Long Trips!!!

The M/V Carillon will be offering some unique day-long trips throughout the season. Call 802-897-5331 for reservations. Please send us your email address even if you can't sail with us this season and we'll send you updates on special trips scheduled in future seasons. We ask that you send a $20 per person non-refundable deposit to hold your reservation. We will not sail with less than 25 people (deposit will be refunded).Our maximum will be 40 passengers for these trips. Coffee and donuts prior to departure.

We will not be offering the Whitehall to Fort Edward Trip this year. Due to dredging work on the Hudson as well as water levels on the Hudson, the Captain is not totally confident of the safety of docking at Fort Edward. And safety is our number one concern.

This trip has been canceled for the July 23 date. Stay tuned for future dates. Depart from Larrabee's Point at 8:30am. Reservations Required. Cost is $35/person. Sail North to Otter Creek passing the Crown Point Bridge construction site and keeping a look out for Osprey,Herons, Bald Eagles, and Champ. We'll slowly sail to the foot of the falls in Vergennes. Then sail back to Lake Champlain and Larrabee's Point. While on this trip we will learn about Mathew Lyon, a little known hero of the American Revolution and the first test of our right to Free Speech and a free press. Vergennes was a critical shipyard during the War of 1812 and we will learn about Thomas McDonough and his role in ridding Lake Champlain of British warships during that conflict. We will sail past Fort Cassin where the British were prevented from destroying our fleet before it had sailed. After the War of 1812 Vergennes was a major industrial center in Vermont and Otter Creek was the highway that was used to get there. Vergennes was also the home of the first female steamship captain in our country. We will not be getting off the boat at Vergennes. Box lunches are available for $12/person. Please call to order your choice of box lunch. Once again do not forget to bring a cushion to sit on as our 100 year old chairs are hard.

Depart from Larrabee's Point at 9:30am. Cost is $35/person. We will sail south on Lake Champlain for 25 miles. The Captain will share stories of such colorful charachters as J. T. Buell, Ethan Allen, Nathan Beeman, and Mathew Lyon. We will sail past historic Fort Ticonderoga, Mount Independence and Mt. Defiance all while watching the wrecks on the bottom of the Lake with the side-imaging sonar on the boat. Heron, Osprey. Kingfisher, and Bald Eagles will be seen during this cruise as much of the way we will be sailing in the Narrows of Lake Champlain. The narows are very river like and the wildlife is very close for excellent viewing. Upon arriving at Whitehall, the cruise will lock through Lock 12 and sail on the Champlain Canal for a short distance before turning around and locking back down into Lake Champlain. We will disembark for lunch at the Smokin on The Water or Skene Manor. After lunch we will return to Larrabee's Point in Shoreham, VT. We should be back to Larrabee's Point by 4pm. Do not forget to bring cushions to make the ride more comfortable as the 100 year old chairs aboard the M/V Carillon are hard. Also remember the camera and binoculars.

We have not scheduled any Whitehall to Shoreham and return trips this year. If we hear of enough interest in this trip we will schedule one.