The geneva lakes boat show is an annual event held in the abbey resort's harbor, presented by the blackhawk chapter of the antique and classic boat society.. Classic boat show held at the abbey marina in fontana on lake geneva, wisconsin, september 25, 2010.. Streblow custom boats is one of the oldest wooden boat makers in the united states. in 1947, larry streblow began building boats as a hobby. he loved to personally design and build small craft and was very good at it. his friends encouraged him to start a boat company and build small outboard boats for other people..
The boat was just launched in june. it is 88 feet long and displaces 70,000 pounds (35 tons).the boat’s design is based on early lake geneva steamboats that were abundant during the 1890’s. boats of this era still had sails for propulsion but steam engines were coming in to replace them..
