The shirts will again be available at the show for $10 and will be available in the blue color above or on white. Every year we try to use pictures from past events, so this year we have woodies, one of Pete Nydahl's race boats, a street rod, a pro street from this past year, motorcycle with side car, the Cardboard Boat Regatta Champions, The Brewstones, and the bridge and Lock and Dam #16 in the background. Next year when the APBA race boats are back, we will plan on adding vintage hydros along with GNH hydros along with other fiberglass classics and vehicles.

Since this event has always included vehicles and boats from the past we have decided to also include antique tractors. This area is also a hot bed of antique tractors. As we are only 20 miles from Moline, Illinois., the home of John Deere, and also other major tractor companies (International, Case, etc.), it was a natural to invite them. The Deer Valley Collectors are one of the larger chapters of antique tractor collectors and are great people. They also have their own signature show every year in late August-early September at the Village of East Davenport.

We also invite all Antique Motorcycle owners and custom car owners to be a part of the event and the entries are coming in.

Located just one block north of the Riverside Park the museum is a piece of history as Muscatine used to be the Pearl Button Capitol of the World. The displays are very interesting. The Pearl Button Wood Fire Grill used to actually be one of many pearl button manufacturing facilities in Muscatine and is right across from the Riverside Park.

The following is from Kristin McHugh-Johnston, the director of the Muscatine History and Industry Center.

The Muscatine History and Industry Center welcomes visitors to the 2010 Muscatine Boat Show. Located at 117 West Second Street in the historic downtown district, the center is home to the Pearl Button Museum. The center's entire first floor is an interactive showcase on how Muscatine once produced 1.5 billion buttons annually.

The second floor exhibits trace the history of current industries including the HNI Corporation and Stanley Consultants. A special display of local boating history will also be on view on the second floor during the boat show. The center is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Admission is free, but donations are recommended. Stop in for a visit. The center is one block north from the riverfront's Iowa Avenue entrance, and then left on Second Street.

This year we are having a Venetian Nights Boat Parade on Saturday evening. We will be having local house boats that are in the harbor and anyone interested in being a part of the event. We have also this week talked to Musco Sports Lighting and will be lighting the park and part of the Mississippi for the return trip after passing by the crowd. Be a part of the fun! Also remember we will be having the Pearl Button Excursion Boat that will be giving participants a cruise at dusk to enjoy the Venetian Nights Boat Parade and go under the Muscatine LED Bridge for some unique photo opportunities. We need you to contact us if you are interested so we can start planning on participants for both the parade and cruises the Pearl Button will be providing for us.

Please see the AOMCI Antique Outboarder Magazine, Classic Boating Magazine, ACBS Rudder Magazine, Wooden Boat and other magazines for area event listings and support shows near you!

If you want to send a jpeg or Word file we are happy to post your event posters as part of our News Updates! We need to support each other's events.

Will be posted this week! We like to be able to give you something to do when you are here and we enjoy bringing you this event and to keeping you entertained!

We are encouraging you to get your registrations in. Now that we have our shirt design completed and shirts will be ordered this week, we will be giving a free event shirt to every 10th registration at the event and will notify you individually as registration come in. If you have any issues with the registration form just let me know at moritzdavid@stanleygroup.com.

The registration forms are on the website at www.muscatineboatshow.com and are open for all. The registration is free as in the past for all events and for your keel or wheels. For those who have registered, please make sure that you have received back a certification e-mail from the website that acknowledges that we received your registration. Unfortunately we have had people who enjoy messing with the website. If you would like you send your registration directly to me with the same info as on the website to moritzdavid@stanleygroup.com.

Sorry for the issue with the people who like to mess with websites but it happens.

Also don't forget to send pictures of your project boats and we will post!

We are just starting our sponsor drive for 2010 and one of our first is the Hy-Vee Food Stores here in Muscatine. When you organize an event like this and realize that these people truly care about our community and this event, it is humbling to put it mildly. Many help with donations and others with in kind services.

Hy-Vee this week has acknowledged they will again be on board for providing the breakfast for all participants in the Riverview Center on Saturday morning. This is also where event registration is held as in the past.

