Geneva Lakes Wooden Boat Show (or Wooden Boat Overload!)

My very good friends Rob and Peg were fortunate to be able to make his annual pilgrimage to the Geneva Lakes Wooden Boat Show last weekend. Basking in the beauty of mahogany and one of the Midwest's most beautiful lakes while I was stuck in the air conditioned ashtray of Las Vegas.

I don't know much about these beautiful boats, but I certainly know how much I would have loved to have been able to see them first-hand. I can almost smell the sweet fresh water of Wisconsin's second-deepest (and second-prettiest) lake. Man I miss my boat and Wisconsin.



































All photos: ©Rob and Peggy Hamilton, 2010

Down on the Parking Lot - Nautical Edition

My brother spied this mahogany Van Dam limousine runabout in a parking lot in New Buffalo, MI last week and thought of me. Pretty freakin' sweet.
A little search on the Van Dam Boats website lists the specs (click on "Cyclone"):

LOA: 35' 6"
BEAM: 8' 3"
DRAFT: 18" - 24"
DISPLACEMENT: 7460 LB. (a bit more than Klaus could tow)
POWER: 2x 435 V8 GAS
SPEED: 50+ MPH

Oh, and it's for sale.
Anyone feeling extra generous (to the tune of $325k)?