Yes. That's not good.

Yes, ripped the entire prop shaft and rudder out of the boat.

@@MarkDHall Damn !

Awesome! I'm glad it helped. The RAM system is amazing.

Yes, yes. Love those guys!

Yes, and it's right next to the ferry, so it's a quick walk when you get off the boat.

Yes, Uber is available there. I don't use Lyft and haven't heard of Grab. In the summer, the population is 50,000, so lots going on. Fewer are there in the winter, so it may be quicker or slower at that time, depending on how busy they are.

We park in the boat ramp, which is a flat fee. Car parking at the meters throughout town varies. I don't know the prices, but it's probably a couple dollars per hour.

Hope you're doing well and having a great new year. Unless you like the cold, you don't want to be here right now. It's all snowed in and can't get out of the teens. Today we had a "hot spell," and it got up to 28. Whoo hoo. Warm. Haha.

I have to discover more of these places. I didn't think there was much around the lake other than the town of Amsterdam. We will have to check it out more thoroughly next time we go. Hope you're having a great new year!

This wasn't my boat, but yeah, that would be be a lot of bottles.

We lined it up by eye and made sure it was resting on the flat part of the hull and not on the "ridges." Each WaveRunner model and trailer might be different, so you need to set it up for your specific combination.

Thankfully, the passing boater stopped to help and no one was hurt.

You're welcome. I'm so glad it helped. Keep warm and have a great new year! Thanks for watching.

That's awesome. I bet it sounds great. Flowmasters have such a deep, rumbly sound.

@@MarkDHall The mufflers are on a 641 hp n/a pump gas stroker, 260/266 solid roller street cam.

Thank you. Thanks for watching! Have a great new year.

Yes! An insurance estimator posted that he thinks the whole boat will be totaled - too much $$$ to try to repair.

The mileage varies from car to car, depending on how it's driven. The maintenance minder will give you a code when it needs it. For ours I think it was somewhere between 60,000-90,000 miles, but I can't remember that far back. As far as sucking it out the dipstick hole, I'm not sure if that can be done.

That's actually a great suggestion. Thank you. We actually do that on our WaveRunners at the end of the season to protect them through the winter. Have a great New Year!

Yes! It's a beautiful area. Thank you for watching! 네! 아름다운 지역이에요. 시청해 주셔서 감사합니다!

We have never camped there, but it would be a great place to do that. We passed several campgrounds that looked really clean and well maintained. I used to camp with family as a kid, and it's some of my greatest memories. Have a great New Year!

Really? I didn't realize there were restaurants on the lake. I thought the shoreline was mostly homes and farm lands. What town should we be looking at? Thanks so much for the tip!

I can think of at least 7 bars and restaurants twisted ts,lanzis,sport island,the pines,vics,ponderosa pines,trails end some of these you could launch from

I'm going to look up all the places nearby over the winter and then try to visit some of them next year. Thank you for bringing them to my attention! Have a great New Year!

Thank you for watching. Have a great New Year!

Hi, sorry for the confusion about the "other" video. I never posted it because the footage wasn’t great. For the 3rd exhaust, the exhaust is the same, but Matt had rebuilt the motor and put headers on it, which is why it sounds so much better. He kept that motor for about a year and then swapped it out for a 350. Here's a link to that video if you want to check it out: kzbin.info7vr_1W8sA7g For this motor, he used long tube headers and replaced the dual exhaust with a 4" custom exhaust that he made himself. The muffler is a Dynomax Ultra Flo.

Merry Christmas to you and yours too! That's awesome that you were able to use the gift certificate. It sounds like you got some nice stuff - especially the hoodie. Their clothing is well made and holds up for a long time. Have a great holiday!

Yes, it was quite chilly, but thankfully it wasn't windy to make it worse. We got there pretty early and by the time the tree was lit there was a lot of people there. I wish they had more at the Webb Barn. I liked it when they lined the dirt road with vendors. It made it seem very lively.

Thanks! Still using (and loving) the lift 2 years later!

Hi - thanks for watching. For how much fluid to use, you should always go by the dipstick, that way you're putting in the right amount. Be sure to use the correct type of fluid specified in your manual. As for how often to change it, the computer's "Maintenance Minder" code should tell you when it's needed because the mileage can vary depending on how you drive your car. For us, the code came on between 60,000-90,000 miles, but I can't remember exactly when. If you tow your car behind a motorhome or drive in harsher conditions, Honda says to change it more frequently. Your manual will have all that information.

