ACBS International Boat Show Lake Tahoe 2016

I'm planning on attending this event hosted by the Northern California/Lake Tahoe Chapter of the ACBS. Looks like a great time! Lots of cool activities in old town Sacramento and boating on the Sacramento River/CA Delta. Then a caravan to Lake Tahoe for the International boat show and boating on Lake Tahoe. See description below!

ACBS Nor CAl/ Lake Tahoe Website

ACBS International Boat Show

Red, White and Tahoe Blue!
Save the Dates for the 2016 ACBS Int’l Boat Show and Meeting
Pre-events: Sept. 17-21 Sacramento to Tahoe
International Boat Show: Sept. 21-23 Lake Tahoe

The Northern California/Lake Tahoe Chapter is honored to host the 2016 ACBS International Boat Show and Meeting. We are excited to share our boating experiences. We are offering not one, but two historic locations to boat on. We start off the adventure with the Pre-events on Saturday, September 17, based out of Old Town Sacramento where the lure of gold brought thousands of 49ers to search for their fortune in the Sierra foothills. Fly into Sacramento, or stop on your way up to Tahoe to join us and have the opportunity to experience boating in the famous Sacramento River and California Delta waterways! We have organized two days of boating, a train ride, a dinner at the railroad museum, and then an organized caravan up to Tahoe following the historic gold trail.

Welcome to Lake Tahoe, one of our chapter’s most beautiful boating locations with its’ deep blue and aqua waters. It is said that if Lake Tahoe emptied, California would be 12 inches under water. Tahoe has been part of the boating world since time began. Beginning with the Washoe Indians and their canoes, then to speed boat racing in the teens thru the early 80s, including grudge matches between Henry Kaiser and Stanley Dollar, to present day with the lake brimming with our beautiful antique and classic boats. We are offering you a tour of our backyard like one of the locals. Come join us at some of our members lake front homes, at our world class Tahoe Maritime Museum, and cruising down to Emerald Bay, all while staying at the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. The boat show will be held at Sierra Boat Company. Sierra Boat has been part of the Tahoe boat culture since 1952, first with d*ck Clarke and now the Hall Family, and is known on the lake as one of the premiere boat restorers in Tahoe.

For those Pre-event participants bringing boats to Sacramento, the NorCal/Tahoe chapter has made the following arrangements. Since the recommended hotels located in Old Town Sacramento cannot accommodate trailer parking, provisions for moorage and trailer storage at the City’s Sacramento Marina will be the best option to put boats. The modern facility is a 475 berth marina conveniently located just 1/6 of a mile from Old Sacramento. A group rate of just $10 per night which includes launching, moorage, and trailer parking has been negotiated. Overnight security will be provided. Fuel is also available at the marina. Due to the early morning start for Sunday’s cruise we are encouraging everyone to launch on Saturday and leave their boat in the water until Monday night or Tuesday morning. Maps/directions will be provided to all in advance of the event. Additionally, one of our members will be calling each skipper for a detailed Q&A prior to arrival. If you are bringing a boat, we hope you will join us for two memorable days of cruising on the Sacramento Delta waterways.

Saturday is all about vintage trains and the California State Railroad Museum in Old Town Sacramento. We start off with an hour train ride in the late afternoon pulled by one of the museums vintage steam or diesel locomotives. Rides take off from the Central Pacific Railroad Freight Depot located in Old Town Sacramento. In 1876 the Central Pacific Railroad Freight Depot was a major freight station on the transcontinental railroad. We then mosey on over to the California State Railroad Museum where our evening will start at 6:00 pm and be spent at a wonderful dinner among historic rail cars and engines in the Roundhouse room. The museum will be open only to us and we will have a docent for private tours. The Museum is a complex of historic facilities and unique attractions widely regarded as North America’s most popular railroad museum; there is something here for everyone. Most hotels are within walking distance for a lovely stroll back.

