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Board: 1:30pm, Sail 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Mitch has helped us launch each new season for the past 34 years. It is our pleasure to have him launch our 35th season! He starts playing at 1:30pm. Fully licensed cash bar. Limited to the first 48 reservations until we see what the weather is. If it’s nice out and both decks can be used to spread people out, we will call the people on our wait list up to 100 people. Call 315-354-5532 to be put on wait list.
Fully licensed cash bar.
Availabilities:
- Sun June 8
Price: $25 per person
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Happy Father’s Day! We’ve scheduled two Father’s Day Certified Angus Prime Rib cruises on the 15th.
Availabilities:
- #1 Prime Rib Buffet Lunch 11:30-2:00 (Board 11:00)
- #2 Prime Rib Buffet Dinner 6:00- 8:30 (Board 5:30)
Price:
- Fathers: $65
- 12 years +: $70
- Child (under 12): $35
Reservations required. Optional shrimp cocktail, cheese platter or nuts available when booking. Call 315-354-5532 or book online.
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.
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Great Camp Sagamore is hosting their annual Beer Camp and they asked us to partner with them on a Beer Pairing Dinner on the Durant. You can either contact Sagamore and sign up for the entire Beer Camp weekend or you can just join us for the beer pairing dinner portion on Friday, June 27th.
Board: 6:00-6:30
Sail: 6:30-9:30
$100 per person
Menu to follow.
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- Boards 9:15 p.m. Fireworks start about 9:45 p.m. Dockside bar available during show.
Availabilities:
- Friday, July 4, 2025
Price: Free
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Board 11:30 a.m., sail 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Availabilities:
- Saturday, July 5
Price: $60 per person (includes 1 drink chip)
What to Expect:
- DJ Glen LeBlanc is retiring! Stay tuned to hear who our new DJ will be to play Jimmy Buffet and island tunes!
- Costume contest
- Trivia contest
- Delicious buffet
- Maximum of 75 people
- Reservations required.
- Cash bar
Menu:
- Peel and eat shrimp
- Spicy Queso & bean dip
- Calypso pork & pineapple bites
- Passed cheeseburger sliders
- Chips, salsa & guac
- Key lime pie
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We offered a full moon cruise the last 2 years and they were a huge success! (It helped that the moon cooperated). We’ve decided that we’d offer one full moon cruise this season too! Midnight Mike, who has played on many a moonlight cruise in the past, will be jamming below and the open upper deck will be open for prime moon viewing.
Boarding at 9:00 p.m., sailing 9:30-11:00 p.m. $25 per person. Reservations highly recommended. Limited availability. 315-354-5532 or book online.
Music and fully licensed cash bar down below. Full moon and silence (except for the hum of the engines) on the upper deck. You can choose either experience.
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Friday Aug 1
Historic Long Point Visit 8:30-1:45 time (Boat access only)
8:30-9:00 a.m. Board the WW Durant for water taxi ride to St. Williams. Captain will give you South Bay, Pine Knot, Echo Camp and St. Williams portions of the commentary before docking at St. Williams.
9:00-9:20 Cruise to St Williams, built in 1890 by William West Durant, dock, tie up
9:30-10:00 Tour the 100+ year old 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 (easy, flat terrain)
10:30-12:00 Guided tour of Pine Knot, the first Great Camp and vacation home to Collis P Huntington of Southern Pacific RR fame Camp Pine Knot Pine Knot is not normally open to the public
12:00-12:10 Board the WW Durant, tied up at Pine Knot dock
12:10-1:45 Enjoy lunch w/ historic commentary while cruising by the other Great Camps on Raquette Lake
$85 pp inclusive of cruise, meal, tax, gratuity, guided tours & water taxi service Reservations required. Book on line www.raquettelakenavigation.com or call 315-354-5532. Max of 64.
Saturday, August 2
#1 ½ price tickets for guided tour of Great Camp Sagamore at 10 am or 1:30 pm, the Alfred Vanderbilt wilderness estate for over 50 years. Reservations not required. https://www.sagamore.org/tours to buy discounted tickets on line.
#2 St William’s will host a free concert at Raquette Lake School, WIDE VARIETY, at 2:00 on Saturday, Aug. 2nd. A cappella singers of 50’s-70’s music.
#3 RL Boat Parade will be happening on Sat August 2nd at 6pm followed by fireworks from the barge at dusk. Watch from downtown RL area.
Sunday, August 3
#1 ½ price tickets for guided tour of Great Camp Sagamore at 10 am or 1:30 pm, the Alfred Vanderbilt wilderness estate for over 50 years. Reservations not required.
