Wooden Boat Show 2012
The annual Coeur d'Alene Wooden Boat Show August 17-19 brought together runabouts, cruisers, sailboats, and canoes to demonstrate the beauty of wood and water at the Coeur d'Alene Resort.
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Alongside the gleaming mahogany launches and speedboats were some stylish craft intended for waterskiing.
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Despite the heat, many took the stroll around the Coeur d’Alene Resort boardwalk to see the beautiful craft vying to trophies in various categories at the boat show.
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Many owners added period accessories to their boat display.
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Dan Mimmack brings his child-sized frigate replica into the dock before the start of the show. Mimmack, of Sandpoint, restored the boat, which he bought from a classified ad. The boat began its life as a project by a grandfather for his grandchildren.
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Isaac McFarlane, 4, pokes his head out of the port hole on Wind Spirit, a child-sized replica of a 17th-century frigate. Owner Dan Mimmack invited children to climb around on the boat.
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Children play on the replica sailboat of owner Dan Mimmack, dressed as a pirate for the boat show.
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The engine on a 1946 Chris Craft shows the attention to detail by its owner.
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A few sailboats, like this 1951 sloop, were on display beside the many motor craft.
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