Steam Boat Meets + Events

<BODY TEXT=#000000 LINK=#0000FF VLINK=#FF0000 BGCOLOR=#80FFFF > <BASE TARGET="_top"> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Copperplate Gothic Bold";font-size:20pt;'>Steam Boat Meets & Events </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=justify class=s0 style='text-align: justify;'>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=justify class=s0 style='text-align: justify;'> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>The following information should be verified with the meet sponsor prior to making reservations, gasing up the SUV, or traveling to the meet.  Please submit your steamboat meet information via E-Mail using the contact information to the left side of this page.   </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>February 4, 2006 and other dates.  Watch for the dates of the various "Winter" meetings of the </FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'><B>Lees Mills Steamboat Ass'n</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'> at the Loon Center building up the road from the boat launch at the world famous Lees Mill, Moultonborough, NH.  Begins 9:30 am until folks go home.  Bring items to display, swap or sell.  Contact Dave Thorpe for additional info.  DThorpe@metrocast.net.   </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>March 20 - 24, 2006  </FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'><B>Harry Card's</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>  </FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'><B>Harris Chain of Lakes</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'> Steamboat Meet, US Route 441, Tavares, FL.  Contact Clarence & Gayle Myers, 15929 Five Point Rd., Perrysburg, OH 43551;  home 419.878.6051,  cell  419.367.1018.   Email: myersmodel@aol.com. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>This is the traditional "first meet" of the season.  Our host marina, watering hole, and food provider is Harborside Restaurant on the Dead River.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>June 19 - 22, 2006   </FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'><B>Great International Steamboat Meet</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>. Mid-Lakes Marina, Macedon, NY.  On the Erie Canal.  Contact Dave Conroy 239.283.8323 or cell 315.945.7099.  Email:  libertyboat@Juno.com. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>July 4th weekend 2006. </FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'><B>Waterford, NY</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>.  Hudson River & Erie Canal.   Fireworks Saturday night.  It is OK to stay beyond July 4th as a guest of the Town of Waterford.  Excellent docks with showers and bathrooms at dockside.  Restaurants within walking distance.  Motels are not nearby. Busy dockside with lots of tourist crowds.  Info contact:  Richard Hurst, Harbormaster. Port of Waterford.  #1 Tugboat Alley, Waterford, NY  12188  Phone 518.233.9123.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>July 6-9, 2006 </FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'><B>Mid-Michigan Steamboat Meet</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>, Hastings, MI. Held in conjunction with the 35th Annual Charlton Park Antique Steam & Gas Engine Show. For info contact Dennis Faist home phone 616.891.1196 or at </FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-size:11pt;'>dfaist@chartermi.net</FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>July 27-30,  2006  </FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'><B>Otter Creek</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>, Vergennes, VT.  Betty Crosby 802.524.2541  skblcrosby@yahoo.com.  For some reason this meet always starts 5 days early, but usually ends on time.  Otter Creek flows into Lake Champlain and is close by the Maritime Museum.  This is the only steam meet where we have the Canadian Navy parade by our launches to entertain us. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>August 17-21, 2006.  </FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'><B>St. Williams</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'> meet on Raquette Lake, NY.  Contact Michele Sellingham via Email: Mich3685@localnet.com.  Space is limited.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>September 8-17, 2006   </FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'><B>Lees Mills</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>, Moultonburough, NH.  This is the largest & longest meet in the world for steam launches.  Now in its 34th year.  More info to follow.  Contact Dave Thorpe: DThorpe@Metrocast.net. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>September 23, 2006  </FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'><B>Charles River</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>, Newton, Cambridge & Boston, Mass. John Graham 131 Warren Ave., Harvard, MA 01451 ph. 978.456.3531.  A wonderful way to wind down after Lees Mills.  The meet is followed by two hours of story telling in a near-by watering hole.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>October 7 & 8 ,2006  Columbus Day weekend on </FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'><B>Lake Anna, in Virginia</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'>.  .HQ. will be at the Christopher Run Campground.  Contact Mike Dannhardt at 703.938.5466 for details.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'></FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'><B>Lake Nockamixon 2006</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:11pt;'> Steamboat Meets, Route 563 at the Haycock Access,  Bucks County, PA.  Meets held once a month during the boating season.  Contact Don Fenstermacher Jr., 1055 Heather Ln., Quakertown PA 18951  phone 215.529.9556.  www.sladelaide.com.  Email:  d.fenster@verizon.net.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'> Dates: June 10,  July 8,  August 12 & 13, and Oct. 14.   All day rain or shine. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'> </FONT></DIV>