake. Known as the oldest summer resort in America, the town has great restaurants within walking distance of the Wolfeboro Town Docks. The Bayside Grill & Tavern at 51 Mill Street has private dock space, and a waterfront patio. The Bayside is within walking distance of the Wolfeboro Town Docks where you may opt to dock your boat. Serving lunch and dinner, the atmosphere is casually elegant. The Bayside offers a Sports Pub for a casual drink and appetizers, the Tavern for relaxed dining in an English pub atmosphere, the main dining room, the porch which is great for a quiet lunch or dinner, the Waterfront Patio with views of Wolfeboro’s Back Bay, and banquet space for up to 50 people. Call 515-1002 for more information. O Bistro, located at the Inn on Main at 200 North Main Street in Wolfeboro offers delicious dinners. The menu includes salads, steak and seafood options, and even such delightful dishes as lobster mac and cheese, among the many choices. If you are planning a party or wedding, the spacious function space on the property will surely please guests. Call 515-1003 to make a reservation. The restaurant provides a shuttle service to the town docks.
If you are on the go or craving a hotdog, you will want to stop at Hot Dog Bob in Wolfeboro. For many, Bob is a fixture at the dock area (with lots of public boat parking) where Bob’s fun little hotdog cart offers great dogs and drinks during the summer. Longtime residents (and newcomers) to Wolfeboro love the ice cream treats at Bailey’s Bubble on Railroad Avenue in the downtown area. Park your boat at the town docks, and then it’s a quick step across Main Street to the charming little take-out ice cream business. Bailey’s offers everything from an ice cream cone to incredible sundaes made with your choice of homemade sauces (hot fudge and penuche are favorites) to flurries and other sweet treats. Call 569-3612. The Full Belli Deli serves just what the name says: you will definitely have a full belly after lunching on the delicious sandwiches and deli items on the menu! Located not far from the town docks at 15 Mill Street, the deli is open daily; call 569-1955 for information and/or specials. Dock your boat and stop by the Wolfetrap Grill and Raw Bar, 19 Bay St., Wolfeboro. Specializing in seafood, the restaurant has inside and outside dining in a relaxed atmosphere. Whether you’re hankering for seafood or even a burger, it is a great spot to reach by boat for lunch and dinner. Call 569-1047. Jo Green’s Garden Café at 33 Dockside Street, Wolfeboro, has indoor and outdoor dining with everything from pizza to seafood to pasta and salads.
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Upstairs, the Upper Deck Pub and Game Rooms are open for lunch and dinner, offering relaxed dining with views of the lake. This is where you also can get in on a fun game of pool or darts. Call 569-8668. If you want a relaxing place for breakfast or lunch, near the town docks, head to the Downtown Grille Café at 33 South Main Street in Wolfeboro. It is a great place for a delicious breakfast or lunch, or to just grab a quick cup of delicious coffee and a pastry for the boat ride home. (Catering also is offered.) Call 569-4504. If you’re looking for a place to dock and stay for the night, or for a wonderful meal, the Wolfeboro Inn at 90 N. Main St. has docking for its guests on a first-come, first-served basis. There is outside dining with lake views and the inn offers breakfast, lunch and dinner in Wolfe’s Tavern. Themed nights offer Sushi on Tuesdays, Taco Night on Thursdays and entertainment on Fridays and Saturdays. Call 569-3016. Just a few steps from the Glendale Town Docks is the Lyon’s Den Restaurant and Tavern, serving lunch and dinner year-round. Call 293-8833. With boat docking on the Weirs Channel, Donna Jean’s Diner at 1208 Weirs Blvd., Weirs Beach, offers breakfast and lunch with all items available for take-out. Call 366-5996. Tower Hill Tavern on Lakeside Avenue in Weirs Beach offers pizza, sandwiches, salads, and desserts. Call 366-9100. The Weathervane Seafood Restaurant at 279 Lakeside Avenue features a “lobster in the rough” menu in the summer, with sandwiches, dinners, and appetizers – of course, all-things-seafood are favorites on the menu! Boat docking is a short walk from the restaurant. Call 366-9101. Liliuokalani’s Ice Cream & Coffee Bar at 956 Weirs Boulevard serves all
kinds of ice cream, along with other food; relax at tables in a picnic grove and a patio bar. Call for docking space information: 366-9323. Faro Italian Grille, owned by the Ray family, is a favorite for a delicious meal just minutes from the docks at the Weirs. The menu offers everything from traditional Italian pizzas to pasta dishes and much more, in a casual and fun atmosphere. During the summer months, rooftop dining is a great chance to dine while overlooking Weirs Beach and the beautiful lake and mountains. Call 527-8073. Faro is located at 70 Endicott St. North in Laconia. Meredith offers many opportunities to pick up meals by boat. The Lakeside Deli & Grille at 2 Pleasant St. is a short walk from the town docks and offers a variety of appetizers, entrees and sandwiches, along with homemade soups. Call 677-7132. Craving Italian food after a day of boating on the lake? Head to Lago on Meredith