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If you have some spare time at Lake Tahoe, make sure to take the tour of the very unique Thunderbird Lodge on the east shore, where George Whittell once owned 40,000 acres (which explains why most of the east shore was never developed).
His lovingly restored 55-foot wooden speedboat has a history all its own (it was purchased from Whittell in 1962 by casino magnate William F. Harrah, and was used for high-roller fun on the lake by the likes of Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Sinatra and Bill Cosby).
It's now in the caring hands of the Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society, and they keep it in tip-top shape.
#tahoetuesday +TahoeTuesday +Scott McGuire
#transporttuesday +Gene Bowker +Annie Irving
The Thunderbird
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If you have some spare time at Lake Tahoe, make sure to take the tour of the very unique Thunderbird Lodge on the east shore, where George Whittell once owned 40,000 acres (which explains why most of the east shore was never developed).
His lovingly restored 55-foot wooden speedboat has a history all its own (it was purchased from Whittell in 1962 by casino magnate William F. Harrah, and was used for high-roller fun on the lake by the likes of Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Sinatra and Bill Cosby).
It’s now in the caring hands of the Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society, and they keep it in tip-top shape.
#tahoetuesday +TahoeTuesday +Scott McGuire
#transporttuesday +Gene Bowker +Annie Irving
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What a beauty!
Now, that's one gorgeous yacht!
Gorgeous boat with amazing history 🙂 Nicely captured :))
Nice job on the restoration. Looks great!
Wow—it's beautiful!
that is awesome. They sure knew how to build them back then +Dave Bell
Thanks all.. there's not much room to shoot in the boathouse, but I did my best to give some of the 'feel' of the yacht.
It is wicked-cool in person. It costs about $250,000 per year to maintain it (I assume that includes a salary of the captain). They take it out for special cocktail cruises for the big donors to the Preservation Society.. and can take 16 people.
The wood is double-planked mahogany, with brushed stainless steel.