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• ^ Western New York?* Greatest Newspaper 61 16th Annual C-E boating Section Enthusiastic Crowd Greets Boat Show By JOE GLASER Courier-Express Boating Editor The 14th annual version of the Buffalo Boat, Travel and Sports Show steamed into port Satur- day and dropped anchor for its nine-day stay at the Masten Ave. Armory. A banner throng of enthusiastic hull-thumpers—boating enthusiasts and landlubbers alike—was piped aboard for the opening day session. That they liked what they saw was obvious as they wandered over the armory's 93,380 square feet of decking, crammed with a spark- ling display of over 200 boats—valued at more than $1 million. Houseboat Is Queen of the Show Queen of the Show is a 41-foot, Seagoing houseboat of steel construction being displayed by Smith Boys, Inc., of the Tonawandas. One of three modern houseboats of over 30-feet in length gracing the armory floor, the well-founded, dolled-up queen carries a price tag of $23,712. Sailing buffs have a lot more to look at in the blow boat line than at previous shows staged in this area. There are over two-dozen sailers on exhibit—six in the 25 to 36-foot category- all of fiberglass construction. stern drive units, inboard motors and outboards in a wide power and price range. It is apparent that coho fever has hit the boat manufacturers and marine dealers as well as the anglers. A large number of the dealers are showing "coho specials"—large, sturdy utility boats with deep V, modified V and cathe- dral type hulls—powered by outboard and stern drive units — suitable for offshore fishing. C-E Exhibit Shows Coho Movie The Courier-Express exhibit, incidentally, fea- tures coho boats, coho tackle and lures and one of the finest color films on coho salmon ob- tainable. It was produced for the Michigan Con- servation Department. And it also includes a display and information booth of the Buffalo Chapter of the Red Cross, aimed at safety afloat. An air-cushion craft, for use on land and water; a trio of all-terrain vehicles; electric (battery operated) scooters that can be stowed aboard cruisers for shore use; Bombardier's "sea-sister" addition to its line of Ski-Doo snowmobiles, the Sea-Doo, and a 12-foot fiber- glass sailboat of Canadian construction—labeled "The Skunk" — are among a host of unusual exhibits to be found at the show. Interested in $21,500 Sailboat? Qordie Reed's Hydroplane Shown New drag-reducing hydromamic concept highlights Columbia's 28-foot sailboat, tagged at $8,995 ... fast, beamy racer-cruiser featured in Jafco Marina Boat Shoxd Exhibit A Columbia 36 being shown by Jafco Marina Is top banana in the sleek line of sailing craft on display. And in addition to some 557 square feet of sail, she carries a price tag of around $21,500 ready to sail. There are also small sailing dinghies in the 8-10 foot class to be had at a fraction of that price. In the line of power cruisers, you will find them anywhere from 22 to 33 feet in a price range that runs up to $17,390.. The latter tag is on a 33-foot (wood) Chris Craft Cavalier Futura which is a foot longer and costs almost a $1,000 more than a 32-foot (fiberglass) Luhrs Flybridge sedan in the Owens Yacht Sales exhibit. Boats for Everyone By far and away the largest bulk of the show boats, however, are sleek runabouts, utility jobs and fishing boats in the 14-20-foot class—popularly priced to fit the pocketbooks of most showgoers. And they are powered with inboard-outboard Boat Show Facts The Buffalo Boat Travel and Sports Show at the Masten Ave. Armory will continue today through next Sunday. Daily and Sunday show hcours are from 2 to 10 p.m. Admission—Adults $1, children 12 and under accompanied by parents or adults, free. Transportation—Free shuttle-bus service, from 1,000-car protected parking lot at Best and Jef- ferson, each evening from 6 to closing hour. This service will be offered on a 10 or 15 min- ute schedule each evening of the nine days of the show. Sponsor—The Marine Trades Assn. of West- ern New York. Among racing craft being displayed by Tri Club Boat Racing Assn. members is the red-hot 266 class hydroplane, Iroquois Chief, with which Gordie Reed of Kenmore recently set a world kilo record of a fraction over 148 mph. The last minute show entry has been squeezed in with Irv Lasher's electronic offerings at the Commercial Electronic booth. In the line of construction material for boats, fiberglass rules the roost as it has at other boat shows staged throughout the country the past few years. More than three-quarters of the boats on display are mainly of fiberglass. Aluminum runs second with wood a distant third. Outboards of Every Make Rounding out one of the better offerings of the Marines Trades Assn. of Western New York, sponsors of the show, where boats are para- mount, are the complete outboard motor lines of Evinrude, Johnson, Mercury and Chrysler. In addition. Scuba gear, camping trailers and a limited amount of miscellaneous sporting goods are also on display. The Coast Guard. