2016 Brochure - Antique Wooden Boat Show

Boat Show
Registration
Committee Use
REGISTRATION # __________
CLASS __________
Boat Owner(s) ___________________________________________________________________
Address __________________________________________ Phone (
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39th Annual
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City & State ____________________________________________________ Zip _____________
Summer Address (After________ ) ___________________________________________________
City & State ____________________________________________________ Zip _____________
Email Address (Please print) ________________________________________________________
Year Built ___________ Length _________ Engine ______________________________________
Builder ______________________________________ Model ____________________________
Boat Name__________________________ Home Port __________________________________
❏ I DO NOT want my boat judged
I want my boat to be considered for the... ❏ Most Original Award or ❏ Junior Craftsman Award
Please check the classification of your boat
q 1 – Runabout, 0-16 ft.
q 2 – Runabout, 17-18 ft.
q 3 – Runabout, 19-20 ft.
q 4 – Runabout, 21-24 ft.
q 5 – Runabout, 25 ft. and over
q 6 – Utility, 0-17 ft.
q 7 – Utility, 18-20 ft.
q 8 – Utility, 22 ft. (Chris Craft Only)
q 9 – Utility, 21-24 ft.
q 10– Utility, 25 f t. and over
q 11 – Lapstrake Skiffs
Outboard
Launch
Sailboat
Cruiser, pre-1974
Canoe
Dinghy
Contemporary-Replica (One entry limit/person)
Classic Non-Wood (pre1978 & less than 28 ft)
q Fiberglass q Metal
q 19 – Racer
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“I certify that this boat is
% original”
The committee reserves the right to verify and monitor classification
FEE: $3500
Make fee payable to: Antique Wooden Boat Show Committee
and mail to: Registration Committee
P.O. Box 177, Hessel, MI 49745
or e-mail: [email protected]
or phone 906-484-3193
LIABILITY CLAUSE
I accept and assume full liability for any injury or loss to
me or my property at any time, and from any cause, on the
premises of the show. I expressly release the management
from liability for such loss or injury and agree to provide
and pay for my own insurance.
Signature
Fee covers self, spouse, and children under 12, PLUS a Participant’s Plaque and Courtesy Parking. Registration must be received by July15, 2016
to guarantee printing in the Souvenir Program. All registrations received by August 5, 2016 are guaranteed to receive the information packet.
Any registration received after Wednesday, August 10, WILL NOT be judged and may not be docked with boats in their class.
A photo and any background information on your vessel sent with this registration is appreciated.
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The Les Cheneaux Islands Antique
Wooden Boat Show is held in Michigan’s
Eastern Upper Peninsula just 35 miles North
and East of the Mackinac Bridge.
The boat show is always held the second
Saturday in August at the Hessel Waterfront.
Features at the boat show include:
Launch ramps, nautical exhibits, live entertainment during the day, boat excursions
of the Les Cheneaux Islands and food
concessions.
Hessel can be reached by car, plane or
boat. The Albert Lindberg Airport has a
paved 3, 700 foot runway. If traveling via
highway, take Exit 359 off I-75 and drive
east on M-134 just 16 miles.
For more information concerning the
boat show, please phone (906) 484-2821,
email [email protected] or visit our
website at www.lciboatshow.com
For accommodations please check
www.lescheneaux.net, www.lescheneaux.
org or call the Les Cheneaux Chamber of
Commerce at (906)484-3935.
Antique
Wooden
Boat Show
August 13, 2016
Spectator Admission charge:
12 years to Adult: $7.00
Children under 12: FREE
Brochure printing sponsored in part by Sault Printing Co.
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Schedule of Events
Friday - August 12
The Boat Show
Cedarville Trojans Athletic Boosters
Whitefish or Chicken Dinner.....5 - 7p.m.
Cedarville High School
Classic Car Show
Registration, Library.....11 a.m. -1p.m.