Bay, Route 25 (docking is nearby at the town docks or at Lago.) Lago includes a lounge, waterfront seating or dine on the patio during warmer weather and watch all the boats on Meredith Bay. The menu features homemade pastas, Bistecca Toscana, osso buco, chicken Parmesan and more. Enjoy Meredith Bay from a dining deck that overhangs the water’s edge, or relax in the cozy lounge. Located inside Bay Point at Mill Falls, Lago’s eclectic decor includes beautiful hand-painted murals of the Italian countryside. Call 279-2253. Town Docks (restaurant) at the public docks area in Meredith is the place to be to meet friends and family and enjoy outdoor seating, tie-ups for those who come by boat, and a sandy outdoor Tiki Bar. Town Docks offers classic summer favorites, like lobster dinners, tasty salads, fried seafood plates, burgers, dogs, and more. Don’t forget homemade ice cream with dozens of
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flavors to choose from and generous portions! The restaurant opens for the season in May and closes in late fall. Call 279-3445. Lakehouse, located in Church Landing at Mill Falls at the Lake in Meredith serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a delicious, popular Sunday brunch. Drinks are served in the Lakehouse lounge. Call 279-5221. Across the street from the Meredith Town Docks is Camp restaurant, located inside the Chase House at Mill Falls. If you like a cozy, fun atmosphere that brings you back to the days of summer camps, this is the place to go! Camp’s atmosphere is definitely summer camp oriented; with a fieldstone fireplace, tin ceiling, and lots of comfort food, including signature Camp crackers, pot roast and apple fried chicken among other favorites. There are even s’mores for dessert. The décor features a tin roof, fieldstone fireplace, pine tables and screen door; you’ll feel like you’ve stepped back in time to summers past. Camp is open for dinner serving from 5 to 9 pm, Tuesday through Thursday, and 5 to 9:30 pm on Friday and Saturday. Call 279-3003. A short walk from the town docks brings diners to Sunshine and Pa’s, a great place to get breakfast and lunch. For information, call 279-5280. It is located at 11 Main Street in Meredith. At 10 Plymouth Street in Meredith, George’s Diner can’t be beat for homemade baked goods, burgers, sandwiches and dinners. Stop by for a hearty breakfast, a relaxed lunch with all sorts of daily specials or dinner with many menu options. Save room for dessert, because George’s serves everything from pudding to pie to cakes. Call 279-8723. Giuseppe’s Show Time Pizzeria (279-3313), located inside Mill Falls Marketplace, offers great pizza and musical entertainment in a festive atmosphere. The Waterfall Café (677-8631), also at the Marketplace,
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serves breakfast and lunch. The café has porch seating overlooking a 40foot waterfall with scenic views of Lake Winnipesaukee. The café offers fresh baked goods, homemade soups and chowders and a variety of salads and hearty sandwiches. Located on the third level of the historic mill building at Mill Falls Marketplace, the café is open daily; call 677-8631. Boaters craving a hearty breakfast in Center Harbor can park at the town docks and take a five-minute walk to the Center Harbor Diner on Route 25. The diner is open year-round for breakfast and lunch. Call 253-9881. Canoe Restaurant and Tavern on Route 25 serves lunch and dinner indoors and on the porch and patio. Canoe has great views of picturesque Lake Winnipesaukee with Lobster Mac & Cheese, hand-cut steaks and Sweet and Sour Calamari. Whether it’s a night out with the family or a quiet evening with friends, the restaurant offers something for every taste and appetite with five dining areas, each with its own inviting atmosphere, including the “Oar House” for a private party and the Porch for open-air dining during the summer. There is a complimentary shuttle service between the restaurant and the town docks, making it convenient for boaters. Lunch is served Friday through Sunday. Call 253-4762.
Elsewhere in Center Harbor, Lavinia’s on Rt. 25 serves dinner with an extensive menu. Located in the historic John Coe Mansion, Lavinia's is a casual fare restaurant and pub with stunning views of lake Winnipesaukee. The atmosphere is casual, but unique, from relaxed pub fare and drinks in the Belknap Club and the tavern to a romantic or sit-down dinner with family or friends in one of the restaurant’s dining rooms. Whether you crave steaks, seafood or other specialty dishes, Lavinia’s has a menu to suit every taste. It is a short walk from the town docks to the eatery. Call 253-8617. Located across from the Center Harbor town library, Dewey’s Ice Cream and Café, is located at 34 Plymouth Street. The eatery offers homemade ice cream, specialty sodas, smoothies and sandwiches. It will satisfy cravings with an extensive menu of ice cream treats. Call 253-4009. The Bay Restaurant at 23 Main St., Center Harbor, serves tasty breakfast and lunch (and dinners in season). Catering also is available. The eatery is a short walk from the town dock area. Call 677-7141. This is just a sampling of the restaurants on or near boat docking. Call ahead to the restaurant of your choice for updated information.
