If you are not happy with the results below please do another search
Thanks Hampster for the report. UPDATE! The Event took place on Friday the 11th and is an Electric Boat – No fire just a lot of smoke. Well, you know what they say? Where? This afternoon the station received a report of a vessel on fire at Homewood Marina. Upon arrival, the station found North
... Read more.Another huge thanks to Steve Natale for keeping us all up to date and allowing me to milk the Tahoe event to Lactose Intolerance level. We don’t have on the water stuff yet, and I am sure will. This has been more of a real time kinda report. Of Course Kent O. Smith Jr is
... Read more.Another HUGE thanks to Steve Natale for keeping the reports coming in from Lake Tahoe. We have all sorts of wonderful images, and a wonderful appearance of Perlitta Too. Which has been a Woody Boater Fave for over a decade. Its amazing to see how she has been. I don’t know the judging results but
... Read more.A huge thanks to Steve Natale for sending us in some Trickle, Trickle…. Yes the wooden boats keep trickling in to Obexer’s Marina here in Lake Tahoe as the Tupperware boats are being relocated. We have a full pool this year as a result of a big winter. The water level is high, we temperatures
... Read more.It’s Wednesday and the boats are starting to trickle in on Lake Tahoe. The Lake Tahoe show is the Pebble Beach of boat shows, and there is always some jaw dropping magic happening. The other big show on Gull Lake will also be dropping jaws in Minnesota at Bar Harbor, Hessel up in the permafrost,
... Read more.We got a wonderful batch of Lapkin eye candy yesterday. Roar off and other amazing imagery from The Big Lake Tahoe Show. And then Steve Natale went unconventional weaponry and in one simple idea, rounded out the event. I love these shoot outs. We get to see how artists think, and it shows us how
... Read more.Looooooong time fellow Woody Boater Steve Natale reports in from Lake Tahoe. Steve BTW has gone on to become a Youtube star in the classic car universe. Links below. Anyway, Steve Natale’s images got here late yesterday, while the other Steve…LAPKIn to just add to the confusion. His story is locked up in a file
... Read more.A huge thanks to Mr Steve Lapkin and his magic eye. We have a pre report from Tahoe. We also have a report coming in from Steve Natale, but its clogged up the internet somewhere near New Mexico. Slowly downloading through Kansas. I blame supply management issues in the gigabyte universe. You just cant find
... Read more.Coming up in August three of the big shows of the year happen. YES I know there are others. But these are the shows that deliver the spectacular. And if you plan it right, you could do all three. Below is a quick breakdown of what each show is about. I am generalizing, but to
... Read more.What a week of fantastic photos and copy. Steve, Dane and Texx did an amazing job, Too amazing frankly. I can now see how far I have slipped into the dirge of daily posts about the Railway, Mr B and other things with in my field of pandemic vision. So? How do you follow those
... Read more.After a week of moving all the stuff from the railway to Lake tahoe, we are ready to be judged. Wait, sorry, the headline may be a tad off. The VIRTUAL Tahoe Show. I will say, I applaud the folks at the Tahoe Show for having some fun with the Virtual Show and and adding
... Read more.As you may recall, last year we entered Sweet Pea into the Lake Tahoe Boat Show. We did well, shockingly well. We had to virtually haul that dam trawler across the county and over the mountains for our award that we were robbed of. But that’s another story. Bitter? No not so much… BUT! This
... Read more.Seen everything on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and all the other stuff to watch? Have you tried ebay? Today we feature two listings from the same seller and clearly family on Lake Tahoe. Of course there isnt sound here, so I will make up the back story. Regardless of my jocularity how cool would it be
... Read more.Well, now what? Sweet Pea didn’t win the peoples choice award… And in order to get to Tahoe to get the award next year I had to make an audible. So I left last week and well.. Hold on, I did the math. Looks like about 6,000 nautical miles to Sacramento. mmm Lets say at
... Read more.Today is the big day. Awards will be announced for the big Lake Tahoe Virtual Boat Show. Will Sweet Pea even make the list? They said last night it was down to the wire? Now, I am not gonna say anything.. BUT! Okay I will. I saw a lot of promotional stuff for all the
... Read more.As horrific as the pandemic has been on the planet, like anything, it’s brought us positive things. Sorry, it’s my curse, I see the positive in everything. Sadly traveling to see our friends and loved ones is almost impossible, but on a positive note, I have explored many of the areas around me. Like my
... Read more.First, I would like to say you all do an amazing job. It takes special skills to navigate around the politics of owners and clubs. I honestly don’t know how you do it. And don’t listen to the trouble makers out there who say judges play favorites. I mean, we all know you all are
... Read more.This years big Lake Tahoe Concours d’Elegance has gone virtual. And if you want to enter now, hurry, you have a day. They extended the registration and of course it’s already an amazing show, with amazing world class..ic boats. What an amazing place! Terry Fiest Said “We did something very special this year at Tahoe
... Read more.By now the closing of the Tahoe Maritime Museum is old news. The boats are headed to auction on Bring A Trailer. I suppose thats a great place for the auction to be less filled with “the tricks of the auction trade” And out there for everyone to participate. I am sad for sure. But
... Read more.Another huge thanks to Phil “Duster ” Andrew and Steve Lapkin for getting all our engines running and ready for this years boating season! This year saw the running of the 21st New Zealand Antique & Classic Boat show at beautiful St Arnaud In the Nelson Lakes district of the South Island of New Zealand.
