Twenty-one Antique and Classic Boats went cruisin’ on Table Rock Lake June 6, 7 and 8, 2008 on beautiful Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri. Though the lake level was high and the winds unusually brisk, the cruise was a great success. Home port was at Rock Lane Resort and cruise destinations included Port of Kimberling, Port of Cricket Creek in Arkansas, Chateau on the Lake, and Big Cedar Resort.

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Boat Fest is part of the city-wide Wichita River Festival. For those of you who haven’t heard of the River Fest, it is a nine-day-long city-wide party with something for everyone and many family-friendly events.

The 3rd Annual Air Capitol Antique and Classic Boat Fest was held on May 17, 2008, in Wichita, KS. The show included a static display of the boats in downtown Wichita on the Arkansas River and a parade down the river with a live MC telling the audience about each boat.

Take a look at more pictures from this year’s Boat Fest at the Wichita River Festival.
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1963 27’ Sea Skiff
Written by Bob Kanak

Here’s my latest acquisition, a 1963 27’ Chris Craft Sea Skiff. I bought it for the trailer for my other Sea Skiffs thinking I would part out the boat but it is in remarkably good condition. The upholstery is not torn, just dirty. Everything is there, the hull is sound, it needs cosmetics, paint and varnish. This Sea Skiff has a single 283 with 853 hours. I bought the boat in Wister, OK about 50 miles from Fort Smith. It use to reside on Grand Lake at the mouth of Drowning Creek which is the next cove down from where our property is in Big Hollow Cove.

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Dan Diehl
*Best of Class - Inboard Fiberglass
– 1970 Chris Craft Commander Super Sport

Paul Hastings
*Best of Class
– Riva Olympic 22’ – 1977
*Best of Class Other
– Higgins Mandalay – 18’ - 1963

Clay and Patty Thompson
*Best of Show
*Best Christ Craft
*People’s Choice
-1930 26′ Chris Craft Upswept Triple Cockpit

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GARVAN GARDENS 2008
March 27 - 30, 2008
Lake Hamilton
Hot Springs, Arkansas

WOODland beauties
even on a rainy day.

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1937 Chris-Craft 19’ Custom
Written by Bob Kanak

This 1937 Chris-Craft 19’ Custom is owned by Bob and Linda Kanak of Fort Smith, Arkansas. It is powered by a Chris-Craft, ML,145 hp, rebuilt, balanced. Her Hull Number is 48237, 328. 19’ Customs were built between 1935 – 1938.
I bought the boat in July 2000 in Minnesota. The boat was built in Algonic, Michigan, was shipped 6/7/1937 to Wausau, Wisconsin.

The name “High Expectations” was given by my wife who used to work with me and she set a business goal to be met for the first 6 months of 2000. With her help we made it and she named the boat.
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Grand Lake, Oklahoma

The 7th Annual Restoration Workshop was held at Howard Classic Boats in Langley, Oklahoma. The 53 attendees learned techniques from Heartland Classics experts in three areas: on Outboard Motors: Flywheel Magneto Ignition by Phil White, Ignition & Electrical Systems by Larry Hinton, and Varnish by Clay Thompson. There was time for sharing boat stories, questions and answers, an auction, and of course, food to enjoy.

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Written by John Thompson

Seeing over 700 miles of water in eight states, riding for another four thousand miles on its trailer, Big Thom had a great 44th year. As the current crew of Big Thom, Carolynn and I shared those diverse waters with heavily laden tow boats, pleasure craft of every description and some of the friendliest fellow classic boaters anyone could hope to meet. Pushing Big Thom the entire way was its second motor, a 38 year-old, 125 HP, 1969 Mercury 1250.

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