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Fergus sold the boat onwards to country-singer and classic boat collector Alan Jackson and it was later sold at the Antique Boat Auction in Clayton, NY, on August 1, 2009, for US$112,000 [37] to its current owner, who replaced the bottom and preserved it back to its original looks of 1935. Miss Chief is currently the only Speedster that has a ...
The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac is a 333-mile (289 nmi; 536 km) annual yacht race starting in Lake Michigan off Chicago, Illinois, and ending in Lake Huron off Mackinac Island, Michigan. It is hosted and managed by the Chicago Yacht Club .
Geoffrey Baer is an American television personality, actor and producer best known for hosting the 10 That Changed America series, the Chicago By Boat architecture series, and other television programs produced by WTTW in Chicago for Illinois PBS stations.
The Discover Boating Chicago Boat Show was voted one of the top such events in the nation, according to a USA TODAY / 10best readers' choice poll.
One boat is now used as a prop for Fright Fest in the Six Saints Cemetery along with the rides control panel. Sky Trail 2010 2014 Ride Entertainment Systems of Stevensville Maryland Ropes course County Fair Located near Demon's entrance, it was removed due to decline in popularity. Spot would be used during Fright Fest as a location for the Six ...
The company introduced the MerCruiser stern-drive line at the 1961 Chicago Boat Show. The line would later take over 80 percent of the world market. [4] For 1962, the Merc 1000 became the new top of the line in line 6, offering 100 hp. It was somewhat of a sensation.
The Tommy Bartlett Show, previously known as the Tommy Bartlett's Water Ski & Jumping Boat Thrill Show, was a popular tourist attraction in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. The show was created in 1952 by Wisconsin showman Tommy Bartlett as a traveling group of entertainers, based in Chicago, Illinois .
Dave Matthews Band's tour bus stopping at the Kinzie Street Bridge to empty its blackwater tank. On August 8, 2004, a tour bus belonging to Dave Matthews Band dumped an estimated 800 pounds (360 kg) of human waste from the bus's blackwater tank through the Kinzie Street Bridge in Chicago onto an open-top passenger sightseeing boat sailing in the Chicago River below.