How Wooden Boats Tell a Story About Passion and Craftsmanship | 2023 Wooden Boat Show

There is something to be said about going for a ride in a wooden boat. The feeling of being in a hand made vessel is something I'll always admire.
With it being Joanne Hill's last year organizing Kenora, Ontario's annual wooden boat show. Also with her being a close family friend. I decided to put this video together for her. Showing her hard word over the last 30 years, and where the boat show has came to now. It's an amazing event that I encourage all of you to check out one day. You will learn a new appreciation of boats and their history.
I hope you enjoy

[@rlb3425]

Chris, wonderful video please keep up and show more. At almost 88 I'm still restoring several wooden classics and couple of fiber classics. Enjoy !

[@dominikz.1376]

Thanks, Boss: beautiful production, man

[@wilburvision]

Nice job! I used to own a 1965 16 ft. Century Resorter with a Gray Marine 327 Fireball that ran on Kezar Lake, Maine for a couple of summers. Not enough running footage but I have beautiful photos of her.. "Cupcake" was her name. I'm a former professional film/video editor and shooter - good on ya for a wonderful piece!

[@tklykun9858]

Nice...I sold my 1946 46 foot DCFB Chris Craft that I lived on for 26 years to help buy a house on a lake . I still have my 1958 Century Resorter (with the slide back roof ) on a lift on my covered dock and my 1958 Ladd craft kit boat with the original 58 Evinrude Lark 35 sitting in the water next to it. I like the older fiber glassics but the new boats dont appeal to me at all. The times sure have changed and the people too. Thanks for sharing this..

[@tklykun9858]

My dad had what I believe was a Wagemaker with a 10 hp Martin on it when I was born in 53 and we had a place on Delavan lake in Wisconsin. Delavan is 10 miles from Lake Geneva which is ground zero to the wood boating world of the midwest. I have such a vivid memory of walking around the showroom of the Delavan lake boat company showroom and the way it smelled inside. There was a 62 Holiday on display in the center that I couldnt get enough of and much later on in life I ran across one of that model and owned however wasnt able to keep. My Uncle Joe had bought a Trojan runabout that had fire damage on the deck from a carelessly flicked cigarrette and I helped him restore it in a garage in Chicago during a winter after which we dropped in the water at Diversey harbor and went around the pumping station 2 miles out. Great memories because of wood boats a major influence in my life. Im on Clear Lake in Calif now. Bye