Special Events

Board 8:30 p.m. Sail 9:00-11:00 p.m.

Availabilities:

• Sat June 15

Price: $10 per person

Happy Father’s Day! We’ve scheduled two Father’s Day Certified Angus Prime Rib cruises on the 16th.

Availabilities:

• Prime Rib Buffet Lunch 12:00 (Board 11:30)
• Prime Rib Buffet Dinner 5:30 (Board 5:00)

Price:

• Fathers: $50
• Other Adults: $55
• Child (under 12): $25

Reservations required. Book online or, if by phone, credit card required to hold reservation.

Besides the certified Angus prime rib at the carving station, one other protein (either chicken or pork), 1 carb, 2 veggies, fresh fruit, salad, baguettes and butter, dessert.

Availabilities:

• June 17 (Mon)
• June 19 (Wed)
  Price: $23 per person inclusive 50% discount

Boards 9:30 p.m. Fireworks start 9:45 p.m.

Availabilities:

• Thursday, July 4, 2019

Price: $2 per person

Pine Knot + Luncheon Cruise

Availabilities: July 4 & Oct 2

Price:

• $62 pp
• Reservations required
• 56 reservations maximum

Schedule:

8:15-8:45 Board the WW Durant at Pier 1, downtown Raquette Lake

8:45-9:05  Water taxi to Pine Knot

9:10-10:45 Pine Knot Guided Tour

10:45-11:00 Board the Durant at Pine Knot dock

11:00-1:00 Luncheon cruise with historic commentary

1:00 Dock at Pier 1 (in time to make the 1:30 guided tour of Sagamore if you’re interested)

Other scheduled tours of Pine Knot which also include a short tour of St. Williams, built in 1890.
$69 pp inclusive of cruise, meal, tax, gratuity, guided tours  Reservations required
Limited to 56
Availability:  Aug 2, Aug 5, Aug 14

Schedule for Aug 2 (Friday)

8:30-9:00 a.m. Board the WW Durant for water taxi ride to St. Williams

9:00-9:20  Cruise to St Williams, built in 1890 by William West Durant

9:30-10:00  Tour the 100 yr+ church;  National Register of Historic Sites, 2005; site of the original village of Durant, NY  www.stwilliamsonlongpoint.org

10:00-10:30 Walk through the meadow to Pine Knot, situated on the south shore of Long Point

10:30-12:00  Guided tour of Pine Knot, the first Great Camp and home to Collis P Huntington of Southern Pacific RR fame  Camp Pine Knot

12:00-12:10  Board the WW Durant, tied up at Pine Knot dock

12:10-1:45  Lunch cruise with historic narration

Schedule for Aug 5 (Monday) 

9:45-10:10  Board the Durant

10:10-10:30  Cruise to Pine Knot

10:30-12:00  Guided tour Pine Knot

12:00-12:40 ish Walk to St. Williams, from the south shore of Long Point to the north shore; view the church

12:45-1:00  Board the Durant tied up at the St. Williams dock

1:00-2:30  Luncheon cruise with historic commentary

Schedule for Aug 14 (Wednesday) 

9:15-9:40  Board the WW Durant

9:40-10:00  Cruise to Pine Knot

10:00-11:40  Guided tour Pine Knot

11:40-12:30  Walk through the field to St. Williams to visit the church

12:30-2:00 Luncheon cruise with historic commentary

Availabilities:

• Friday, July 5.  Board 1:30.  Sail 2:00-3:30
• $16/$10/$5

We are scheduling a scenic excursion the Friday of July 4th weekend because we’re cancelling the excursion on Saturday, July 6 to make time for our annual Jimmy Buffet party.  If your heart is set on a scenic excursion, we aim to please!

Board 11:30 a.m. Sail 12:30 – 3 p.m.

Availabilities:

• Saturday, July 6

Price: $48 per person

What to Expect:

• DJ Glen LeBlanc returning to play Jimmy Buffett and island tunes
• Costume contest
• Trivia contest
• Delicious buffet
• Maximum of 75 people
• Reservations not required, but appreciated.
• Cash bar

Menu:

• Peel and eat shrimp
• Spicy Queso & bean dip
• Passed cheeseburger sliders
• Chips, salsa & guac
• Sweet calypso pineapple and pork bites
• Caribbean salad with jerked chicken
• Key lime pie

Still working on this special exclusive package.  Check back often. Approx 9-2 time commitment.

Featuring entertainer Joe Bolton. $8 pp. Reservations not required.

Board 9:30.  Sail 10:00-11:30 pm

John Naegele will MC this beer pairing, tasting 4 different Buried Acorn Brewing Company (out of Syracuse) beers.