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commercial vessels, and fishing vessels always have the right of way. Stay to the right when approaching an oncoming craft, so that it passes on your left side. When overtaking another boat, pass on the right or left, but stay clear. If you’re about to cross paths with another boat, the craft on the right has the right of way. Slow down to let the boat continue its course, then pass behind it. Even when you are sure you have the right of way, a good safety rule is to never insist on it. Always ride defensively. • Wake crossing. If your course takes you across the wake of another boat, make sure your visibility is not obstructed by that boat. Stay far enough behind it so that you can see if other traffic is coming your way. • Operating speed. Follow local regulations regarding speed limits, whether posted or not. In congested areas, lower your speed. • Passengers and guests. Never carry more than the maximum passenger load specified for your craft. If you loan your craft to a friend, make sure he or she is of legal age, knows how to operate your craft, and is fully aware of these responsible boating rules. You are responsible when you loan out your PWC. • Riding position. Passengers should hold on to the person in front of them or the handhold while keeping both feet on the deck for balance during operation or they can lose balance and be injured. Never allow a passenger to ride in front of the operator. • Maintenance. Check your craft internally and externally before you get on the water. Make sure the throttle and all switches are working properly, that fuel and battery lines are properly connected, that no fuel is leaking, and that cables and steering are functioning.
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By Sarah Wright There’s nothing like being out on the open water on a boat, relaxing with family and friends. Sure you could just enjoy a picnic lunch while sightseeing around the lake, but there are many people who crave more fun and excitement on the waves—especially those who have kids to entertain. Lots of marinas around Lake Winnipesaukee sell and rent water toys for boaters, whether you’re looking for a new way to exercise or simply an adrenaline rush. Athletic water sport options include paddleboards, water skis, kneeboards and wakeboards. For everyone else, there are those incredibly fun inflatable water tubes. Steve Durgan, General Manager at Goodhue and Hawkins Navy Yard in Wolfeboro says that wakeboards are very popular with customers. Similar to water skiing, a person is towed behind a boat while standing on a board. Some boards have built-in bindings like snowboards. (If you’re new to the sport, you might want to start first with kneeling on a kneeboard.) Well, the
latest craze to hit the lake takes wakeboarding to a new level and that’s wake surfing. “One of the biggest trends we’re seeing at Goodhue and Hawkins is wake surfing,” says Steve. “New boats can create a large wake behind them, and the rider can get the board in the crease and surf the wake.” The marina sold quite a few boards last year, and expects even more sales this summer. Also very popular at marinas is the inflatable towable tube, a ride-on unit made for a single rider up to six people, depending on the size of the model. Lots of fun for kids, many marinas around the lake consider them a best seller. There are a dozen different styles to choose from, including a closedtop or open-top design, and the option of either lying across the tube or sitting inside of it. The highly rated Airhead brand is the one carried at most marinas for its superior quality and variety of styles available. “No skill is involved with tubes,” says Steve. “It’s also less skill on the boat’s driver, too, since the boat can go at a slower speed than for water
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sports.” This makes these towables a perfect option for family vacationers. Tracy at Meredith Marina agrees that towable tubes are the most popular with customers and says, “All you have to do is hold on.” Sounds simple enough! Meredith Marina also rents water skis and wakeboards. Melvin Village Marina sells and rents accessories at its main location. Like Meredith Marina, Melvin Village rents and sells inflatable tubes, water skis, and wakeboards. A customer can also request an item that isn’t in stock, and have it by the next day. Most marinas get busy when boaters start coming up on the weekends in June, but the season really ramps up with the July Fourth holiday, when families begin taking their summer vacations. Choose from the many water toys available this summer and you’ll make memories that will last a lifetime! [Please note that marinas also rent and sell life jackets and boaters should keep in mind that state law requires all children age 12 and under wear an approved vest or jacket.] If you have any questions about water toy sales or rentals, here is the contact information for the marinas mentioned in this article: Goodhue and Hawkins Navy Yard is located at 244 Sewall Road in Wolfeboro. The marina’s full-time hours begin in May when they’re open daily from 8 am to 7 pm. Visit www. goodhueandhawkins.com or call 569-2371 for more information. Should your travels take you beyond Wolfeboro, here are some other great locations to shop for fun water toys in the Lakes Region Sports and Marine ParaFUNalia at 44 Weirs Road, (Rt. 11B) in Gilford is likely the largest water sports superstore in the northeast. They carry nearly every available water ski. They also carry the inflatable slides, floats and trampolines.
Meredith Marina, located at 2 Bayshore Drive in Meredith, is currently open Monday through Friday from 8 am to 5 pm and on Saturdays from 9 am to 5 pm. By May, the marina will also have Sunday hours. For more information, call 279-7921 or visit www.meredithmarina.com. Melvin Village Marina, Inc. is in Melvin Village, (part of Tuftonboro) at 463 Governor John Wentworth Highway. The sales department and office is open Monday through Saturday, from 9 am to 5 pm, and on Sundays from 10 am to 4 pm. Visit www.melvinvillagemarina.com or call 544-3583 for further information. Fay’s Boatyard at 71 Varney Road in Gilford carries Airhead Towables, Sportsstuff Tubes and Body Glove skis and boards for all your boat towing fun. Check with your favorite local marina. They may have an item in stock for you right now that fills your need for speed. The time to get out on the water for summer fun doesn’t last long.
