“Peak season” for tours on New Hampshire Boat Museum’s (NHBM’s) replica 1928-style Hacker-Craft, the Miss Lauren, starts the last week of June and runs through Labor Day. Launching from North Water Marine, Monday through Thursday, and The Margate Resort, Friday through Sunday, Miss Lauren takes passengers on hour-long cruises that explore the southwest side of Lake Winnipesaukee and Paugus Bay.
“It’s really a lovely ride,” said Martha Cummings, NHBM executive director. “These tours give passengers the opportunity to experience history, geology, architecture, and wildlife from the water.” Tours carry up to eight people and pass landmarks such as Spindle Point Lighthouse, Ossipee Mountain Range, Bear Island, and The Witches, a notorious rock formation east of Governor’s Island.
“The locations where the Miss Lauren docks allow us to do a few different routes,” Cummings added. “Tours departing from The Margate Resort will explore Paugus Bay, which has its own unique history.”
Acquired in 2022, Cummings said tours on the Miss Lauren are one of the on-water experiences offered by NHBM. “This is an opportunity to go for a ride in a beautiful 1928-style, mahogany triple cockpit motorboat,” she said. “There are some modern changes, but not many.”
Beginning June 21, Friday through Sunday, the Miss Lauren will launch from The Margate Resort, 76 Lake Street, Laconia. Starting the last week of June, tours on the Miss Lauren will be offered Monday through Thursday, departing from North Water Marine, 18 Endicott St. N., Laconia. During peak season, NHBM also offers 45-minute tours on the Millie B, which depart from the Wolfeboro Town Docks and Boat Ramp seven days a week. Tickets for all tours must be booked in advance. Click here to find tour times, buy tickets, and learn more.
About NHBM
Founded in 1992 by antique and classic boating enthusiasts, NHBM offers dynamic exhibits and engaging events and programs tailored to the diverse boating lifestyles and values of people of all ages. NHBM exhibits, events and programming covers everything from boat charters, boat trips and race boats to canoes, wooden boats, outboard motors, sculling, sailing sunfish, and Lyman and Johnson motors. Some of our hands-on programs take place on Lake Winnipesaukee. NHBM is sponsored in part by Belletetes, Eastern Propane & Oil, Epoxy Floor New England, Goodhue Boat Company, Kingswood Press and Design Studio, KW Coastal, Lake and Mountains, North Water Marine, and Taylor Community.