The Muscatine Power Boat Club will again be having the now famous Hog Roast with the good old home cooking sides on Friday evening. This will also be held in the park at the Riverview Center on Friday afternoon from 4:00 pm to 8:30 pm for all participants.

The Power Boat Club will also be co- sponsoring The 1st Annual Gutter Boat Race Showdown along with Wilson True Value Hardware. Today I received an e-mail from Dick Baner who has made a few boats for this event as shown below.

I have also had many e-mails from participants who are also getting in the act by building boats and some will also be in an unlimited class. We will make the course a couple of meters longer for trying to stop the higher power boats, but will still run the 5 meter long course with side by side tracks.

Tonight I went to the district Boy Scout board meeting and will go to the Round Table group next week to encourage the boys to get involved. There are also church groups getting involved. They are also making Cardboard Boats for the Cardboard Boat Regatta so this event is starting to grow with community involvement and that is what it is about. Clean fun for everyone!

This past week we were at Borders and I was looking at some magazines. I picked up the latest issue of Wooden Boat Magazine. Toward the back I happened to see the Calendar of Events below and the picture looked familiar. That was pretty neat to see the event listed and an actual picture of the Brewstones from last year's event.

I can't remember if I have told people, but if you want to see coverage of last year's event it was in the Classic Boating Magazine in the Sept/Oct 2009 edition and also in the Century Magazine Thoroughbred Magazine, Summer or Fall edition of 2009. It is fun to see events in magazines and helps to spread the word. The last issue of Classic Boating also had the Black Hawk Chapter of the ACBS Chicago Boat Show and Glacier Lake ACBS Pewaukee Event in Wisconsin. There has also been coverage of other local shows from Okoboji, Clear Lake, and Mississippi Valley shows so we are well represented here in the Midwest.

Last News Update I had asked for some project photos so I will post a few of the boats recently received, completed and others in progress.

Andy and Cindy McCormick from Wisconsin last year found this Century Resorter >> Write up. It was in need of a new bottom and Andy and friends put it in the garage this past October and started to replace. It now has a new plywood and plank bottom done with 5200 and CPES. Check the website for the pdf file that Cindy sent in with the process and story. They also have youtube video of their Madison, WI boat show at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hcl6I3tyaA.

Steve Workman placing his rebuilt Gray 188 in his Higgins he is rebuilding. The bottom is done, and things are going back together.

Benny Krebs flipping his Coronado and the bottom picture showing one nervous helper! The bottom is now all off and going back together.

If you have project pictures feel free to share and we will post on this website on News Updates. It is fun for all to see they are not alone.

The registration forms are now open for all events on the website and we encourage you to get your registrations completed. The registration is free as in the past for all events and for your keel or wheels. For those who have registered, make sure you have received the confirmation after you click the submit button on the registration page. This ensures we have received your registration. This year I have not had time to update the Gallery with the boats as they register. We will post event pictures after the event as we have many photographers coming this year to cover the event.

Check the website Maps/Lodging Page for motel information, website links, and maps with their reduced room rates they have provided for us, for you. They have links for each motel and you can see what there is available with all contact info you need.

If you are new to the show and our website, check out all of the tabs as we will always be updating them. Therefore check us out at www.muscatineboatshow.com.

In past News Updates you have seen that on February 6th we had a charter meeting of a group of local boat enthusiast interested in starting a chapter of the Antique Classic Boating Society (ACBS). Due to circumstances beyond our group's control, we will not be able to be an ACBS chapter. That really won't change things as we will form a club dedicated to having fun, and a network of local antique and classic boat owners. Since we met and have a great group of people interested in this club, we will have events to which all of you are always invited and we will also support neighboring ACBS chapter events. It is too bad things sometimes have to happen, but, oh well. After all isn't it about the fun and friendships this hobby has given us.

We will still be known as the Mississippi Riverbend Classic and Antique Boat Club and open to anyone who is interested in being a member. We will have a tab on the Muscatine Boat Show website at www.muscatineboatshow.com shortly and will be following up with all those who have shown interest within the next week as this issue just resolved this past week. We will also be adding the bios on the new members of our club with boats and their supporting stories to the website.

