Burlington Harbor Launch and Tow
Locally Owned and Operated-fully Licensed and Insured
Burlington Harbor Launch and Tow (HL&T) is a locally owned and operated Marine Service company located on the Burlington Waterfront. We provide a wide range of Marine Services to Boaters, Marinas, Municipalities, and Customers in Vermont and New York. Since all of our boats and equipment are trailerable, we are able to service all of Lake Champlain and the many smaller lakes in both states.
Our services range from on call 24/7 Emergency Marine Response Services to regular and seasonal Installation, Inspection, Repair, and Transport Services.
HL&T/Interlock Marine Services was established by Mike Hendrickson in 2007. Growing up on Lake Champlain, Mike was lucky to be able to spend his summers Sailing, Power Boating, and Scuba Diving all over the lake. Mike has lived and worked in the Marine Service Industry on Lake Champlain all his life. Mike is a great enthusiast of Lake Champlain and knows the lake from top to bottom and bottom to top.
All of us here at HL&T agree that Lake Champlain is an amazing place with so many special features, bays, communities, boaters, scuba diving spots, and destinations to be discovered. We are truly blessed that we are able to work on such an amazing body of water with our friends, serving and servicing the marine community, and doing the things we love.
All of us here at HL&T are committed to Lake Champlain and its stewardship. We work hard to make sure we are working appropriately to keep our equipment organized, clean, ensuring we do our part to keep the water way clean and encourage everyone out there to be safe when they are out there boating.
"Belle", our little tower, is an 1976 Angler 18' with a 90 hp Yamaha Outboard and tow bar. We found "Belle" in the back of an old abandoned power plant. It took a winter of grinding, painting, wiring, and working out the engine before we got her in the water. She was our first tow boat. HL&T uses "Belle" for small vessel tows, refuels, jumpstarts, and of course harbor cruising.
Big "MAE" is a 1999 C-Hawk 22' with a 175 hp Yamaha Outboard and a robust towing bar. Pound for Pound, this girls got it where it counts and always delivers in any condition. The boat is set up for hard grounding and submerged salvages, diving support, towing, and is equipped with a bow lifting crane for light duty Marine work. We use big "MAE" for long distance and rapid response towing all over Lake Champlain.
"Rachel Z" is a 2006 Penga 26' with a 125 hp Cummins/Mercruiser inboard/outboard motor. This is the girl we use when we want to haul larger boats long distances for a long time. We set that throttle and just let her chug. That diesel engine and large prop makes her perfect for big jobs headed anywhere on Lake Champlain.
"DARLA" is our steel work boat. We use her for Marine Salvage, Towing, Mooring and Dock Installation, Push Boat services, Commercial Diving Operations, and pretty much anywhere we think she will be a good fit. She is outfitted with two 2000 lbs. davit cranes and 3500 lbs. winches as well as air compressors and over 20,000 lbs. of lift bags and salvage gear for emergency and scheduled marine operations.