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Public Beaches Alton Town Beach, Route 28A, Alton Bay
Sunapee State Beach, Route 103, Newbury
Swim Dock, Route 11, Alton Bay Town Dock
Duncan Lake, Duncan Lake Road off Route 16, Ossipee
Wellington State Park, West Shore Road off Route 3A, Bristol
White Lake State Park, off Route 16, Tamworth
Center Harbor Town Beach, Route 25, Center Harbor
Nineteen Mile Bay Beach, Route 109, Tuftonboro
Gilford Town Beach, Varney Point Access Road
Twenty Mile Bay Beach, Route 109, Tuftonboro
Ellacoya State Park, Route 11, Gilford
Endicott Park, Route 3, Weirs Beach
Sculptured Rocks State Park, Route 3A, Groton
Plummer Ledge Natural Area, off Route 25, Wentworth
Ahern State Park, off Route 106, Laconia
Allen Albee Beach, Route 28 North, Wolfeboro
Bartlett Beach, Winnisquam Avenue, Laconia
Brewster Beach, Clark Road off South Main Street, Wolfeboro
Bond Beach, Bell Street, Laconia
Carry Beach, Forest Road off North Main Street, Wolfeboro
Opechee Park, North Main Street, Route 106, Laconia
Wentworth State Park, Route 109 East, Wolfeboro
Melvin Village Town Beach, Wharf Road off Route 109 Leavitt Park, Veasey Shore Road off Route 25, Meredith Waukewan Beach, Waukewan Street, Meredith State Landing Beach, State Landing Road off Route 109, Moultonboro Long Island Beach, Long Island Road, Moultonboro Neck
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Y este Early Lakes Region Marinas
It might be difficult to imagine what the Lakes Region looked like many years ago. Today, every type of boat, from canoes to sailboats to powerboats, ply the waters of Winnipesaukee and other lakes in the area. But in the late 1800s and early 1900s, boating was just starting to become popular. Vacationers and others who relied on boats needed a place to have their boats stored, serviced and docked and this need would spur an industry that thrives today in the many marinas in the area. Among the first marinas to serve boaters was Goodhue and Hawkins Navy Yard in Wolfeboro. In 1903, on Sewall Road in Wolfeboro, two men became business partners to start the marina; Nathaniel H. Goodhue and Chester E. Hawkins dubbed their marina Goodhue and Hawkins. Many assume it was connected to the Navy, but in reality it had no connection to the U.S. Navy. By the following year, the business was brisk; Goodhue and Hawkins took in a great deal of marina work according to The History of Wolfeboro, NH, 1770-1994 by Q. David Bowers. But even earlier, in 1898, Goodhue built the marina near the shore in Wolfeboro in order to take boats out of the water to be serviced. Soon, the marina was advertising that they could house boats during the winter. Having a machine shop allowed them to provide all sorts of services, and boat repair was their specialty.
Both Hawkins and Goodhue had experience with steamboats around the lake that took on passengers and parcels to be delivered here and there. The marina also rented boats at the time when summer tourism was in its infancy. According to Q. David Bowers The History of Wolfeboro, NH, 1770-1994, “Goodhue and Hawkins are renting their new boat Cannon Ball for the fishing season; it has got the speed that should go with its name.” In 1904, the marina also had a “wood sawing rig” that used a gas engine for motor power. It seemed that if it had anything to do with an engine, Goodhue and Hawkins were experts in their day. Steamboats were still king on the lake at that time, but they could be unreliable; the marina was doing a brisk business in the early 1900s repairing engines and other parts of the boats. The marina was also building boats, pretty new stuff for a small company in rural New Hampshire. In 1904 they built a new speedboat that could hold nine passengers and by 1908, they built a boat dubbed the Lake Boat. At about that time, they also advertised that they were machinists/electricians, a place to get gasoline, purchase an automobile and that they “built four cylinder, 20 HP engines.” Boat travel meant passengers could visit all parts of the lake and the islands and perhaps now and then an island resident might need a new dock or other
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work that necessitated the use of a barge. No problem; Goodhue and Hawkins were on the job with Dago, a barge they owned and used for just such jobs. The years 1912 to the late 1920s saw the marina busy building wooden boats. Certainly tourists were arriving in greater numbers, coming to the country and lakeside to get fresh air and relaxing respites from city life. Many wanted to get out on the water and wooden boats were king on the lake at that time. By 1913, the marina was specializing in pleasure craft, runabouts, storage and repair. With the advent of the automobile, Goodhue and Hawkins probably saw an opportunity. According to The History of Wolfeboro, NH, 1770-1994, the marina also was selling automobiles for the Chevrolet company. Always interested in machines and motors, they offered auto repair as well. The business partners soldiered on with all kinds of marina work, until 1932, when Goodhue passed away. Not many years later, his nephew, Nathaniel W. Goodhue, purchased the business along with Chester Hawkins and Daniel Crowley. The owners kept things going with a new launch ramp installed in 1938. They continued to build wooden boats. In the 1940s, the company employed Otto Pecunies, who made a 30-foot boat for Camp Belknap. The boat was christened the Nymca II and was a popular fixture of the camp. Newer, faster boats were being built all over the world and by the 1940s, wooden boat popularity was fading. Things were changing at Goodhue and Hawkins as well; they stopped selling automobiles and they took up defense work jobs during World War II.