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Power Squadrons, Erie County Sheriffs Ma- rine Patrol. New York State Conservation Dept., International Lightning Class Assn., state and county travel and recreational bureaus, are man- ning informative booths and exhibits. Test Yourself With Trout A trout fishing pond and archery range are doing a land-office business. And a number of representatives of Canadian recreation areas CROWD Continued on next page At Courier-Express Breakfast 12 to Hall of Fame Twelve of the top Niagara Frontier boat racing figures — owners, drivers and skippers—an outstanding boating family and a boat racing organization were cited Saturday at the 16th Annual Courier-Express Boating Hall of Fame Awards Breakfast held at the Buffalo Launch Club. Grand Island. They included three sailing skippers, three inboard racing pilots and the owners of the craft they drive, a predicted log pilot- ing contestant, the Robert W. Graf family of Buffalo and the Tri Club Boat Racing Association. All were outstanding in 1968 in their particular field of boating Tom Allen George Lang endeavors either on the Niagara Frontier or els3where over the nation's waters. A number of the selectees received national recognition for their boating exploits. A separate story on the Graf family — named by the Courier- Express selection committee as the Niagara Frontier Boating Family of 1968 — appears else- where in the boat section. Heading the list of sailors honored at the awards gathering is Tom Allen of the Buffalo Canoe Club. Allen, three-time World Lightning Champion and one of the nation's all-time sailing greats, scored a number of impressive wins during the '68 season. The Buffalo boat builder, a member of the 1968 U.S. Olympic Sailing Team, won both the North American Lightning champion- ship and the N.A. Flying Dutch- man crown last year as well as the Winter Lightning Champion- ship in competition sailed at St. Petersburg, Fla., in early '68. Allen was a "shoo-in" for center- board class racing honors. Youngstown Yacht Club's J. Donald (Butch) Cannon, who owns and skippers the 34-foot Cal Sloop, Cannonball, was selected as the top man on the totem pole in Cruising Club of America (CCA> Rule competition on Lake Ontario waters. Cannon, a Youngstown resident, scored seven wins and three seconds in major competition in his division during the '68 season — and picked up a good collection of fancy hardware in the process. Karl Smither and R.P (Ray) Adams co-owners and co-skippers of Thermis X. a 40-foot Borsavv cutter which flies the burgees of both the Buffalo Yacht Club and Buffalo Canoe Club, were cited as top performers last year in CCA Rule sailing competition on Lake Erie waters. The Smither-Adams combine posted a string of eight wins, three seconds and a third place finish in the 12 races in which Thermis X competed in '68. These worthy competitors latched on to a good collection of trophies for their outstanding efforts. In the speedboat category, a trio of Grand Islanders — Rodney Alt, George Lang and Howie Benns — owners and driver of the SK <Ski Boat i national title- holder, Chevy Too Much, were cited as the outstanding inboard (displacement hull) racing team on the Niagara Frontier — and, for the matter, one of the best in the nation. All are members of both the B&T Power Boat Assn. and the Niagara Frontier Boat Racing Assn. Greg Barker Ralph Barker Howie Benn* 11 NAMED Continued on page 63 * Thomas M. Tryniski 309 South 4th Street Fulton New York 13069 www.fultonhistory.com
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Western New York?* Greatest Newspaper
61
16th Annual
C-E boating Section
Enthusiastic Crowd Greets Boat Show
By JOE GLASER
Courier-Express Boating Editor
The 14th annual version of the Buffalo Boat, Travel and Sports Show steamed into port Saturday and dropped anchor for its nine-day stay at the Masten Ave. Armory. A banner throng of enthusiastic hull-thumpers—boating enthusiasts and landlubbers alike—was piped aboard for the opening day session.