... Read more.Another year, another two weeks of large boat shows is now in the past. We hope you have enjoyed the wonderful talents of the Steve’s and Kent O. Smith Jr. I stand an aplaud the effort and skill. Our passion is a wonderful community for sure. Once again, i can not thank the Steves and
... Read more.A huge thanks to Steve Lapkin for keeping the Tahoe Show going here on Woody Boater. Its not easy to be at the show, trying to harvest a bazillion photos and then try and weed through the great stuff at night when you are exhausted. Been there and tried to do that. But we here
... Read more.A huge thanks to fellow Woody Boaters Steve Lapkin and Steve Natale for sharng some of the pre show setup fun at the big 2019 Lake Tahoe Boat Show. This is the largest and most important show on the West Coast, if not the country. Winning a Lake Tahoe Award is a major deal in
... Read more.Looks like they are loading in at Obexers for the big Tahoe Show this weekend. We will be juggling between Clayton and Tahoe as Ship happens! Stay tuned.
... Read more.Somewhere deep in the dark history of the internet I found this! A fun video, or show in a PBS style of the Lake Tahoe gang in 1997! For the record, Marty I don’t think has aged. Which begs the question…. Is Marty real or an alien with super powers. The boat he is in
... Read more.This very cool slide on eBay shows a wonderful time capsule image of a pre race on Lake Tahoe. Of course here is the image so not sure why it needs to be purchased, but if you want it blown up and frames you need to own the slide. But for us here, the graphics
... Read more.Yes, there are a ton of other shows that happened out there. But we would be remiss without a Sausage Day from Lake Tahoe. Now we are also going to include stuff that happened while reporting on the show. Needless to say my brain was been ripped apart via email with all the cool stuff.
... Read more.We have been having fun with featured boat shows the past couple years. During the show we try and report on the news as its happening, and near the then, is when the real art comes out. These are the select shots that are far more than editorial coverage, they are shot through and edited
... Read more.The shots have been piling up, and we have other fun shows to talk about. Yes, as big as Tahoe is to the culture, the calssic boat world just keeps going in Hessel, Harvys Lake, Even right here in Virginia at Fleets Bay. But first lets just gafaw at the stunningness of Tahoe. A huge
... Read more.Late Live-ish This just in: Fellow Woody Boater Steve Marini’s 1972 Riva Super Ariston, Tramonto, sweeps multiple awards at the 2018 Lake Tahoe Concours d’Elegance. Reporting in Woody Boater Reporter Steve Natale The freshly restored boat captured from Northwest Classic Boats: Best in Class Best Riva Best Professional Restoration (Dave and Rudy at Northwest Classic
... Read more.Well, out of the fire and into the frying pan, No, wait, out of the frying pan and into the fire! Despite the fires in California, which have effected the sky at Tahoe, the show is on, and wonderful. We have a series of reports all coming in from our reporters on the west coast.
... Read more.It’s not a trick question BTW, Okay, stick with us here, cause it all makes sense, but only in our strange little world known as Woodyboaterville. Ready? Now, Meet Carl Fisher. For those who don’t know Carl, he is the one who started Prest-o-lite and with the fortune from that company built the Indianapolis Motor
... Read more.Thanks to Steve “Tahoe” Natale for sending in reports from Lake Tahoe. The weather has been great and the show even more spectacular. Today we get to walk the docks and imagine as if you were there. No captions, so.. Yup, I get to make them up. I would like to apologize ahead of time.