In closing, we are starting to enjoy the warmer weather. I have looked at some 5200 and Epifanes and can't wait for warm weather. This year is also the 30th Anniversary of the Okoboji Boat Show and Mike Hagen has contacted me to encourage you to come to Okoboji on July 31st. Chris Smith will be a featured speaker on Friday evening before the show to tell the history of Chris Craft.

Below is also the flyer from the Clear Lake Chapter of the ACBS who are featuring Fiberglassics as part of their show. If you have a fiberglass classic or any antique or classic wooden boat trailer to Clear Lake, July 17th.

Next News Update we will feature other project boats and other things that daily are becoming part of the event here in Muscatine, May 14-16.

Well, the ACBS has a new chapter being chartered to be known as the Mississippi Riverbend Chapter. They had their first formation meeting and will consist of mainly members from the eastern part of Iowa and Western part of Illinois. There are also some others who have stated they want to also be members of their existing chapters and secondary members of the new chapter, so it is nice to have the support. More to follow . . .

Above is the new poster for the 2010 event. If you would like the file in jpeg format to help advertise, just let me know. We have changed the name of the event to Keels and Wheels, as many events have, since we also have the cars, motorcycles, and tractors. The keels cover every form of boat there is including the racing boats. We just wanted to make sure everyone feels they are a part of the event and have considered this change for a couple of years. Next year, when the race boats are back and running the APBA sanctioned event, the name will still fit!

Remember, too, we are having gutter boat races for fun. I have also included some pictures of a couple of gutter boat racers we have been working on, how they may look, and what is needed. Cost is approx. $10 per racer depending on your choice of boat material.

Side view, all balsa wood except bottom is bass wood. Will be sealed with CPES.

Top view without cover in place. Notice the motor comes with mounting bracket and use door shim to mount angle of motor to get proper angle. Shaft log will be glued into place and have petro jelly in shaft to keep water out. Notice the 9V battery pigtail available at any Radio Shack or hobby store for 50 cents.

Above is a second boat that is still not completed. It will be a hydro style.

Some of the parts you will need and cost:

Balsa Wood is up to you what you use.

All of the above are common at every Hobby Shop I went to. You can also order the above from Tower Hobbies on line. http://www.towerhobbies.com/

The above are under construction, so are not the finished product. The tubing you see is used to couple the drive shaft to the motor. It is fuel line for a RC gas motor.

Our rules for the construction were listed before in a past News Update and will be posted on the registration page, but are listed below.

• Aristocraft FA-130 Motor.
• Dumas #3001 2 blade plastic prop
• Battery can be 1 - Standard 9V Alkaline Battery, or up to 6 Type D,C, AA, or AAA batteries.
• Max Length 13.8" width 3.5"
• Battery on-off switch.
• No manufactured toy boat bodies

Other than that, your design is up to you including material, shaft angle, etc. If you want to make an air boat, the propeller is limited to one used on a standard .049 gas engine for RC airplanes.

My wife teaches 6th grade science and has an after-school science club. They are building 6 boats. Win or lose, this is all for fun and they will learn just like the rest of us. This is how they get started in boating!

* Please send me some pictures of your projects you are working on and I will also place them in a News Update! Hopefully, they will be done by the time Muscatine rolls around in 3 months.

* KTRP Video has videos available from the past year's events if you are interested and you can contact me and I will be happy to get you Steve's contact information. You can then work out the price and mailings with Steve or see Steve at the 2010 event for delivery.

* The registration forms are now open on the website and we encourage you to get your registrations completed. The registration is free as in the past for all events and for your keel or wheels. For those who have registered, make sure you have received the confirmation after you click the submit button on the registration page. This ensures we have received your registration.

* Check the website Maps/Lodging Page for motel information, website links, and maps with their show reduced room rates. If you are new to the show and our website, check out all of the tabs as we will always be updating them. We will also be adding the new Chapter tab which will have bios on the new members, with boats, and Newsletters, etc. Therefore check us out at www.muscatineboatshow.com.

The entries for this year's event have started to come in and we have had our second planning meeting which occurs every two weeks and then weekly as the event gets closer. I am really excited to be a part of an organizing team who comes up with ideas for you that will make this show one you do not want to miss. How many events have a lighted boat parade? Well that is just one of the new events we will be doing. This is going to be fun!