Hi! If you're planning to attend this year's event, it will be Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 5PM. Finding a place to eat during the event can be challenging because there's so many people, so I'd plan to eat earlier if you can. If you're visiting on a different day, many of the downtown stores & restaurants are closed on Mondays, so keep that in mind. For restaurants, a few places come to mind. Village Pizza has great pizza and other dishes. Lenoci's is a real Italian restaurant with sandwiches, salads and more. The Charles and Lucky Lou's are higher end and have a good variety of meals. For things to do, the town has some neat things going on. A very popular event is the "Tours by Candlelight," which is hosted by the Webb Deane Stevens museum. The houses are from the 1700s and lit by candlelight and decorated in the Christmas traditions from that era. They also serve treats and refreshments. The tours have a limited schedule. It looks like tickets/reservations are be required, but I think the houses are open for "normal" tours at other times. More info is available online. A people event is the "Homes for the Holidays" tour. It's a tour of 4 private houses and 3 others decorated for the holidays. This event is on December 7. Tickets can be purchased online. Another interesting historical house to visit is Hurlbut-Dunham House, which is decorated for the holidays. They have tours on 12/7-12/8 and 12/14-12/15. I don't know if there's a cost for the tours. The Heirloom Market hosts a "Holiday Pop-Up Shop" throughout the season that looks pretty exciting. I hope this gives you enough into to get started in finding something fun to do. Everything I mentioned can be found online if you're looking for more info. Have a great time when you visit!

@ thank you for getting back to me. I was unable to make it to the events Wethersfield held since I had prior plans, but all do sound wonderful and I will put them on my calendar for 2025. I did however make a day trip to Wethersfield a week before Christmas. It is a charming town, with beautiful historic buildings and friendly people. I walk around the streets, visited the historical building and did a little bit of shopping.

@@jmiller8678 You're welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed your time in town! Have a great new year.

Hi - Unfortunately, that is something I don't know about. Hope you can find an answer and get it working properly.

Hi - I use a system by RAM Mount out of Washington state. They didn't have a "pre-configured" kit with exactly what I wanted, so I bought individual parts and customized it. I got everything from directly from RAM. I made a video that shows everything and has the part numbers in the description if you want to check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHPdp4JjatN_pck If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. Thanks for watching!

Definitely! I'm always scared of backfiring because it can be startling.

The ocean was fun except for the spray. The river is always fun because it has a lot of turns and not much traffic.

We don't want the timing to change, that's why we had to lock it. Instead of spending money on a pro-billet distributor and ignition box, we did it this way.

I heard the owners say they weren't sure what they hit, but the said it might have been a submerged wall. That makes sense because that was a common practice years ago when the banks were heavily farmed. Some of the walls are charted, but many others are not and you only learn of them if you hit them or from word of mouth. We actually hit one once while going down the center of a channel. Thankfully we were going slow, and it only bent the prop a little bit. When we told the dealer, he said, "Oh yeah, everyone knows you have to stay to the edges of that channel. Well, that memo never made it to me. Haha.

Thanks for watching. I'm not a professional videographer and don't get paid to make content for anyone. I just make videos for fun of places we visit. As for Center Harbor, we only visited a couple towns on this trip and didn't stop there. I'm thinking of making a mini series that highlights each of those towns around the lake, but I don't know if the footage I have is good enough. As far as my son, you're correct. He doesn't want to move and said he'd probably stay if we do. We don't live in NH, but we try to visit a few times each year, and he loves the lakes region. I think it would be great to live there, but houses are out of our range. Winter would be tough, but you can always throw on another layer. I think it would be awesome to work at a marina and be close to the lake all year long.

Hi! Thank you. We had a pretty good time this trip. It's sad to see summer coming to an end.

I love these skis. I kind of think the HO version would be nice because they have quicker take off and go faster, but these are still great! Editing to add - thanks for the nice comment too!

Hi - I don't think there are any restaurants directly on the lake. If so, I'm not aware of them.

@@MarkDHall Hi Mark, 'Down the Hatch' is a restaurant on the water in Brookfield next to Echo bay marina. Love your videos.

@@jlanteri74 Thank you for the heads up! I didn't know that. We always seem to end up at a fast food place because I never know where to eat, but I love eating a smaller, local places.

Thank you so much! Glad it helped.

Thank you!

Haha. I had to watch the video to see what you meant, and all the memories came back to me. That seemed to take FOREVER for the car to warm up. Thank you for the fun memories and subscribing. Have a great day!

Thank you about the editing. I sometimes get creator's block and don't know what to do, and other times things flow easily. Some of those boats are crazy, and they go really fast. I read the white #5 Speed Racer goes about 170, and others go even faster. A couple were powered by jet turbines instead of gas engines. I wonder where they get their fuel. I don't think normal marinas carry jet fuel. Haha.

