Skaneateles Antique & Classic Boat Show
Schedule
Fri, 26 Jul, 2024 at 03:00 pm to Sun, 28 Jul, 2024 at 02:00 pm
Location
Clift Park, Skaneateles | Skaneateles, NY
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SKANEATELES LAUNCHES ITS 46th ANNUAL ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC BOAT SHOW⚓️⚓️Come for the spectacular vintage boats. Stay for the music, history, kids’ activities, camaraderie—and boats!
⚓️⚓️The Antique and Classic Boat Show, now in its 46th year, returns to Skaneateles’ Clift Park July 26-28. Hours are 3 p.m. to dusk Friday, 9 a.m. to dusk Saturday and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.
⚓️⚓️The show draws exhibitors from throughout New York state, the East Coast, the Midwest and Canada, and about 10,000 visitors each year. It is hosted by the Finger Lakes Chapter (FLC) of the Antique and Classic Boat Society (ACBS) and the Skaneateles Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
⚓️⚓️Visitors will enjoy viewing—and meeting the owners of—some 90 runabouts, launches, sailboats, canoes, rowing craft and race boats, many restored to their original condition. “We’ll have a number of historied and storied boats along the pier and in the park,” said FLC president Dave Couch.
⚓️⚓️Among the displays will be Bella, a double-ended rowing craft believed to have been built in the late 1800s or early 1900s and owned by Noah Taylor, and Puller, a Pulling Boat (similar to an Adirondack Guideboat, but heavier) built in 1916 by the Skaneateles
Boat and Canoe Co. and owned by Steve Shehadi. Puller spent 50 years in Minnesota and another 27 in northern Michigan before being returned to Skaneateles a few months ago. It is one of four boats, along with a trailer full of outboard motors and a
trailer full of inboards and steam engines, that Shehadi will be exhibiting.
⚓️⚓️”The show offers non-stop splendor, set against the backdrop of Skaneateles’ fine boutiques, galleries and restaurants,” said Hilary Fenner, executive director of the Skaneateles Area Chamber of Commerce. “We can’t wait to welcome you!”
Highlights of the weekend include:
⚓️⚓️Boat parade led by the Skaneateles Fire Department, starting at 3:15 p.m. Saturday.
~Performances by the Skaneateles Community Band, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday; the Diana Jacobs Band, noon to 3 p.m. Saturday; and the Soda Ash Six, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
~Display of model antique boats by the Syracuse Model Boat Club, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
~Guided village bus tours, presented by the Skaneateles Historical Society on Saturday, July 27 at 10:30 am, 12 pm, and 1:30 pm
~Youth judging competition, 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
Opportunities for children to paint toy wooden boats, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, and a McClurg Building Corner kids activity from 11-1 pm on Sunday.
~Photo-shoot and spectator cruise aboard the Judge Ben Wiles, 10 a.m. Sunday. The Judge will leave from the Mid-Lakes Navigation dock in Clift Park and make a slow tour of the north end of Skaneateles Lake, while exhibiting boats make random passes and provide opportunities for action shots.
~Raffle drawings, 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Prizes include a spa package from Mirbeau Inn & Spa, a Skaneateles Dining basket, a wooden boat filled with lottery tickets, and much, much more.
~Judging of the boats, in 35 categories, takes place Saturday morning. Throughout the weekend, visitors will cast their votes for the highly coveted People’s Choice Award, sponsored by Doug’s Fish Fry, which will be presented at 1:45 p.m. Sunday.
⚓️⚓️The poster for this year’s show is a compilation of two photos taken by Wendy Bates and Elaine Sherwood Jakubowski. They're $10 and will be available for purchase at the Skaneateles Area Chamber of Commerce (22 Jordan St.)
⚓️⚓️M&T Bank is the show’s presenting sponsor. Contributing sponsors include the Sherwood Inn, Brinson Marine, Doug’s Fish Fry, The Savage Homestead, Finger Lakes Insurance Agency, Valentine’s Pizza and Deli, Jacobs Press, Mirbeau Inn & Spa,
Skaneateles Festival, Skaneateles Suites, SECNY Federal Credit Union and The REV Theatre Company. Media sponsors are Group M Communications, FLX Local Media and WRVO Public Media.
⚓️⚓️For more information, go to skaneateles.com or call the Skaneateles Area Chamber of Commerce at 315-685-0552.
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Clift Park, Skaneateles, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