However, designing and building wooden boats was a big part of the marina. In 1947, they were building big wooden boats; some, according to The History of Wolfeboro, NH, 1770-1994, were as large as the 30-ft. Lakers. Nat Goodhue and Otto Pecunies were building quality boats, among them the popular Swallow. In 1957, Chester Hawkins decided to retire after many years of hard work at the marina. An era was ending, but Nat Goodhue kept the business operating with lots of projects. According to the Detailed History section of www.goodhueandhawkins.com, in 1959 work began on the large pier that exists today on the northwest side of the Navy Yard. From 1959 through 1964 many new storage sheds were built. In 1961, The Good Utility 21 wooden runabout was built. (It is said that several of these can be found in the area today.) By 1964, the last wooden boat was built and in 1972 Goodhue sold the Navy Yard to Peter Brown of Brookfield who ran it until 1976. It was during this time that fiberglass boats were introduced, namely the North American Offshore runabouts powered by OMC Stern Drive and Chrysler inboards. Rupp snowmobiles were also sold, giving Goodhue & Hawkins a winter presence as well. The marina continues to grow and thrive today, and the current owners have retained the Goodhue and Hawkins Navy Yard name. Not many marinas can boast that they have a tie to music and dancing; Irwin Marine indeed can. The marina has a fascinating history and has played, for years, a big part in boating in the Lakes Region.
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The story began many years ago, with James Irwin Sr., originally from Boston. History tells us he was a hard worker even as a youngster in the early 1900s. By his teen years he was employed in the city’s financial district as a runner, delivering important papers from one office to another. But working for others was clearly not sufficient for a young man with an entrepreneurial spirit. Irwin also loved music and aspired to be a trumpet player. He played in a band and came to the Lakes Region in around 1915. The Lakes Region was a very different place at that time, and much less populated. Tourism, however, was growing and with it the desire for entertainment. Irwin had the courage and vision to start a new business. He eventually started the Music Hall at the Weirs area in the early 1920s. Because the business was near the lake, Irwin certainly knew tourists and residents liked boats. One can imagine this visionary businessman dreaming of adding a marina with boat rentals to his holdings. He was in the right place at the right time. He purchased a boat livery business from Herb Buffum in 1919, according to Winnipesaukee Pier and Garden by Roger Amsden for the Weirs Times. Irwin called the new business Irwin Marine, and he rented canoes,
rowboats and motorboats and became known as a large motorboat garage. The marina, over the ensuing years, sold Hackercraft and Garwood boats and later, Chris-Craft. After a lull during World War II, tourism picked up once again once the war ended and boating saw a resurgence that continues today. In the 1940s, Irwin bought land in Lakeport and started building a new, spacious marina. The business thrived, along with Irwin’s Winnipesaukee Gardens, where visitors could dance to the live music of all sorts of bands, as well as take boat rides. Clearly, the early vision of Jim Irwin had become a reality. (Irwin’s Winnipesaukee Gardens eventually closed due to changing times.) Jim Irwin Sr. passed away in the mid 1960s and at that time, his sons Jim Jr. and Jack Irwin took over the reigns at Irwin Marine. Today, Irwin Marine continues with Jack’s sons, John and Bill Irwin managing the business. What started when a young man stepped off a train at the Weirs area continues these many years later as a busy boat dealership where visitors can rent or buy a quality boat.
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What’s at the Bottom By Barbara Neville Wilson | Photos by Hans Hug, Jr.
It’s not like Hans Hug went looking for it. He was actually searching for the steamer Seneca when it popped up on his sonar screen. Unbidden, it was just there: a sailboat on the bottom of Lake Winnipesaukee. And as it turned out, it was still strapped to its trailer. Now understand, Hans was not just a few yards off a dock. He was scanning Winnipesaukee’s bottom ¼ mile offshore. He was in open water near Goose Hans Hug, Jr. Egg Rock searching for the mid-19th century steamer Seneca. He did not expect to find a sailboat, and certainly not one with trailer intact. How does one even tow a trailered boat that far onto the lake without being seen? “This is why it’s so much fun,” says the search and recovery expert. “You find a thing that makes you scratch your head. You find glass bottles, inkwells, ceramic jugs, cars and trucks and you wonder, why is it here?” And then you try to figure out the story behind it. Of course, people familiar with Lake Winnipesaukee have always known things lie below the water’s surface. The Bizer map shows eight wrecks of significance. Dive Winnipesaukee (www.divewinnipesaukee.com) lists 11
sites worthy of exploration. But it’s only since Hans paired scuba diving with high-end, side-scan sonar equipment that the extent of detritus has become known. So far he has found 70 shipwrecks in the lake, carefully recording his finds by photo and video. Hans compares “just” scuba diving and scuba + sonar to entering a room that is pitch black. “You can bring a candle or you can bring a flashlight. Which would you rather use?” he asks. Hans was introduced to scuba diving by his brother in the late ‘80s, and although he counts diving the Connecticut River for early Euro-American history, and hunting and gathering lobster and scallops off the Vintage Century Rave Massachusetts coast among his favorite haunts, Lake Winnipesaukee has yielded the most peculiar detective work--the kind that keeps him coming back for more. Since 2007, when he introduced sonar to his dives, the underwater universe has expanded exponentially. “There’s a lot more down there at the bottom than you can ever imagine,” he says.
