| Title: | Powerboats | 
| Notice: | Introductions 2 /Classifieds 3 / '97 Ski Season 1267 | 
| Moderator: | KWLITY::SUTER | 
| Created: | Thu May 12 1988 | 
| Last Modified: | Wed Jun 04 1997 | 
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Number of topics: | 1275 | 
| Total number of notes: | 18109 | 
    
    Is anyone here familiar with Long Pond in Dracut?  I am looking
    at a house on the water there and was interested in a few things.
                        
    How clean is the water?
    
    Whats the traffic like on a Saturday or Sunday?
    
    What are the restrictions? Hp? length?
    
    Does the water level change much through the summer. This could
    be important because the particular place I am looking at is 
    at  one end and the water if shallow (1 1/2 to 2 feet) in the area
    where I would Dock. 
                            
    		      Thanks	A.J.
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| 151.1 | ? | SETH::WHYNOT | Mon Sep 12 1988 16:05 | 3 | |
|     Contact Ski & Sport Shak in Plaistow N.H. as they have their annual
    ski tourney on Long Pond. They would know what the restrictions
    are. It may be boats for "lake residents only" but I'm not sure.
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| 151.2 | Some info | STAR::KMCDONOUGH | Mon Sep 12 1988 17:29 | 26 | |
|     A couple of answers...
    
    Like almost all of the lakes in the area, long pond has heavy weed
    growth due mostly to leakage from septic systems.  Tyngsboro is
    in the process of connecting its area around the pond to the sewer
    system.  Dracut may be doing the same thing, I don't know.  There
    are actually 4 towns with a claim on the pond: Tyngsboro and Dracut
    Mass, and Hudson and Pelham NH.
    
    The water is tested (weekly?) and is swimmable.
    
    Traffic on the weekends is a zoo, just like everywhere else 8-).
    
    There are no size/HP  limits.  There is a 45MPH limit on Mass in-land
    waters.  I heard that it's kind of tough for non-residents to get a
    boat on the pond.  There are right-of-ways that lead to the lake, but
    you'll never hear anyone volunteer where they are. 
    
    I don't know about changes in depth. 
    
    There is a lake association.  You could probably get a phone # from
    the Dracut town hall.
    
    Kevin
    
    
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