Welcome to the 11th annual 2010 Geneva Lakes Antique and Classic Boat Show. The boat show is once again being held at the Abbey Resort & Spa in Fontana, WI, and promises to be a great event. A portion of this year’s proceeds will be donated to the Lake Geneva Water Safety Patrol and Geneva Lake Conservancy.Welcome to the 11th annual 2010 Geneva Lakes Antique and Classic Boat Show. The boat show is once again being held at the Abbey Resort & Spa in Fontana, WI, and promises to be a great event.
The weekend begins Friday morning at 9:00 AM with a lake front estate garden tour and model train exhibit. Boaters will be inspired by the spectacular gardens, beautiful homes and amazing collectables. We will be visiting the Anderson and Ferro lakefront homes and gardens.
Transportation for the Estate Tour and train exhibit is available on two classic Lake Geneva launches. The Sea Lark and Polaris will be available to the first 75 pre-registered participants for transportation to and from the estate tour homes and the Lake Geneva Country Club. You may take your own boat if you choose, there is limited docking at each estate.
Sea Lark |
Polaris |
The Anderson Lakefront Home |
The Ferro Lakefront Home |
The Ferro home offers a special treat with a model train exhibit. Join us in the youthful delight of a local collector’s model train set. With a mainline track more than two scale miles, winding along 120 feet of wall space, this hands-on set takes you on a whimsical journey.
Your trip begins in downtown Chicago with a replica of the Palmolive Building, where the owner founded his company, to his home on the north shore of Geneva Lake. Along the way, the train passes the Chicago “L” train, the Illinois suburbs, the Great Lakes Naval Base in Waukegan, chugs through Fright Fest at Gurnee and rounds the traveling circus and an outdoor movie theatre. With a nod to Milwaukee’s industry and the Walworth County Fair, it finally pulls into Lake Geneva, which includes an exact replica of the enthusiast’s home, the Riviera, the Ferro Pavilion at George Williams College, and Geneva Lake itself. Enjoying a fine lake cruise are three classic wooden yachts: the Matriarch, the Normandie and the Sea Lark.
This O-gauge model train extravaganza, eight years in the making, is continually being added on to, with treasures from the former old-scale layout that graced the Museum of Science and Industry as well as other online or antique store finds. We hope you enjoy this Little Locomotive Journey.
O-Gauge Model Train Layout |
From Chicago |
To Lake Geneva |
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A “Country Club Buffet Luncheon” will be served at Lake Geneva Country Club.
The Menu includes:
- Tossed salad with choice of three dressings
- Bread, rolls
- Sliced lunch meats: turkey, ham, and roast beef
- Selection of sliced cheeses
- Bowls of chicken salad, tuna salad, and egg salad
- Fruit platter
- Brownies and cookies
- Soft drink or iced tea – Cash Bar will be available
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Lake Geneva Country Club
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Lake Geneva Country Club Cost for the shuttle, tours and lunch is $35.00 per person. The lakefront homes have limited boat docking but the Lake Geneva Country Club has ample docking available if you would like to take your boat to lunch.
Come join us on Friday evening at the Roger O’Neill Estate. The cash bar will open at 6:00 PM and be open all evening. The cost for dinner is $50 per person. After dinner Roger will be making a presentation describing the reconstruction of a Black Fin fiberglass boat that he is sheathing in mahogany. Roger will have the boat on display at the dinner well.
Boats will be on exhibit all day Saturday, beginning at 10:00 am. Be sure you have your boat in the water by then, as we expect a lot of spectators. Local vendors will have items on display, and the Blackhawk Chapter’s tent will once again offer t-shirts, posters and other items. The annual “starting of the engines” and boat parade will commence at 4:00 pm. “Burnin’ Down The Docks”, a celebration of Blues, will be playing live at the waterfront from 12:00-4:00 both Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday evening’s dinner will be held in the Ball Room at the Abbey Resort. Cash bar will open at 6:30 PM, followed by a buffet BBQ dinner prepared by the well known pitmaster Matthew Whiteford, National Competition BBQ Chef. Cost is $45 per person.
This is an event you won’t want to miss, as boat show awards will be presented at Saturday evening’s dinner. In an effort to honor the winners of the award categories, and recognize the owners, you must register for the Saturday dinner and be in attendance in order to be qualified to win one of the show awards. In addition, each captain present at the dinner will receive a special recognition gift. The People’s Choice award will be presented on Sunday at 2:00pm.
Award categories:
- Blackhawk Chapter Sharpest Arrow
- ACBS Most Preserved
- Best Chris Craft
- Best Century
- Best Streblow
- Best Contemporary
- Most Historic
- Best Fiberglass
- Best Outboard
- Skippers Choice
- Peoples Choice
- Best Pre-War Best Utility under 22’
- Best Utility 22’ & over
- Best Runabout under 22’
- Best Runabout 22’ & over
- Post-War Best Utility under 22’
- Best Utility 22’ & over
- Best Runabout under 22’
- Best Runabout 22’ & over
- Best Ice Boat
Sunday, boats will be on exhibit again at 10 am. People’s Choice award and drawing winners announced at Blackhawk tent at 2 pm. Each year we have many spectators who attend the boat show on Sunday afternoon expecting to see the full line-up of boats on display. Therefore, participants are asked to leave their boats in the water (and land displays intact) on Sunday until 3:00 pm when the boat show officially ends.
Click here to register We have a limited number of boat slips (entries accepted on a first serve basis).
Feel free to contact Matt Byrne with any questions at 630-802-2698 or by email at GLBS@blackhawkacbs.com.