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The sonar Hans uses is just like the ultrasound used to picture the baby in a pregnant mother’s womb—except, he says, it’s like “ultrasound on steroids.” It can register objects 200 to 300 or more feet under water. Sound waves are projected from Hans’ helm-mounted Humminbird sidescan or his commercial grade EdgeTech equipment and bounce back to create three-dimensional images on the screen. Some objects show up and are immediately obvious: boats, a car, a dock or bridge piling, and a portion of marine railroad. Others simply show as an anomaly worthy of further exploration, an exercise Hans welcomes. “There’s a thrill as I start to en Paugus Bay Side Scan descend into the water and [an object] comes into view,” he says. Hans is especially gratified by his discovery of large sections of the original Mount Washington, a 178 foot-long steamship destroyed by fire at the Weirs on December 23, 1939. Sitting hard aground at the pier for winter, and surrounded by ice, there was no way to save the ship from the hot flames. For decades, the tale had been told that in spring, the ship was dynamited
and taken in pieces and dropped in The Broads, the deepest part of the lake. Hans was surprised, then, to find images of both paddlewheels and other pieces of a ship of substantial size right in Weirs Bay, one more than 50 feet long. Dives confirmed that, indeed, these were pieces of the 1872 steamship Mount Washington. As of summer 2015, he had found 10 sections of it in Weirs Bay and no signs of other sections in The Broads. It doesn’t make sense to him, though. Why would burial in The Broads be such a strong and persistent rumor if none of it were true? Continued search may yield answers. No matter, the topic, Hans isn’t one to discount rumors. He has gotten many of his best leads for new finds from rumors and casual conversations. A popular presenter all around the lake, he always tells audiences that he wants to hear their stories, facts and rumors, and often the offer pans out. He recalls a man coming to him one evening three years ago, asking if he’d been in touch with a man named Cracker Miller about a scuttled tugboat. Since the answer was “no,” the man suggested they get in touch. Sure enough, Cracker told a tale of a tugboat. At the time he and his father sunk it in the early 1940s, it was about 30 years old. It was “just worn out,” so they scuttled it off The Witches. Hans went looking with his sonar, found the wreck, dived it, and there it was, looking “fabulous,” he recalls. It’s a wreck he doesn’t hesitate to share publicly, and many divers have visited it in recent summers. It’s a good one to explore because it is completely intact, yet “not delicate.” Folks won’t destroy anything if they touch it, and while it is interesting, it really has no historical value. However, the historian in him won’t let him be quite as forthcoming about
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everything he finds at the bottom of Winnipesaukee. Some things are truly important parts of the sensitive, historical record that needs to be preserved for professionals. Even with good intentions, casual divers could destroy the very things that drew their interest in the first place. “It’s like some parks where people love them to death,” Hans compares. Sometimes he is not the only keeper of secrets. Hans has found beautiful Century Ravens, Correct Crafts and Chris Crafts, as well as many old steamers, perfectly intact at the bottom of the lake. With no holes in the hull or sign of an accident, whole boats with steering wheels, instruments, chrome spotlights, seats and engine rest on rock or in mud. It’s often obvious, he says. They were scuttled due to insurance fraud. In the case of the sailboat, 1999 registration numbers were clearly visible, so his dive buddy traced the boat back to its owner and made a phone call. He chuckles a little. Such owners, he says, “don’t want to hear from someone 16 years after the fact!” Dive searching for 2016 hasn’t yet begun on Winnipesaukee, but Hans is more than ready to go. Good weather in March was a “pretty bad distraction” from more pedestrian affairs, he says. Soon though, he’ll be on the lake more often than not, pursuing history, offering his services for various types of sonar surveys, and volunteering his skills and equipment for search and recovery efforts. For those who want to experience the thrill of his hunts, he offers presentations at sites around the region. Already planned are events at the Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society & Museum (Weirs Beach) on June 25 and at the New Hampshire Boat Museum (Wolfeboro) on July 21. To talk diving, to share rumors, facts and stories about sunken sites, to engage his Sonar Search and Recovery company (www.sonarsar.com) or to ask him to speak at an upcoming event, contact Hans Hug, Jr. at info@ sonarsar.com or call 778-8939.
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Great Smith River Canoe & Kayak Race, 1:15 pm, Race begins at Albee Beach on Lake Wentworth, Registration 10 am-12:45 pm on race day at Albee Beach, Wolfeboro. Info: 569-5454.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark, 8 pm, Village Players, 51 Glendon St., Wolfeboro, movie on the big screen, 569-9656, www.village-players.com. Regional Championship Model Yacht Soling Regatta, race held at Bridge Falls Path, Wolfeboro, presented by NH Boat Museum, info: 569-4554, www.nhbm.org.
July 1
Movies in the Park, Footloose, dusk, Foss Field, Wolfeboro, free, public welcome, bring a blanket, rain date: the following day, www.wolfeboronh.us/parks.
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Bandstand Concert, 39th Army Band, Alton Bay, bring lawn chair for seating, free, public welcome, 7 pm, info: 875-0109.
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Bandstand Concert, Echo Tones, Alton Bay, bring lawn chair for seating, free, public welcome, 7 pm, fireworks over Alton Bay at 9:20 pm; raindate July 8, info: 875-0109.
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Independence Day Fireworks, Weirs Beach, 11:59 pm, www.weirsbeach.com.
