Lady of the _ _ _ _?

[Airwaves]

Okay, all of this talk about the Mount and her "wild" ride has finally got my curiosity peaked!

If anyone can answer these questions, please do;

First of all, the questions have NOTHING to do with the Mount's latest adventure!

1. I know that the Mount is owned by a private entity. What about the dock space at the Weirs, etc? I wonder this because if I were to hit powerball and wanted to set up a competing tour boat would I be able to use the same areas?

2. Does anyone still "own" the names and/or designs of vessels that have sunk and have not been on Winnipesaukee for decades?

[jrc]

There is a private boat/yacht in Mountain View Yacht Club called "Lady of Lake II" (it may be III). So if that name is trademarked it's not being enforced very well. Same goes for the mini-mount, its clearly has the same name as the real mount.

At the Weirs, I'm pretty sure the company that own the Mount also owns the building, the big ramp and the docking at the bottom of the ramp. It does not own the abutting town docks. There is a yellow paint line demarking the boundary. I heard that the Winni Water Taxi/Lake Tours paid the city to use the town dock not the company.

If you really want to dig into this, Laconia has all its tax appraisals online, so a search will tell you who owns what.