Awards..............................4:30 p.m.
Downtown, Cedarville
Classic Boat Corral & Auction..............
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Auction..............................5:00 p.m.
Maritime Museum, M-134, Cedarville
Watch the Woodies as they leave the docks
following the awards ceremony
Dockside Traders
A sales area featuring antique boat
products and related materials.
John and Diane Grenier, local artists,
will be on hand to sign their poster
commemorating the Les Cheneaux
Islands Antique Wooden Boat Show.
If you would like a 2016 poster sent to you early,
please contact the Les Cheneaux Islands
Antique Wooden Boat Show at
(906) 484-2821
or [email protected]
No dogs, alcohol, or smoking
allowed inside the gates
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CENTURY
BOATS
The Antique Wooden Boat Show and
Festival of Arts is sponsored by the
Les Cheneaux Historical Association, in
cooperation with Mertaugh Boat Works,
Hessel Harbor Association and the Hessel
Marina. The Historical Association uses
proceeds from this event, along with other
contributions, to maintain and enhance the
Historical and Maritime Museums, both of
which are located in nearby Cedarville.
Saturday - August 13
Boat Show - All events at Hessel Marina
Pancake Breakfast........7 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Opening Ceremony..................10 a.m.
Festival of Arts ............10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Juried Art Show
Entertainment throughout the day.
Food Concessions........10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Channel cruises exploring the beautiful
Les Cheneaux Islands....11:30, 1:00 or
2:30 p.m. Arnold Transit Co.
Awards Ceremony.....................4 p.m.
2016
SHOWCASING
Be sure to stop by the museums while
attending the Antique Wooden Boat Show
and relive the rich history of our area.
The Les Cheneaux Islands Antique Wooden
Boat Show, held each year in Hessel,
Michigan, has been a major attraction
since it began in 1978. The show averages
150 entries each year and is one of the
largest shows featuring antique and classic
wooden boats.
Some of the country’s finest boats call
the beautiful Les Cheneaux Islands home.
Most of these boats are used daily during
the summer months as a primary mode of
transportation to and from the cottages
dotting our area’s 36 sheltered islands.
Les Cheneaux has a rich heritage in boat
building and repair. Our craftsmen
continue to offer some of the finest
restoration and repair services available.
Entries in the boat show arrive each
August from as far as California and
Florida and include dinghies, rowboats,
canoes, launches, sailboats, utilities,
runabouts, large cruisers, racers and
classic non-wood.
Festival of Arts
Held in conjunction with the Antique wooden
Boat Show is the Festival of Arts. Artists display
and sell a variety of artwork, including photographs, paintings, pottery, stained glass, textiles
and jewelry. Around 65 of the Midwest’s finest
artists participate in this juried show.
The Century Boat Company was founded in
1926 by the Welch brothers of Milwaukee.
They were hydroplane racers who saw a
market for their boats. The first model was
the Century Kid, and by 1928 they were
building 90 per year and had out grown
their small factory. This prompted a move to
Manistee, MI where there was a three story
factory available enabling them to expand
their line into small inboards.
The 1930’s presented tough times, but
Century held on with models like the
Thunderbolt, which is one of the most
collectible wood boats today. In 1933 the
company was sold; they then developed
a line of inboards and outboards and sold
them through a dealer network across the
USA. The Sea Maid runabouts carried them
through to World War II.
After the war the Resorter utility models
were designed, and in 1955 the Arabian
runabouts replaced the Sea Maids. With
the Arabian and Palomino models came
the advertising slogan, “The Thoroughbred
of Boats”, and also the introduction of the
larger Coronado utilities.
In 1966 came the Fibersport, and in 1968
Century built its last wooden boat. In the
mid 1980’s the company was downsized
and moved to Florida, and in the mid 90’s
sold to Yamaha. The last Century was built
in 2009.
Please consider bringing your Thouroghbred to
Hessel this year. A special award will be presented.
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