This year we will have 2 different opportunities for Lock and Dam Cruises for you to pre register for, and will also have some pontoons going along to take those of you who may not have a secure bottom in your boat, or car, motorcycle, or tractor participants. The pontoon quantities are numbered so if interested get you name in early. The first cruise will be Friday afternoon and the second Saturday morning. We plan to go through Lock and Dam #16 and up the Illinois side of the Mississippi to Andulusia, IL and back. We also may be stopping along the way for refreshments. For those of you who do not go out with your boats, Tom and Ann Meeker have volunteered to take participants on their Pearl Button Excursion boat located right in the park on Friday and Saturday evening for a cruise under the Muscatine Bridge at dusk. This cruise is nice since you can see the city lights and go under the Muscatine Bridge for some great pictures of the LED lighting on the bridge. They serve refreshments and goodies of all kinds. They will also be taking people out on Saturday and Sunday during the day, but the Friday and Saturday evening cruises are just for participants. We want to make sure you will have opportunities to go on the Mississippi if your boat is not water worthy.

Also this year John Hintermeister has been working to try to get a Venetian Nights Boat outing for Saturday evening after dark so if you want to put lights on your boat be a part of the fun, start planning now. This again is free and the more the merrier. We will have a pontoon with a beacon light for people to follow and maybe some extra lighting to be determined.

There will be many events to keep you entertained this year every minute of the day! This is going to be fun!

As I had stated in our last News Update, we are starting a new chapter of the Antique and Classic Boating Society (ACBS) that will have members from the eastern part of Iowa and western part of Illinois. Again, if you are interested in becoming a member of this chapter we will be meeting this coming Saturday, Feb 6th at the Button Factory in Muscatine, Iowa at 3:00 pm for our first meeting to determine what direction we want to go. If you want more information feel free to contact John Hintermeister at h.and.k@machlink.com or myself at moritzdavid@stanleygroup.com. If you are interested we need you at this meeting. We will not expect perfect attendance and this is just a fun chapter, but we need to know interest at this first meeting so be there even if for a short period of time. If you cannot be there call or contact John or myself.

Also this Saturday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa ( about 45 miles from here) there will be the 7th Annual Antique Outboard Show at Kennedy Marine from 8:00am to 1:00pm directly across from Hawkeye Downs just off of Hwy 30. The Hawkeye Chapter of the Antique Outboard Motor Club will be sponsoring this event and for more info call Perry Wendel at 319-848-4394. You will still have time to get from Cedar Rapids to Muscatine easily for the 3:00 meeting at the Button Factory and fellowship if you are interested in doing both.

With that being said the registration forms are now open on the website and we encourage you to get your registrations completed. The registration is free as in the past for all events and for your keel or wheels. I also want to repeat that we have also checked with all of our lodging providers and they have secured their room rates. The room rates are shown on the Maps/Lodging page of the website along with all of their contact information and website links for you to pick from.

Also if you are new to the show and our website, check out all of the tabs as we will always be updating them. We will be updating our sponsor pages, we have aerial views of the park, maps to get everywhere along with main stores if you need anything, dining guides, photo gallery, etc. etc.. Therefore check us out at www.muscatineboatshow.com

Dave

Our first team meeting has taken place and many new ideas are coming out to give you a great time here in Muscatine.

Well we had our first meeting and have been making big strides toward settling the events list, permitting, and many other things for this year's event. We are looking forward to this year and each year we try to have more things for your entertainment. This year we are looking at two different guided tours on the Mississippi for you to take your boats and go through the Lock and Dam #16 with us and on up the Mississippi to either the Fairport Landing or through a backwater channel to Andalusia, IL. This trip will take you through areas where you will see bald eagles, blue herring, deer, and many other forms of Mississippi wildlife. This will not be a full out tour even though we will have a chance to open them up some on the way to the chute to the Andalusia Slough as the Mississippi is a mast body of water. Once we get to the Slough we will have a slow guided tour with some of our locals answering questions and keeping you in the right path through the backwater that is only known by the locals for water depth. The main channel between the buoys is always deep enough for boating, but the locals here know those secluded areas where the wind never touches and most of the times there are no boats.

