Well 2007 was more then we could have hoped for in the event's 1st year, and we thank you the participants and public! So are you ready to do it again? The City of Muscatine, Iowa, the Clear Lake Chapter of the ACBS, are proud to welcome you to the "Best of Both Worlds" boat show and racing boat exhibition. You will see the glorious mahogany wooden boats of the past, fiberglassics of the 50's and 60's, and racing boats from yesterday and today. This fall the Mississippi Riverfront park has received a complete new park paving project just completed November, 2007, and is a perfect place to see your favorite mahogany classics from Chris Crafts to Century, Hackercraft, Aristocraft, Speedliner, and others. Then stroll down to the early years of fiberglass boat construction with fiberglassics that will include early Correct Craft inboards to a Herter's Flying Fish or Beeline Outboard. Then jump ahead in time to the evolution in boating with racing boats of yesterday and today. See open and closed cockpit boats in all categories from the Vintage Hydroplane Association to some of today's top boats in all of the classes of the American Drag Boat Association (ADBA) and American Power Boat Association (APBA) classes of competition.

This is a unique event for a combined show and we want to make this a boater's show, an event that will only continue to grow. This show will cater to the boater and after last years event all suggestions have been entertained to make this show grow into the Sturgis of the boating world. We have one objective here and that is to provide a non-political event that everyone just has a good time. There is no judging of anything except the approval of the public and participants to keep on rolling from year to year to give you a first class event to make your kick-off event from year to year. The boats will be displayed on and off the water and everyone will be sure to be at the river's edge to watch the boats on the water. Muscatine is also the 1st place on the Mighty Mississippi River to hold power boat racing on July 4th, 1908, so this year is also the 100th Anniversary of the Muscatine Power Boat Club and Mississippi Boat Racing.

Last year our 1^st event brought 128 boats of various types and sizes along with a collection of classic cars, motorcycles, and race cars. With more boats, cars, motorcycles, and ultra fast cardboard boats for the Mississippi River Championship Cardboard Boat Regatta and it promises to provide a great time for all to bring in the 2008 boat show and racing season.

Please mark your calendars now for May 16-18th, 2008, and plan now to attend.
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