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Annie & The Orphans, 7 pm, Cate Park Bandstand, Wolfeboro Town Docks. Playing hits from the 50s, 60s and 70s. www.wolfeborobandstand.org
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Wolfeboro 4th of July Celebration, Parade, downtown Wolfeboro, 10 am, band concert in Cate Park before fireworks. Fireworks over Wolfeboro Bay, approx. 9:30 pm, Wolfeboro, 569-2200. Center Harbor Band Concert, downtown bandstand, free, 7 pm. Bandstand Concert, Shana Stack Band, Alton Bay, bring lawn chair for seating, free, public welcome, 7 pm, info: 875-0109. The Seldom Playrights, 7 pm, Cate Park Bandstand, Wolfeboro Town Docks. Old School Country and American Roots music. www.wolfeborobandstand.org On the Green 1 Arts & Crafts Festival, Brewster Academy, Academy Drive, Wolfeboro, Fri. & Sat.: 10 am-5 pm; Sunday: 10 am-4 pm, over 100 vendors, live music with Rockin Daddios on Sat. Joyce’s Craft Shows, 528-4014, www.joycescraftshows.com.
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Mountain Jazz Band, 7 pm, Cate Park Bandstand, Wolfeboro 16 Moose Town Docks. Traditional Dixieland Jazz from the 20s, 30s and 40s. www.wolfeborobandstand.org 22 Center Harbor Band Concert, downtown bandstand, free, 7 pm. Bandstand Concert, Saxx Roxx, Alton Bay, bring lawn chair for seating, 23 free, public welcome, 7 pm, info: 875-0109. Mary Maguire Band, 7 pm, Cate Park Bandstand, Wolfeboro Town 23 The Docks. An exciting 4-piece group playing the American roots of Swing, Western Swing, Folk and Country. www.wolfeborobandstand.org 29 Center Harbor Band Concert, downtown bandstand, free, 7 pm. Movies in the Park, Night at the Museum, dusk, Foss Field, Wolfeboro, public welcome, bring a blanket, rain date: the following day, 29 free, www.wolfeboronh.us/parks.
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5 Center Harbor Band Concert, downtown bandstand, free, 7 pm. Bandstand Concert, East Bay Jazz Ensemble, Alton Bay, bring lawn chair 6 for seating, free, public welcome, 7 pm, info: 875-0109. The Carolyn Ramsey Band, 7 pm, Cate Park Bandstand, Wolfeboro Town 6 Docks. Music with roots in rock and folk. www.wolfeborobandstand.org 10th Annual Boathouse Tour, NH Boat Museum, Wolfeboro, pre-register 11 info: 569-4554.
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13 40th Annual Alton Bay Boat Show, informal, fun, non-judged vintage show, Alton Bay town docks, 9 am-noon, info: NH Boat Museum, 13 boat 569-4554. Bandstand Concert, Annie and the Orphans, Alton Bay, bring lawn chair for seating, free, public welcome, 7 pm, info: 875-0109.
Old Home Week Fireworks, Alton Bay, 9 pm, raindate: July 14, 13 Alton info: 875-0109. 60s Invasion, 7 pm, Cate Park Bandstand, Wolfeboro Town Docks. Sixnostalgia, comedy and great Rock ‘n’ Roll. www.wolfeboroband13 tiesstand.org Harbor town concert with Carolyn Ramsay Band, 7-9 pm, down19 Center town bandstand, info: chparksandrec@metrocast.net.
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Bandstand Concert, Pony Express, Alton Bay, bring lawn chair for seating, free, public welcome, 7 pm, info: 875-0109. Freese Brothers Big Band, 7 pm, Cate Park Bandstand, Wolfeboro Town Docks. 18-piece big band, playing Big Band Swing classics as well as top tunes from every decade from the 40s on. www.wolfeborobandstand.org
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Ongoing Cate Park Summer Band Concerts, Wednesdays at 7 pm, free, Main St. (by town docks), Wolfeboro, 569-2200. Fireworks, 10 pm Fridays July 8-Aug 19,from Weirs Beach. www.weirsbeach.com Libby Museum, open seasonally June through Labor Day on Tues. – Sat. 10 am-4 pm and Sun. noon-4 pm; Labor Day through Columbus Day Sat. and Sun. noon-4 pm. Natural history museum with unique items from around the world. Rt. 109, Wolfeboro, 569-1035. Art Walk, last Friday of each month, 5-8 pm, self guided tour of galleries and arts locations in Wolfeboro, hosted by Governor Wentworth Arts Council, www. wolfeboroarts.org. Loon Preservation Committee Summer Evening Nature Talks, Thursdays from July 9-Aug. 20, 7:30 pm, Loon Center, Moultonboro, free, 476-LOON, www.loon.org. Explore Squam Cruise, daily beginning May 16, explore Squam Lake, see wildlife aboard canopied pontoon boat, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness. 968-7194, www.nhnature.org. Pre-registration required. Day and Evening Cruises, M/S Mount Washington, Weirs Beach, departures/ schedule: 366-BOAT, www.cruisenh.com Nightly Entertainment, Giusepppe’s Ristorante, Mill Falls Marketplace, Rte. 3, Meredith. Call 279-3313.
