How Big Can You Go?

Pontoon Goon · 07-24-2013, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by codeman671

Except for the fact that the Mount has specific routes and docks at a commercial wharf, not a marina...When was the last time you saw the Mount in Paugus Bay?

When it was launched.

codeman671 · 07-24-2013, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Pontoon Goon

When it was launched.

It is my understanding that it was not hauled here whole...Its 230 feet long!

From what I have read it was built elsewhere, cut into pieces and hauled here by rail where it was assembled in Lakeport.

Pontoon Goon · 07-24-2013, 02:03 PM

Codeman that is my understanding as well which means it was actually in Paugus Bay once. Also it may be just urban legend but I read that it missed getting under the bridge by mere inches so they stopped and allowed hundreds of spectators that had lined the banks to board ship until they had sufficient weight to make it .

NoBozo · 07-24-2013, 02:29 PM

The current Mount Washington was launched in Lake Champlain in 1888 as the Chateaugay. She was purchased in April 1940 for $20,000 and was cut up into 20 sections and shipped by rail the 150 miles from Burlington to Lakeport where she was reassembled.

At that time, the owner installed steam engines (twin screw) taken from the Steam Yacht Crescent III for a further cost of $25,000.

The new Mount Washington II was launched on August 12, 1940. In addition to taking on passengers at the bridge, for ballast, they also pumped water into the hull for two and a half hours to bring her down two feet in the water. NB

Ref: Info taken from "Follow The Mount" by Bruce D. Heald

Wolfeboro_Baja · 07-24-2013, 03:25 PM

To the best of my knowledge, the sister ship to the Chateaugay, n/k/a Mt. Washington, is at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne Vt, just down the road from Burlington VT. It would appear there are some similarities between the two vessels.....

Here's a link: http://shelburnemuseum.org/collectio...t-ticonderoga/

ursa minor · 07-25-2013, 04:02 PM

I'm not saying that I think the idea of an 80 foot yacht on the lake is a good idea, however as far as the launching / removal question is concerned a commercial crane and rigging contractor could certainly handle that portion of the work. Not inexpensive and somewhat challenging logistically but very possible. All those contractor barges had to get launched somehow. I seem to remember seeing some pictures of a crane lifting the Kitty Belle out for hull repairs at Fay's a couple of years ago. Nothing is impossible, it just takes more time and money!

ITD · 07-25-2013, 06:28 PM

I think getting a Hatteras 80 here would be a problem, pretty sure it is a fiberglass boat, so cutting it up and reassembling is a problem. Max width on a train is about 10' 8" and a max height of 20' 2 in some cases. I think the OP should commission a boat, maybe the Mount company would allow use of their drydock.

07-24-2013, 03:25 PM	#5
Wolfeboro_Baja Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hopkinton NH Posts: 395 Thanks: 88 Thanked 80 Times in 46 Posts	To the best of my knowledge, the sister ship to the Chateaugay, n/k/a Mt. Washington, is at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne Vt, just down the road from Burlington VT. It would appear there are some similarities between the two vessels..... Here's a link: http://shelburnemuseum.org/collectio...t-ticonderoga/ __________________ Cancer SUCKS!

07-25-2013, 04:02 PM	#6
ursa minor Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Tuftonborough & Franklin MA Posts: 265 Thanks: 99 Thanked 143 Times in 64 Posts	I'm not saying that I think the idea of an 80 foot yacht on the lake is a good idea, however as far as the launching / removal question is concerned a commercial crane and rigging contractor could certainly handle that portion of the work. Not inexpensive and somewhat challenging logistically but very possible. All those contractor barges had to get launched somehow. I seem to remember seeing some pictures of a crane lifting the Kitty Belle out for hull repairs at Fay's a couple of years ago. Nothing is impossible, it just takes more time and money! __________________ " Any day with a boat ride in it is a good day"

07-24-2013, 02:03 PM	#3
Pontoon Goon Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stoneham Ma./ Meredith Posts: 141 Thanks: 339 Thanked 67 Times in 27 Posts	Codeman that is my understanding as well which means it was actually in Paugus Bay once. Also it may be just urban legend but I read that it missed getting under the bridge by mere inches so they stopped and allowed hundreds of spectators that had lined the banks to board ship until they had sufficient weight to make it .

07-24-2013, 02:29 PM	#4
NoBozo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth. RI Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 400 Thanked 460 Times in 308 Posts	The current Mount Washington was launched in Lake Champlain in 1888 as the Chateaugay. She was purchased in April 1940 for $20,000 and was cut up into 20 sections and shipped by rail the 150 miles from Burlington to Lakeport where she was reassembled. At that time, the owner installed steam engines (twin screw) taken from the Steam Yacht Crescent III for a further cost of $25,000. The new Mount Washington II was launched on August 12, 1940. In addition to taking on passengers at the bridge, for ballast, they also pumped water into the hull for two and a half hours to bring her down two feet in the water. NB Ref: Info taken from "Follow The Mount" by Bruce D. Heald

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07-25-2013, 06:28 PM	#7
ITD Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonboro, NH Posts: 2,931 Thanks: 478 Thanked 693 Times in 388 Posts	I think getting a Hatteras 80 here would be a problem, pretty sure it is a fiberglass boat, so cutting it up and reassembling is a problem. Max width on a train is about 10' 8" and a max height of 20' 2 in some cases. I think the OP should commission a boat, maybe the Mount company would allow use of their drydock.