Sunday morning is for river cruising. We will meet up at 9:00 am to enjoy a guided tour by our chapter members, to places often by-passed by visitors, down the Sacramento River, into the interesting labyrinth of canals of the Delta, arriving around 11:30 for a wonderful brunch at the Grand Isle Mansion. Ride in our member’s boats or launch yours. We should arrive back in Old Town around 3:00. The late afternoon can be spent touring among the many museums and sites in Old Town Sacramento or going to the State Capitol for a tour or walking their beautiful gardens. We will have a list of wonderful things for you to do.

Monday get some breakfast, then meet us at 11:00 and we’re back on the river heading north on another 2-3 hour excursion of the river ending up at an ACBS member’s lovely home on the banks of the Sacramento River for an extraordinary Luau. Enjoy Kalua Pig, music and friends. Then early evening it is back down the river to Old Town to put the boats away. We will have you back before dark. Spend the evening checking out more of Old Town Sacramento. There are a couple of great ice cream parlors if you have any room left after dinner.

Tuesday is the travel day. You can take a direct route or spend some extra time in the Sierra Nevada Foothills, the very center of the world-changing Discovery of Gold. A leisurely drive to Tahoe is planned following the historic gold trail through the Sierra foothills. Your day on the road will be a little history lesson, site seeing, food and fresh air and a Poker Run for a chance at cash and prizes. You will leave Sacramento with your 1st card in hand, then we travel up to Auburn, pick up coffee, then down historic Highway 49, across the American River confluence, hang a left at the little township of Cool and over to Georgetown. After a brief stop there, we proceed down Marshall Grade to Coloma, the famous 1849 gold discovery site. Coloma will be our lunch stop. We then head out on Highway 49 toward Placerville, also known as Hangtown. Then onward to Apple Hill where fresh apple pies and cider are plentiful. We will be climbing to Lake Tahoe approaching the south end and will then travel along the winding scenic lakeshore, past Emerald Bay and up to north shore. ACBS International has secured rooms in Historic Squaw Valley, sitting at 6,200 ft and nestled among up to 9,000 ft peaks, it was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympic Games. The entire route is a visual paradise. You will be receiving cards along the way for the Poker Run, and will be able to purchase additional hands at the end and at “Taco Tuesday in Tahoe”. Winners will be announced at Wednesday’s Welcome Reception.

Tuesday Night is “Taco Tuesday in Tahoe” It is 5 o’clock here and we are at the lakefront home of one of our Chapter Members. The Lake, in all its’ glory is in your vision, that blue green color that is so hard to define and memorialize. Margaritas, appetizers, California style Taco Bar, tri tip, chicken, pulled pork with all the fixings, wine, dessert and lots of fun awaits you. If you are going on Wednesday’s Emerald Bay tour, we will sign you up for a boat and dock pickup tonight.

Wednesday morning we will be boating on the clear, ever changing blue waters of Lake Tahoe with an organized cruise to Emerald Bay, one of Lake Tahoe’s most photographed locations. At 9:00 am we will greet you with boxed lunches at one of two designated dock pickups for an organized tour in your boat or one of our member’s boats, on incredible Lake Tahoe. Cruising down to Emerald Bay, passing many historical sights and watching the water change from deep sapphire blue to a light aqua blue along the way. We will be returning back to the start location by 1:00 pm.

Wednesday night we transition from the Chapter Pre-Events to the ACBS Int’l Events with festivities starting at 6:00 pm with a Welcome Party at the Tahoe Maritime Museum located in Tahoe City. You will have time to tour the Museum exhibits, enjoy a cocktail created especially for the evening to memorialize the colors of Emerald Bay, relax and take pleasure in meeting new and old friends, enjoying a glass of wine and appetizers and listening to a string quartet.

ACBS International will then take over Thursday through Saturday organizing the Board meeting, dinners, auctions and of course the Boat Show.

The next issue of the Rudder will have all the information and the sign up sheets for both the Pre-Events and the Main Events. It is an honor for our Chapter to be hosting the Annual Meeting and Boat show. We have a core committee in place to help organize the events for all to enjoy, but we will need many more volunteers to help make this a successful event for all. Please support us by attending the Pre-Events and the Boat Show. If you would like to get involved or help out on the days of the events please contact: Sandy Chase at sandy-chase@comcast.net or 408 219-8353.