Yes! Both are fun to take there. I actually using the kayaks because it's slow, quiet and peaceful and you get some amazing photos of birds and other wildlife.

Thank you SO MUCH! It's said to say goodbye, but we can always come back for a vacation. It won't be the same as deciding on Friday night to drive up the next day because the weather looks good, but I'm sure (and hope) we'd come back. And, in some ways it might be more special because it's not something we see on a regular basis and take for granted. I know we'll find new places to explore and build new memories, and I'm excited about the possibility of sharing those on KZbin too. We're heading to Florida and have family there, and ever since we first visited, I said I would love to live there - yes, even with the hurricanes. You just have to know what could happen and be safe. When I was younger, I never understood why people would spend summers in one place and winters in another, but now I totally get it. We're not ready to retire yet, but maybe when that time comes, we'll be able to get a place in NH so we can have the best of both worlds. Than you again!

I wanted to add that I love the name of your channel. You can learn so much just by observing things in your own backyard. It might be weird, but I love squirrels. We had a squirrel that used to come to our house for a couple years every time we went outside. We called him Jimmy, and he had an innate sense of knowing when we'd be outside. If my son was working on a car, and we were out there for awhile, Jimmy would plop down on our steps or lay down in the shade and watch us. We never petted him or anything like that, but for whatever reason he felt comfortable hanging out around us, and we learned so much by watching him. He instinctively knew when a hawk was flying overhead and would totally change his behavior. Sometimes he'd hide in the bushes, and other times he'd lay down on our gray steps (not sure how he knew they were gray) and flatten himself out like a pancake so he was camouflaged and less visible. It was fascinating to watch. It made me appreciate squirrels and want to learn more about them. Unfortunately, Jimmy hasn't been around since winter, but we're hoping he met a friend and they're off playing together in another neighborhood.

I totally agree 100%. It's sad because so many areas are getting unaffordable. We looked at relocating to NH near Lake Winnipesaukee, but the houses are SO expensive. We don't want anything big, but a small place 15-30 miles from the lake is $400K, and if you want water access but not be directly on the lake, it's $1M, and if you want waterfront, it goes up from there.

Thank you so much! We're definitely not leaving KZbin. Just going to be in a new area where can, hopefully, use our WaveRunners any month of the year.

Thank you so much for the thoughts. I think you would definitely love it, especially if you enjoy the outdoors and a laid back style vacation. We could definitely take a vacation there, and I like to hope that we'll visit again. We just wouldn't be able to go multiple times a year and do the quick, last minute trips where we decide to head up the night before. I know we'll make new memories when we move, but to me, NH is perfect - well, maybe with a bit less snow and cold. That's why, when I made my video of the area, I called it, "Lake Winnipesaukee - Is it Heaven?" because that's what it seemed like to me. My family loves the area too, but they really don't like winter and say that NH will basically be CT but colder and snowier.

@@MarkDHall totally understandable, Mark. If I was to visit, can you recommend a certain spot to stay?

@@kemicalx17 We like The Inn at Mill Falls properties in Meredith. They have four different hotels, with various prices, you can use the facilities at all of them, no matter which one you stay at. Unfortunately, they've gotten pretty expensive and have stayed at the Bay Top Motel in Laconia too. The owner is super friendly. The rooms are great, and they have a pool and hot tub. The only downside is, you have to drive to wherever you want to go, whereas with The Inn properties, you can park your car and walk to almost everything in Meredith. You still have to drive if you want to go to Weirs Beach or other areas. I'd also check out Wolfeboro. This is an amazing town with a great downtown. They have beautiful docks to watch boats, and lots of shops and restaurants. Quick unrelated question. If I remember, I think you said people meet somewhere near 384. Do they still do that? I would love to see an old friend from the 90's that I heard is still around. His name is Dick, and he had a couple Roadrunners. He used to have a 1968 bright green one, but I heard he has a super fast black one now. There was another guy, Teddy, who had a 1970 Nova that was super fast. DIck had a brother, who was a pastor, and he passed away a few years ago. I would love to way hi to him if he's still around.

Mark, we enjoy watching your channel and moved to Meredith a couple years ago. I’m pretty sure we found the channel while searching for videos about Winnipesaukee and yours are the best! Thanks to you, we learned we could take the boat through Sally’s Gut! It is very special living here are we are lucky we can, with our remote jobs. That said, I bet you’ll have so much fun exploring FL. We will look forward to seeing where the waters take you next! Wishing you all the best! We’ll be looking forward to your new videos ❤

@@MarkDHall thank you!

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