#2 Lunch in the historic dining hall at Great Camp Sagamore for $24.95 per person. Book a ticket for tour and lunch on line here https://www.sagamore.org/tours . Reservations must be made by 11 AM on Sunday Aug 3.
#3 The Church of the Good Shepherd (boat access only) will be having their annual service at 3pm. Free transport from Village Dock at 2:00 pm provided by Burke’s Marina. Complimentary refreshments after. http://sthubertsisle.com/
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Friday Aug 1
Historic Long Point Visit 8:30-1:45 time (Boat access only)
8:30-9:00 a.m. Board the WW Durant for water taxi ride to St. Williams. Captain will give you South Bay, Pine Knot, Echo Camp and St. Williams portions of the commentary before docking at St. Williams.
9:00-9:20 Cruise to St Williams, built in 1890 by William West Durant, dock, tie up
9:30-10:00 Tour the 100+ year old 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 (easy, flat terrain)
10:30-12:00 Guided tour of Pine Knot, the first Great Camp and vacation home to Collis P Huntington of Southern Pacific RR fame Camp Pine Knot Pine Knot is not normally open to the public
12:00-12:10 Board the WW Durant, tied up at Pine Knot dock
12:10-1:45 Enjoy lunch w/ historic commentary while cruising by the other Great Camps on Raquette Lake
$85 pp inclusive of cruise, meal, tax, gratuity, guided tours & water taxi service Reservations required. Book on line www.raquettelakenavigation.com or call 315-354-5532. Max of 64.
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Boards 9:00 p.m. Fireworks start about 9:15 p.m. Dockside bar available during show.
Availabilities:
- Saturday, August 2nd, 2025
Price: Free
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Tuesday, August 5th
Tuesday, August 26th
Tuesday, September 9th
All above dates boarding 8:15, sailing 8:30am. Return to the dock at 1:00pm. $80 pp inclusive for water taxi to Pine Knot, 90 minute guided tour Pine Knot, luncheon cruise with historic commentary, tax and service charge on meal.
Monday, October 6th
Boarding 2:30, sailing 2:45. Return to the dock at 7:00pm. $80 pp inclusive for water taxi to Pine Knot, 90 minute guided tour Pine Knot, buffet dinner cruise with historic commentary, tax and service charge on meal.
Pine Knot, the first Great Camp built by William West Durant and sold to Collis P Huntington of Southern Pacific RR fame, is not usually open to the public. It is located on Long Point, boat access only.
Now owned by SUNY Cortland, the facility caters to school and corporate groups. However a few times each season, Cortland consents to a few public tours because there is so much desire by the public to see this historic place.
Reservations required. Call 315-354-5532. Limited number of seats available.
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Board 11:00 a.m. Sail 11:30 – 1:00 p.m.
Availabilities:
- Saturday, August 30th
Price:
- $65 per person
- $55 (DD & those who don’t drink beer)
Here’s what to expect for your $65 per person-
Saranac Beer, BBQ and Blues:
- Boarding 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. with sailing 11:30 – 1:00 p.m.
- Must be 21 years to taste; DD can be under 21 years
- Awesome one man band Matt Grainger entertaining (not just blues)
- Limited to 75 people
- BBQ fare includes fall-off-the-bone ribs, corn on the cob, coleslaw, watermelon & apple crisp
- Generous pours of Saranac’s Beers of Fall, PLUS samples of two unreleased pilot brews
- Meet and greet Saranac’s own Head Brewmaster, Keith Miller and his assistant, Rosalie!
- Cash bar available
- Reservations recommended by calling 315-354-5532 or by booking online.
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Board 11:00 am. Sail 11:30-1:00 pm
Just $15 each. A $10 savings!
Beverage & snacks available for purchase.
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Board 11:00 am. Sail 11:30-1:00 pm
Just $15 each. A $10 savings!
Beverages & snacks available for purchase.
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For the last couple of years we have offered 2 Snowflake Excursions on the last day of our cruising season and it has always been on a Saturday. However, this year the entire Pohl family is invited to the wedding of Sam and Kennedy (Loriot) on Saturday the 18th, so our Snowflake Excursion this year will be on Sunday, October 19th! How could we not go? Captain Gene (Sam’s father) has piloted the Durant for years, Stephanie (Sam’s mother) wrote the vows for our weddings and both Sam and his brother Andrew worked for Raquette Lake Navigation for several seasons.
Boarding at 1:30, sailing 2-3:30pm
Buy your tickets online. Lower enclosed cabin heated. Fully licensed cash bar with lots of wine, beer & drink specials to help reduce the summer inventory. Cruise includes complimentary coffee, cider & cinnamon fried cakes.
$30 for ages 12+
$15 for ages under 12
Complimentary passes cannot be used for this cruise.