Availabilities:

Fri July 26  Board 5:00.  Sail 6:00-9:00

Price: $65 per person

Beers & Menu TBD

 Fri Aug 2, 8:30-2:00 time commitment  $69 pp

8:30-9:00 a.m. Board the WW Durant for water taxi ride to St. Williams

9:00-9:20   Cruise to St Williams, built in 1890 by William West Durant

9:30-10:00  Tour the 100 yr+ church;  National Register of Historic Sites, 2005; site of the original village of Durant, NY  www.stwilliamsonlongpoint.org

10:00-10:20 Walk through the meadow to Pine Knot, situated on the south shore of Long Point

10:30-12:00  Guided tour of Pine Knot, the first Great Camp and home to Collis P Huntington of Southern Pacific RR fame  Camp Pine Knot

12:00-12:10  Board the WW Durant, tied up at Pine Knot dock

12:10-1:45  Lunch cruise with historic narration

AUG 2 $69 pp inclusive of cruise, meal, tax, gratuity, guided tours 

Reservations required

Limited to 56

Board 5:00 p.m. Sail 6:00-9:00 pm

Availabilities:

Friday August 9

Price: $75 per person | 4 courses

• Menu & wines TBD

Dr. Konstantin Frank ignited the “Vinifera Revolution”, a movement that forever changed the course of wine growing in the Finger Lakes and the United States. Dr. Frank’s vision, knowledge and determination are credited with elevating the New York wine industry from a state of happy mediocrity to a level that today commands world attention.

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Frank’s granddaughter, Barbara Frank, on board, during this cruise.  She will be sharing her vast knowledge of each wine as we serve each course.

Barbara  is the Regional Marketing Representative and Consulting Winemaker for Dr. Frank’s Vinifera Wine Cellars and Chateau Frank Winery. She has over 30 years of experience in wine production, research, instruction and marketing.

In addition to having been head winemaker at Dr. Frank’s and Chateau Frank, Barbara has operated in various winemaking capacities at S. Anderson, Navarro, Schramsberg and Domaine Mumm. She also worked as National Sales Representative for Billecart-Salmon Champagnes. Barbara has lectured on wine and wine appreciation at various institutions including the Culinary Institute of America, Cornell University School of Hotel Administration and the International Wine Center (NYC).

Her educational background includes a B.S. in Viticulture from Cornell University, guest student at the Geisenheim Institute in Germany and an M.S. in Enology from California State University at Fresno.

Midnite Mike, da blues man

Board 9:30.  Sail 10:00-11:30  $8 pp.  Reservations not needed.

Availability:  Saturday, August 17

Board 10:30 a.m. Sail 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Plated/served.

Availabilities:

• Saturday, August 24

Price: $50 per person | 3 course + 3 wines with complimentary sparkling to start

Menu & Wines Still TBD.  Wines & speaker from Fulkerson Winery in the Finger Lakes.

Board 11:00 a.m. Sail 12 – 2 p.m.

Availabilities:

• Sunday, September 1

Price:

• $45 per person
• $35 (DD & those who don’t drink beer)

Here’s what to expect for your $45 per person-

                    Beer, BBQ and Blues:

• Boarding 11:00 a.m. – 12 p.m. with sailing 12 – 2 p.m.
• Must be 21 years to taste;  DD can be under 21 years
• Matt Grainger entertaining (not just blues)
• Reservations appreciated
• Limited to 75 people
• BBQ fare includes fall-off-the-bone ribs, chicken, corn on the cob, coleslaw, apple crisp
• Generous pours of Saranac’s latest
• Cash bar available

Board 11:00 am.  Sail 11:30-1:00 pm

Just $5 each.  An $11 savings!

Beverage& snacks available for purchase.

Exclusive for Adirondack Experience Members.    Guided tour of Camp Pine Knot, the first Great Camp built by Durant and sold to Collis P Huntington of Southern Pacific RR fame.  A tour of Pine Knot is a treat- it’s not open to the general public.  You can only visit with special permission.

After the 90 minute tour, you’ll board the Durant at the Pine Knot dock and proceed with a plated, served luncheon cruise.

Availability:  September 26, Thursday

Time commitment:  9:00am-1:30 pm

Price:  $62 pp inclusive

Board 11:00 am.  Sail 11:30-1:00 pm

Just $5 each.  An $11 savings!

Beverages & snacks available for purchase.

Boarding at 1:30 p.m. Sailing 2:00-3:30.   Reservations not required. Lower enclosed cabin heated. Cash bar. We can’t guarantee the snow, but we can guarantee a blast to close the 2019 season.

Availabilities:

• Saturday, October 19

Price:

• Adults: $16
• Under 12 years old: $10
• Under 4 years old:  $5

What to Expect:

• Complimentary cider
• Doughnuts/fried cakes
• 1/2 price with comp pass