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04-06-2011, 11:55 PM | #1 |
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Queen of Winnipesaukee
Does anyone know what happened to the Queen of Winnipesaukee and where she is now? I was also wondering if anyone knew what brand of sailboat she was and what year she was built?
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A little information here:
http://www.lwhs.us/news/news-oct2005capttanner.htm "Built in Clearwater, Florida, the Queen of Winnipesaukee was a 46 foot Irwin Sloop, 13 tons, 13 feet wide at the beam, with a ballast of 4 tons of lead and a mast 60 feet tall above the water. The last time Captain Tanner knew the sailing yacht was in Venezuela, being sailed around the world by a young couple."
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04-07-2011, 11:22 AM | #6 |
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I didn't realize that it was no longer on the lake.
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04-07-2011, 03:34 PM | #7 |
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04-08-2011, 07:43 AM | #8 |
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The Queen of Winnipesaukee
From: The Boats and Ports of Lake Winnipesaukee, by Bruce Heald Images of America Series Another book that looks good, but I do not own... yet. Boats and Ports of Lake Winnipesaukee Volume II Images of America Series |
04-08-2011, 08:28 AM | #9 |
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Looking a lot like a Cuban boatload of refugees trying to escape to Miami, the Queen would be wall to wall, rail to rail, with people all crammed onto the deck on a sunny weekend, 1 1/2 hour cruise out to Mark-Timber Islands. Sitting up against the rail, legs out over the side of the hull, you couldn't see the deck when it was all crammed up with people like that.
Supposedly, the new owner had a town dock lease disagreement with the City of Laconia over the terms of the Weirs dock lease or something. The new owner decided to "walk" and sailed off to Florida. That was a big loss for the Weirs waterfront! Score: Florida-One, Weirs Beach-Zero!
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I had no idea one could sail from Winnie to Florida.
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04-08-2011, 05:53 PM | #11 |
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I was gonna say the same thing Thanks for posting the pics of the Queen, I have very fond memories of going out for a ride on that boat when I was really little. My grandfather took me out one summer that I was staying with him, on a perfectly clear, calm, and windless day I remember the sails flapping around in the light breeze and sun beating down, it was a perfect day for a powerboat. Regardless that was a nice boat and gave me great memories. I was never fortunate enough to experience the Quote:
Thanks for bringing up some nice childhood memories with this thread! I miss seeing that boat on the lake. |
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04-09-2011, 07:30 AM | #13 |
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Every year just at ice out, when the ice all breaks up and washes down the river, there's a 5-minute window of opportunity to surf down over the dams, and get out to the ocean. Just like a tsunami washing a boat over a concrete sea wall, the Winnipesaukee Queen grabbed that ice out wave and rode it over about five different dams and out to sea.....piece -of-cake......F-L-O-R-I-D-A!
Probably, anything carried on a flat bed trailer that is bigger than 8 1/2' x 48' automatically becomes an oversize load as far as being trailered on the road system, and gets into the realm of permits and off-peak travel time. If you gots the money, then they gots the time!
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