We are also looking at night time tours on our new excursion boat the Pearl Button for those of you wanting to go on the Mississippi that have static displays, cars, motorcycles, or antique tractors. As some of you know we have a LED lighted bridge here in Muscatine shown below that is pretty neat to go under at night and watch it turn different colors. Good photo opportunities at night. The Pearl Button excursion boat here in Muscatine will also have cocktail cruises and others available during the day for our visitors.

We also will have a concert in the park Saturday afternoon we are looking at and as in the past there will be golden oldies dance bands across the street from the park on Friday and Saturday night with a possible street dance.

Darrell Bush the world famous painter will be back with his paintings and prints and will also do paintings of your special toy if you are interested. Check out his work at http://www.darrellbushart.com . Darrell has won numerous awards and check out his classic paintings. If you contact Darrell, he also has painted many personal vehicles and boats for many people and would be happy to make your classic become canvas art.

As in the past we will also be having the cardboard boat regatta and paddle boat regatta. This is a great time and we will again be running 2 rounds of competition.

Also due to the increase in interest of rebuilding boats in our area, we are starting a new chapter of the Antique and Classic Boating Society (ACBS) that will have members from the eastern part of Iowa and western part of Illinois. In an interest letter sent out we have received close to 30 positive responses and that is great. It is always nice to have people local to bounce ideas off of when rebuilding a boat. There are around 16 or 17 boats in this area under construction right now. If you are interested in becoming a member of this chapter we will be meeting Feb 6th at the Button Factory in Muscatine, Iowa for our first meeting to determine what direction we want to go. If you want more information feel free to contact John Hintermeister at h.and.k@machlink.com or myself at moritzdavid@stanleygroup.com. This is exciting and this year's Muscatine event will be our first event as a chapter if paperwork is completed and we are chartered before then.

With that being said the registration forms are now open on the website and we encourage you to get your registrations completed. The registration is free as in the past and we have also checked with all of our lodging providers and they have secured their room rates. The room rates are shown on the Maps/Lodging page of the website along with all of their contact information and website links for you to pick from.

Also if you are new to the show and our website, check out all of the tabs as we will always be updating them. We will be updating our sponsor pages, we have aerial views of the park, maps to get everywhere along with main stores if you need anything, dining guides, photo gallery, etc. etc.. Therefore check us out at www.muscatineboatshow.com.

In the next News Update our new 2010 poster and shirt design will be shown along with all of the new news that will make this show better than ever!

Dave

PS:
Bob Wayt is at home and recovering nicely from his heart attack. Now just to slow him down a little to get back on his feet as the doctors say! Bob is doing good and just needs some recuperation time, so keep him in your prayers and we will see him in May!

Well we are starting to get things in place for our 2010 event. As I had stated before the race boats will not have a formal APBA testing session this year but will be back for 2011. We will have our 4th annual Cardboard and Paddle Boat Regatta as in the past which has become a crowd favorite. I was trying to think of another form of racing that those of you from afar may be able to participate in. Paul Morris had told me at one time about some little boats that kids could build as a craft at the event. Well let's face it, we are all big kids at heart otherwise we wouldn't get the big smiles on our faces when redoing old boats, cars, motorcycles, or tractors. Difference is we like to see them powered!

How many of you are sitting in the house with it below zero wishing there was something you could do inside the house. You do not want to really fire up the heat in the shop. Well here is something you can build for less than $10 and a little ingenuity. With it you may be able to win bragging rights as the 1st Annual Gutter Drag Boat Racing Grand Champion. As shown below we have found an added attraction to do at our event. We will be setting up a boat drag racing course that will consist of side by side gutters filled with water. There will be timed runs and the quickest time in various categories will win cash prizes.

Shown below is a 1.7 second gutter drag boat champ on a 5 meter long course.

Our rules for the construction are pretty simple. All of the following are available on line or at your local hobby shop.

