I went down to the Tahoe Keys Marina for the 5th annual South Lake Tahoe classic wooden boat show, and I got to see a bunch of great antique boats and classic boat reproductions; and got to talk to the passionate people who restore and care for these amazing boats. I got to talk to John Walti, the vice-commodore of the vintage division of the California Speedboat Association, who showed me the FT Barron perpetual trophy with every race winner since the club was founded in 1934. I also got to talk to the owners of the 1924 gold-cup racer the "Baby Skipalong", which was widely considered to be the fastest boat on Lake Tahoe in the late 1920s. I got to talk to the owner of a reproduction 1938 Ventnor Gold-cup boat that was originally designed to carry a 500Lbs bomb in it's bow; as well as the builder of of a reproduction B-Racing Runabout from the early 1950s. By far the most famous boat I saw there was George Whittell Jr's famous 60ft wooden Yacht "The Thunderbird". Launched in 1940, by a man so rich he owned pretty much the entire east shore of Lake Tahoe, the Thunderbird represents the absolute hight of art deco wooden boat design.

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1. boring af
2. I would like to have seen more boats, the story behind the boats are great maybe if you can edit some of the stories to shorten them and more boats and there power plants.
3. Scott Courts is such a humble, wise and talented person, he really knows his stuff.. My father built MY SIN's engine and I rigged her under his guidance. She turned out absolutely gorgeous and is running stronger and stronger to this day. Really a proud moment.
4. thanks for the last comment! keep it clean. keep it real in the feel alright!
5. Too much talking, not enough showing the boats. The caption is wooden boat classic, not we're all going to try and be youtube stars.
6. wow how relaxing and sooooo very nice 😀😀
7. wonderful boats .i love wood
8. looks like a day of cool boats and whine and cheese stuffy blow hards. thank goodness for youtube.
9. That boat was on gull lake in Minasota
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11. Would have been nice to include the ACBS in the title being they put on the show and shows across the country. And fiberglass is welcome. The boat in my avatar is a Best Race Boat winner.
12. Blah Blah
13. The last race by CSA on Lake Merritt was July 4th 1988,  The Dr. Barron Trophy was a   race for hydroplane boats only.  The winner of the trophy for that day was Harry Craycroft of Concord, Ca. with a 5.0 liter hydro named "Hydro Therapy".  I thought that this information could be used as an update.
14. The space ship boat at 3:24
15. The Thunderbird is soooo awesome what a boat WOW, I was hoping to see a Chris - Craft boat I have several advertisements 1946 for Chris - Craft which I've always found interesting I like the style of the boats.
16. "A annual"?????? An annual sir!!!! English, please, TUT, TUT.
17. I tried to enter my boat, Cirrohsis of the River, but they turned me down.
18. commodore skippy of the riff raff here, 40 keks.