Boat The Blue Breaks All Records!
Mahogany Madness!
According to fellow Woody Boater David Nau in yesterdays comments The Boat The Blue Event stats are as follows. I am sure this will be updated. But regardless of the numbers, we can tell that this event is a mind blower and clear game changer for how future big shows should be. It would be amiss to not give 100% of the credit to the AMAZING team in Michigan, who has been prepping for years.WOW. Here at the stats as reported. We will thread a bazillion dock shots today thanks to M-fine and Don Ploetner. And my comments. Oh boy
Marty and the Michigan gang judging.
This has turned out to be the biggest ACBS International Boat Show ever. Out of 202 boats registered, 195 actually showed, beating the old record of 146 boats. It’s kind of overwhelming – so many boats!
Out of the 195 shown, I counted:
168 Wood boats of all types
2 Hybrid Wood/Fiberglass (both Chris Craft Silver Arrows)
23 Fiberglass boats of all types
1 Aluminum
1 Steel (Chris Craft Roamer)
Over 40 Cruisers of all types (being on the Great Lakes, boats can come in under their own power from anywhere in the world),which can’t be done when the show is on an inland lake.
12 Outboard-powered boats
Separated at birth, now together again
Fantastic engines
Lymann Love
Dock shot.
Regina says hi, she is taking a rest from her trip!
Oh! Hell ya!
OOOOFFFF!
Stars and Stripes. LOVE LOVE this name and theme. Dang! Well done!
OKAY, now.. Ugh.. This is the shot that broke me. F you Florence. F YOU.. F is for Forget by the way. What? UGH.. Twin Engine WECATCHEM.. AHHHHHHHHHHH I am now no longer bummed. But pissed. UGH… Amazing name by the way. Everything is right
Details!
Nice touch with the color
Okay that is one big name. I wonder where she is from?
TEASE! I will let my imagination see the rest
Possibly the most famous prop of all time! CHAD RULES!
Okay.. Okay.. Mmmmmm Will someone, PLEASE re-letter this amazing boat. This is a European font designed in the late 1950’s and became a hit in the 1970’s No, No.. NO! Does not fit or do the boat justice.
Classic Red fun. A local favorite around here in the Mid Atlantic- Whats left of it
Wait? isnt this a small wagon?
Mike Mayer, looking happy on his Big Birthday!
I bet the YNOT gang used up some megabytes of photos at this show
Alex! I am so far! I am reaching for you Alex. Alex? Alex?
Firewood! No way! More like Morningwood
Perfection
Moms Mink! Love!
Under cover goodness
Rum Runner charging up
Plastic and Mahogany goodness
Layman love.
Party on the Ledo deck!
Under cover and cool name
Canada Goose. Where are the huge red balls?
Perfection
I think this is HART. an amazing amazing sedan
The WoodyBoater gang crashing the party. Wait.. Is that a pontoon boat? What the hell!
OH! Love.. Love these little racers.
Dart!
Best bilge award.. WOW.. I wonder if the owner shows off the bilge on every run.. “Oh I love your boat” Really, want to see my bilge? I have bilge lust.. Is that wrong?
I am getting a tickle about these triples.
Cruiser, cruiser and more cruisers
Love the Numbers!
More Lyman love
Tease – Reminder to self. get better photographers! HA !
Matthews Magic
Sorry the story took so long this morning. Lots of photos from random areas. We have been asked about the next International show. So here it is thanks to David again. Stay tuned for updates.
Future shows:
2019: Alexandria Bay, NY (near Clayton, NY)
2020: Bay Harbor, MI (near Petoskey,MI)
These are both on the Great Lakes, also, so again, cruisers can come in.
Good morning, headed for the show. Now THIS is the Michigan weather I remember.
I am not sure about the purple part but there is definitely some light haze.
MFine did you get more photos of Purple Haze bow shot as she cut through the fog it was so thick I could not tell it was you shooting but did see someone shooting as I came under the bridge. Would love some shots of her when with running lights on gliding toward you in the fog
Phil jones
Phil, I did get some shots of you coming through, and I am happy to send you all of them, but they are not great.
Thanks to Jim Staib and m-fine for corrections. I somehow missed the steel 1911 Mullins completely and looks like the Roamer is aluminum.
So, make that:
1 Steel
2 Aluminum
Supposed to have the sun peeking out by early this afternoon.😃
The judges have to be pretty overwhelmed with the huge turnout. I know at least one extra experienced judge got called in from the North Coast Ohio Chapter. Jeff Funk and crew have their hands full, but I know they will do a great job. Just so many sweet boats!
Show closes at 4:00PM today. The Awards Banquet starts with cocktails at 5:30PM. I think it’s going to be a long, but great evening!
Thanks for sharing, some really awesome boats.
What about the free boat rides..
Over 700 boat rides to spectators, All free. Probably another record
Lines are not too long!
What a show, I would of loved to be there. So many great looking photos I can’t even imagine the sounds of all them flatheads. Looks like a great event. Thanks for the coverage.
I was there yesterday and it was pretty amazing.
Like you, Matt, I missed THE BIG ONE! Enjoyed the pics immensely, but the ambience, the excitement, the picture perfect weather and all those boaters…
Kudos to the Michigan Chapter for rockin’ the 2018 ACBS International Boat Show. Spectacular!
Carla,
We missed you. The rest of the Haggerty crew are just not the same😁
You are too kind, Jimmy! Hope you’re having a grand time. No doubt, plenty of shenanigans happening in Port Huron.
They even had pontoon cruisers…
I am really really regretting not making this show!
I am glad you added “with the color” to the caption of this, it would have just been wrong to claim “Nice touch”.
Finally beat M-fine to breakfast
That pontoon is for sale!
(Agree with you about that font, Matt.)
As Ed Sullivan might have said. looks like it is a “really big shew”.
Sorry to have missed it…
So tell us…how did Florience treat Reedville ?
Well the fog has cleared and the party is over.
Best show ever, they really know how to throw a first class party!!!!!
Great Show!
Perfect overcast kept the heat down, fog kept things cooler.Nicely organized and run, too.
Nice to see the photos up already. Mine still need a bit of editing, will post on Facebook…
Some of the hard workers there!
Karen McLaren does a fantastic job editing the Channel Marker magazine, a really nice publication!
Boat The Blue Crew – well worth the 16 hour drive it took us from NE Mn –
Thank you!
PS – couldn’t get enough of the “Flipper” land display!
Great photos! I especially like the overhead shot of the 225 Chrysler. Gorgeous!
My one photo
Best Bilge has to be Jeff Feudner’s 30ft Lyman. Am I wrong? I remember seeing the bilge in his Lyman Offshore and it was a life-changing experience.
Let’s get them started early! Xander Morrow in Galawagon. Grandpa Bill Graham’s Galadriel in the background