• The sealed electric motor must be a Mabuchi FA-130 Cermag Motor from Aristo Craft.
  (The motor cost $2.89 and comes with mounts etc. from Tower Hobbies and also at your local hobby shops.)
• The prop must be a Dumas #DUM3001 2 blade plastic prop.($1)
• The battery to be 1 - Standard 9V Alkaline Battery, or up to 6 Type D,C, AA, or AAA batteries.
• Max Length 9" width 3.5"
• Battery on-off switch.
• No manufactured toy boat bodies

Other than that your design is up to you including material, shaft angle, etc. If you want to make an air boat the propeller is limited to one used on a standard .049 gas engine for RC airplanes.

This being our first year with this event will be a learning experience, but we will have fun no matter what, and that is what the event is about! There is no cost to run your boats and we will have timers.

If interested we may make an unlimited class, (sounds fun to me) for exhibition. Unlimited will allow any electric motor along with unlimited length, width still limited due to width of gutter.

We have notified all of the different periodicals and the website is being updated. The next issues will have us listed and the website registration page will be opened next week so you can start to register next week.

As I stated in the last News Update this year promises to be a laid back time and we have the whole park reserved to place people everywhere. The area by the Riverview Center that was under construction last year has been completed and is all new concrete with railing to match the rest of the park. This is where we will have the gutter drag boat course. We are also working on the informal boat cruises for those wanting a guided tour of the Mississippi.

We will also have plenty of room for a swap meet so bring your goods and spread the word.

The new poster for 2010 along with a new event shirt will be featured shortly. If you have any questions at all feel free to contact me directly at moritzdavid@stanleygroup.com

Again, the days are getting longer and May will be here soon!

Happy New Year!

Dave

In my last News Update, Muscatine for 2010 was not going to take place. After numerous e-mails from event participants and John Hintermeister, Steve Kuenkel, Lee Hanson, and others stepping up, we are go for Muscatine in 2010. I was honest in my last update that I would not be able to dedicate full time to a 2010 event, but when approached by the City of Muscatine and those above, I have told them I will help them to give you a at 2010 event.

There will be a few changes for the 2010 event. Due to the economy and wanting to give the volunteers a break, we will not be running the race boats for 2010, but they will be back for 2011. This year will be a show only, but the racing boats are invited to come and take part as they have always been a part of the event and as you know, this event is for them too!

We will be posting the May 14-16, 2010 date in the different periodicals and the website will be updated. This year, we will have the Mississippi open to all of you to enjoy and are looking at other events while you are here to enjoy Muscatine, The cardboard boat regatta will be organized by Mississippi Brew to again take place at high noon on Saturday. They are the ones shown below as the Brewstones who are the defending cardboard boat regatta champions. The high school physics class actually tied them in 2009 and in a run off the Brewstones won. The high school physics classes and others will do all they can for 2010 to take the trophy away!

This year promises to just be a laid back time and we have the whole park reserved to place people everywhere. The area by the Riverview Center that was under construction last year has been completed and is all new concrete with railing to match the rest of the park. We will also have an informal boat cruise a couple of times for those wanting a guided tour of the Mississippi.

Registration will again be done on line at the website at www.muscatineboatshow.com. We will not be making the pre-typed registration cards this year, but will have a dated registration card and we will complete when you arrive. Stay tuned for updates and get your registrations in today. It is the same as in the past and we can't wait to see you all.

There will also be a new poster for 2010 which is underway along with a new event shirt.

In closing, thank you to the guys above who have stepped forward to help with the upfront, behind the scenes requirements for this event. This event would not have been able to happen for 2010 without your help. As always we will have our show co directors to help you along with a group of hardworking volunteers. We appreciate your support for this event. I have come to realize that this event has truly become the kick off for many of you for the boat show season, and many friendships have developed at this show. We can't let this stop, and we are on to give you a great show! Room rates for the event will be secured for participants at a reduced rate within the next two weeks and the Lodging Link on our website will be updated.

We are fired up and we have more exciting news coming shortly. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Dave

PS:
Bob Wayt, who many of you know that ran his flat bottom Biesmeyer at the past events, just had a heart attack Thursday and had surgery to get him back on his feet. I called him to let him know we are all thinking of him. He is doing good and just needs some recuperation time, so keep him in your prayers and we will see him in May!