Chapter 3 Of 3 On Tahoe: The People Make The Place

TAHOE: where the Gods come to play

Thanks AGAIN to Steve Lapkin and the good folks on Lake Tahoe for…for… well, being amazing people. THIS WEEKEND!!!!!

Sometimes never an empty inch of space in order to get an up-close view at Obexer’s Marina, the Concours site

Tahoe. How large is this lake? The water in Lake Tahoe is enough to cover the entire size of California to a depth of 12-14 inches. It is 12 miles wide and 22 miles long…with 72 miles of shoreline. The surface area covers 191 square miles: that’s 10 times the size of Manhattan!

The early-birds get the sunrise with all these amazing distractions

There’s a lot to love about Tahoe. And it has attracted an energetic cross-section of Americana (and worldly tourists from abroad) for eons.  Yes, Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Cher, and now Zuckerberg…are part of that patronage.

Dave Olson, one of the show’s senior statesmen and we thank you, Dave, for your leadership over the years!

But, here, in the attached visuals, is the REAL Tahoe lifeblood; many you have known and call your close friends for decades. Collectively, they have made the annual Tahoe wooden boat weekend what it remains and continues to this day.  Together, with their families, they harvested one of the most diverse collections of mahogany and chrome anywhere on the planet for public viewing and benefit via the Tahoe Yacht Club Foundation.

NOT SO FAST – perennial show entrant, and winner, Doug Elmore with his son Jeb.

I, too, just happen to be one of the original tribesmen. I am older than you think.

He’ll always be with us! Tony Brown. What a marvelous chap!

Here’s my third in the series of galleries that just might tip you over the edge, and sway you  to Tahoe this coming weekend for the 50^th celebration of the Concours d’ Elegance.  The entries will surely blow your socks (or sandals) off and/or pop a few champagne corks.

Plenty of barrelbacks. And time for a fatherly-son chat. John Iles and son aboard Miss Arrowhead.

Alan & Ginny Furth tidying up NOSTALGIA at Chambers Invitational This photo is ‘ancient’. In the days when Alan and Ginny Furth were omnipresent. (photo: Carol Van Etten)

“Just the two of us” – emblematically Chris-Craft

EARLY Racing Runabouts that sported many shades of lapis

Probably the best view in the house is offered up by Thunderbird

Gar Woods – galore………or as Matt would say gaaaaaaaaaaaaa

I spy with (one of my) little eyes

Blondes have more fun; two have even more

Always a knock-out Racing Runabout

Share and share alike: let’s all go first!

When Lapkin flies – there is unity

What appears to be a bit of AI? She’s well over 80 years old!

Words and imagery by Steve Lapkin (unless otherwise noted)