That they liked what they saw was obvious as they wandered over the armory's 93,380 square feet of decking, crammed with a sparkling display of over 200 boats—valued at more than $1 million.
Houseboat Is Queen of the Show Queen of the Show is a 41-foot, Seagoing
houseboat of steel construction being displayed by Smith Boys, Inc., of the Tonawandas. One of three modern houseboats of over 30-feet in length gracing the armory floor, the well-founded, dolled-up queen carries a price tag of $23,712.
Sailing buffs have a lot more to look at in the blow boat line than at previous shows staged in this area. There are over two-dozen sailers on exhibit—six in the 25 to 36-foot category-all of fiberglass construction.
stern drive units, inboard motors and outboards in a wide power and price range.
It is apparent that coho fever has hit the boat manufacturers and marine dealers as well as the anglers. A large number of the dealers are showing "coho specials"—large, sturdy utility boats with deep V, modified V and cathedral type hulls—powered by outboard and stern drive units — suitable for offshore fishing.
C-E Exhibit Shows Coho Movie The Courier-Express exhibit, incidentally, fea
tures coho boats, coho tackle and lures and one of the finest color films on coho salmon obtainable. It was produced for the Michigan Conservation Department. And it also includes a display and information booth of the Buffalo Chapter of the Red Cross, aimed at safety afloat.
An air-cushion craft, for use on land and water; a trio of all-terrain vehicles; electric (battery operated) scooters that can be stowed aboard cruisers for shore use; Bombardier's "sea-sister" addition to its line of Ski-Doo snowmobiles, the Sea-Doo, and a 12-foot fiberglass sailboat of Canadian construction—labeled "The Skunk" — are among a host of unusual exhibits to be found at the show.
Interested in $21,500 Sailboat? Qordie Reed's Hydroplane Shown
New drag-reducing hydromamic concept highlights Columbia's 28-foot sailboat, tagged at $8,995 . . . fast, beamy racer-cruiser featured in Jafco Marina Boat Shoxd Exhibit
A Columbia 36 being shown by Jafco Marina Is top banana in the sleek line of sailing craft on display. And in addition to some 557 square feet of sail, she carries a price tag of around $21,500 ready to sail. There are also small sailing dinghies in the 8-10 foot class to be had at a fraction of that price.
In the line of power cruisers, you will find them anywhere from 22 to 33 feet in a price range that runs up to $17,390.. The latter tag is on a 33-foot (wood) Chris Craft Cavalier Futura which is a foot longer and costs almost a $1,000 more than a 32-foot (fiberglass) Luhrs Flybridge sedan in the Owens Yacht Sales exhibit.
Boats for Everyone By far and away the largest bulk of the show
boats, however, are sleek runabouts, utility jobs and fishing boats in the 14-20-foot class—popularly priced to fit the pocketbooks of most showgoers. And they are powered with inboard-outboard
Boat Show Facts The Buffalo Boat Travel and Sports Show at
the Masten Ave. Armory will continue today through next Sunday. Daily and Sunday show hcours are from 2 to 10 p.m.
Admission—Adults $1, children 12 and under accompanied by parents or adults, free.
Transportation—Free shuttle-bus service, from 1,000-car protected parking lot at Best and Jefferson, each evening from 6 to closing hour. This service will be offered on a 10 or 15 minute schedule each evening of the nine days of the show.
Sponsor—The Marine Trades Assn. of Western New York.