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When she was just a pre-teen, Taylor took a sailing class offered on Optimist sailboats built by Boat Museum volunteers. Intrigued, she jumped at the chance to build an Opti with her dad and grandfather. “There’s nothing like the camaraderie you feel when you’re working with people you admire to create something they love and you’re learning to love. I know my romance with sailing started on a hand-built Opti, and that encouraged me to want to build my own,” she remembers. For more than a decade the New Hampshire Boat Museum has hosted summer boat building courses for youth and adults. Early in summer, giant tents sprout on the Boat Museum grounds, and intent builders can be spotted assembling, painting and launching sturdy craft in a short 10 days. This year, the Adult & Family Boat Building Class takes place July 9-17 (weekends included), and the Youth Boat-Building runs weekdays, August 1-12, at the New By Barbara Neville Wilson | Photos courtesy of New Hampshire Boat Museum Hampshire Boat Museum on Route 28 in Wolfeboro. Four seasons a year, 23 year-old Taylor Wilson spends wonderful weekends Tom Mechachonis has watched over crewing for sailboats in San Francisco Bay. Other days, she might borrow a the program as Boat Building Supervisor since 2014. He oversees a volunteer J-22 from Stanford University’s fleet and take a friend for a trip off Palo Alto. crew that works throughout the year to make sure the summer weeks run But for all her fun on the Pacific, she credits her first attraction to sailing to smoothly. You can hear pride in his voice as he explains the rewards of supthe summers she spent with the New Hampshire Boat Museum (NHBM) on porting people as they create something with their own hands. the shores of Lake Wentworth. When students register for the Boat Building program, they also choose the
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type of craft they will build: a canoe, a kayak, a Bevin’s Skiff, Optimist sailboat or paddleboard. Their course fee provides the materials, instruction, support and “a good time,” Tom says. In both courses, at least one NHBM volunteer is assigned to give assistance to each boat, but not to actually build it. It’s important, Tom says, that the student builder take pride in ownership by knowing he has selected the type of craft, put it together, chosen the paint color, named the boat, and taken it on its maiden voyage. For some builders, it is their first opportunity to guide a hands-on project from start to finish. The first few days of class are most important, Tom says. Students are given pre-cut materials and assemble them. They learn to use hand tools and marine glue, find they must follow directions and gain fresh understanding of the importance of attention to detail. He remembers two girls who had never used a jigsaw before and were afraid. He showed them the auto stop trigger and how to use the drill. Then he let them get to work. He enjoyed seeing the girls gain new confidence; the project was truly their own. This will be Tom’s third summer heading the Boat Building program. He laughs a little when he admits that he is not a boater. “A neighbor ratted me out,” he says. Anthony Quinn let it be known he was good with his hands, and the next thing he knew, he was being recruited for the program. In just the first class, he was hooked. He raves about the students, the volunteers and his own mentors in the program: David Ive and Herb Mitchell, who have helped with the course for years. Boat-building groups are eclectic in form. Children in the Family Boat
Building class are required to bring at least one adult with them. Sometimes that is the same person for the entire session; other times it may be a different adult on different days. Tom chuckles, “One family brought two boys, eight and ten. By the end of the session, we’d seen their aunt, their mother, their grandmother, their father, their grandfather…it was great to see them all so involved.” A number of years ago, Wolfeboro’s Sheri Thomas and her three adult sisters took the course together. “My sisters and I each have the same, but different kayak,” she says. Every time they take them out together, “at least one person compliments us on their beauty.” She remembers the “volunteers who had the patience of Job,” particularly the calm of volunteer Charlie Lincoln, who “when the jigsaw got out of hand….and I put a few holes in my boat…gave me repair advice and direction and put the power tools right back in my hands.” After the first days of assembly, the pace of building slows. The structure of the boat is intact and the first rush of accomplishment over. Meticulous finish work begins. Excitement can wane for builders, so that’s when the volunteers kick into high gear. “We have to keep them motivated,” says Tom. Builders dream of the finished product as they fiberglass and sand, then epoxy and sand, finally finishing with two coats of epoxy paint in their preferred color. On the final day, boats are transported from the Boat Building tents to Albee Beach behind the museum, and there they are christened and launched. Boats are named for desired traits, popular characters, nicknames, or, in the case of a boy and grandfather who built together, a military ship on which a family member served.
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It’s particularly nice, Tom says, to see extended families work together. After the launch, boats are taken home. Some Optis are seen again at local races, like the annual Lake Wentworth Sailing Regatta. Some boat building groups hold reunions every year, paddling the waters of Wentworth together again. Some builders return to build other models in future summers. For 10:59 Page of1 boat building leads to a lifelong interest and precious others, AM a summer reveries. For Taylor Wilson, a best memory from childhood is days building the Miss T next to her father and grandfather by the shores of Lake Wentworth. Learn more about New Hampshire Boat Museum boat building courses at nhbm.org or call 569-4554. Youth scholarships are available. Calling All Volunteers! Boat building courses at the New Hampshire Boat Museum are made pos1/8pg Boating Lakes sible by generous donations of time and skill byMagazine volunteers. Volunteers sign up for jobs that best suit them and at times to fit their
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Sleeps 10, 5 Bedrooms, 5 Baths, Vast Views, This private Adirondack home is a unique, authentic example of artisan craftsmanship. Located on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee with spectacular views and the Belknap Mountain Range. Spencer Hughes for all your Rental Needs or Services. Call 603-569-6060
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