... Read more.We just got from Steve “Tahoe” Natale a report on Best in Show at lake tahoe. Thats all we got, if you have more hit the comment section. Winning Best In Show at Lake Tahoe is about as top of the hill as it gets, and a huge congrats to the owners and Sierra Boat
... Read more.Steve Natale sends in another fun report from Lake Tahoe at this weekends Annual Concourse D’Elegance. Take it away Steves! Regular Woody Boater readers will remember a few weeks back when the two Steves went to Lake Tahoe with Steve Marini’s freshly refinished 1934 Hacker-Craft and ended up having to be towed back to port
... Read more.Okay, for the record, we even start judging if we see a boat on a trailer on the highway, but this is serious judging, not judge Judy judging, TAHOE judging. And as judging goes, we would say, these are the judges of all judges. They take that stuff very seriously there and we are happy
... Read more.Thanks fellow WoodyBoaters Steve Natale and Steve Marini who reported in from Lake Tahoe after a fun day of pre show warm ups. Even including the break down. Wow, now thats thinking of everything. It was a spectacular day here at Lake Tahoe today. The lake level is up to the maximum, locals say it
... Read more.If you won, you know you won and a huge congrats! if you thought you won, and no one told you, then here is the sad wake up call. That dry wall screw you used to put the cleat on did you in! Sorry. If you are looking to buy one of the best boats
... Read more.Thanks to fellow Woody Boater Marty Feletto, for giving us a ground floor look at the huge 2016 ACBS International at Sierra Boat Co. Lots of photos so grab a coffee bean and enjoy!
... Read more.There sure are alotta fancy classic boats out on Lake Tahoe this weekend at the big International Show. But no one, and I mean no one will have a Baseball crammed in their E-X-H-A-U-S-T pipe like this one from fellow Woody Boater Mark Setterholm. The story goes, they were starting starting to disassemble a 1952
... Read more.Thanks again to fellow Woody Boater and reporter Steve Natale for sending us in another fantastic report in from the big Lake Tahoe Show at Obexsers. Getting the itch to go? GO! Get your personal transporter device warmed up. Tell your sig other that you are stepping out to pick up something at the hardware
... Read more.Thanks again to fellow Woody Boater and Tahoe reporter Steve Natale for showing us behind the scenes at the big The 2016 Concours d’Elegance which is celebrating 80th anniversary of a boating icon: the Chris-Craft Racing Runabout. The event takes place at the historic Obexers Marina, which has been around since 1911.
... Read more.The big show on Lake Tahoe at Obexers is about to get under way. Thanks to fellow Woody Boater and reporter Steve Natale for sending us in some exclusive photos of the prep time. For the record, I always find this to be the best time at a boat show. It’s like unwrapping birthday presents.
... Read more.They are headed South, West and North to Lake Tahoe this weekend for the big show at Obexer’s Boat Co, not to be confused with the South Lake Tahoe show that was a couple weeks ago, and the big International Show in September at Sierra Boat Co. Heck, we should have just gone there a
... Read more.If you are going to go water skiing on Lake Tahoe, do it with style. Glass-like conditions, a bristol blue sky, snow capped Sierra Nevada Mountain peaks and assure calm waters. Buzz Gibb (formerly the owner of the Queen of the Lake: THUNDERBIRD) commissioned Steven Lapkin (www.h2omark.com ) to capture the never-before: John Beard (then,
... Read more.Much like going to Algonac in June, which is not a show, but rather than a pilgrimage, Lake Dora is a celebration, a blessing of the fleet, opening day to the passion. We have many such events throughout the year that are tradition. We love us some traditions in this community. With the ACBS International
... Read more.Well, there we have it, the end of 2023, The past, and tomorrow the future. See there was a theme here. Hey it just happened. So here we have some of the highlights of 2023. We had over 618,000 visits from over 150,000 people, from a crap load of countries. 99% from the US and
... Read more.You’re here, come on in, over, down or up and let’s do this. Some folks have been waiting all morning and well, actually had no real other plans since they, well. Have been decomposing in their spare time. OH, I am happy to see any part of them that is still left. Anyway, the Weiner’s
... Read more.