Among racing craft being displayed by Tri Club Boat Racing Assn. members is the red-hot 266 class hydroplane, Iroquois Chief, with which Gordie Reed of Kenmore recently set a world kilo record of a fraction over 148 mph. The last minute show entry has been squeezed in with Irv Lasher's electronic offerings at the Commercial Electronic booth.
In the line of construction material for boats, fiberglass rules the roost as it has at other boat shows staged throughout the country the past few years. More than three-quarters of the boats on display are mainly of fiberglass. Aluminum runs second with wood a distant third.
Outboards of Every Make Rounding out one of the better offerings of
the Marines Trades Assn. of Western New York, sponsors of the show, where boats are paramount, are the complete outboard motor lines of Evinrude, Johnson, Mercury and Chrysler. In addition. Scuba gear, camping trailers and a limited amount of miscellaneous sporting goods are also on display.
The Coast Guard. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Power Squadrons, Erie County Sheriffs Marine Patrol. New York State Conservation Dept., International Lightning Class Assn., state and county travel and recreational bureaus, are manning informative booths and exhibits.
Test Yourself With Trout A trout fishing pond and archery range are
doing a land-office business. And a number of representatives of Canadian recreation areas
CROWD Continued on next page
At Courier-Express Breakfast
12 to Hall of Fame Twelve of the top Niagara
Frontier boat racing figures — owners, drivers and skippers—an outstanding boating family and a boat racing organization were cited Saturday at the 16th Annual
Courier-Express Boating Hall of Fame Awards Breakfast held at the Buffalo Launch Club. Grand Island. They included three sailing skippers, three inboard racing pilots and the owners of the craft
they drive, a predicted log piloting contestant, the Robert W. Graf family of Buffalo and the Tri Club Boat Racing Association.
All were outstanding in 1968 in their particular field of boating
Tom Allen
George Lang
endeavors either on the Niagara Frontier or els3where over the nation's waters. A number of the selectees received n a t i o n a l recognition for their boating exploits.
A separate story on the Graf family — named by the Courier-Express selection committee as the Niagara Frontier Boating Family of 1968 — appears elsewhere in the boat section.
Heading the list of sailors honored at the awards gathering is Tom Allen of the Buffalo Canoe Club. Allen, three-time World Lightning Champion and one of the nation's all-time s a i l i n g greats, scored a number of impressive wins during the '68 season.
The Buffalo boat builder, a member of the 1968 U.S. Olympic Sailing Team, won both the North American Lightning championship and the N.A. Flying Dutchman crown last year as well as the Winter Lightning Championship in competition sailed at St. Petersburg, Fla., in early '68. Allen was a "shoo-in" for center-board class racing honors.
Youngstown Yacht Club's J. Donald (Butch) Cannon, who owns and skippers the 34-foot Cal Sloop, Cannonball, was selected as the top man on the totem pole in Cruising Club of America (CCA> Rule competition on Lake Ontario waters.
Cannon, a Youngstown resident, scored seven wins and three seconds in major competition in his division during the '68 season — and picked up a good collection of fancy hardware in the process.
Karl Smither and R.P (Ray) Adams co-owners and co-skippers of Thermis X. a 40-foot Borsavv cutter which flies the burgees of both the Buffalo Yacht Club and Buffalo Canoe Club, were cited as top performers last year in CCA Rule sailing competition on Lake Erie waters.
The Smither-Adams combine posted a string of eight wins, three seconds and a third place finish in the 12 races in which Thermis X competed in '68. These worthy competitors latched on to a good collection of trophies for their outstanding efforts.
In the speedboat category, a trio of Grand Islanders — Rodney Alt, George Lang and Howie Benns — owners and driver of the SK <Ski Boat i national title-holder, Chevy Too Much, were cited as the outstanding inboard (displacement hull) racing team on the Niagara Frontier — and, for the matter, one of the best in the nation.
All are members of both the B&T Power Boat Assn. and the Niagara Frontier Boat Racing Assn.
Greg Barker Ralph Barker Howie Benn* 11 NAMED Continued on page 63
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