2022

48th Annual Lake Tahoe Concours d' Elegance

    • Syringa  1947 Chris Craft U-22
    • Placed
    • 1st Place
    • Golden Key Award Best Preserved

2021

25th Annual KEELS & WHEELS Concours D'Elegance

    • Unfinished Business 1949 Chris Craft Special Runabout
    • Best in Class

2019

47th Annual Lake Tahoe Concourse d’ Elegance

    • Lifetime, 1955 Chris Craft 26 ft, semi-enclosed
    • Placed
    • 1st Place
    • Best Of Show
    • Best Professional Restorer of 2019

14th Annual Payette Lakes Show

    • Best Utility – Brown Eyed Girl

2018

13th Annual Payette Lakes Show

    • People’s Choice – Jelly Bean. 1946 Chris Craft U-22-339
    • Best Runabout – Justice. 1946 Chris Craft R-20-32
    • Best Utility – Fin & Tonic 1961 Chris Craft Continental CUA-21-0077C

46th Annual Lake Tahoe Concourse d’ Elegance

    • Jelly Bean – Placed 1st
    • Jelly Bean – Best of Show under 23ft

2017

12th Annual Payette Lakes Show

    • Best Runabout – Lindsay McCall 1928 Dodge Water Car

45th Annual Lake Tahoe Concourse d’ Elegance featuring the Marque Class – Utilities

1922-1967. McCall Boat Works presented Fin & Tonic, Mad Men, and Proud Mary. All 1960-61 Chris Craft 21 ft Continental Hardtops.

    • Fin & Tonic placed 1st place, and took the Marque Class
    • Mad Men placed 1st place, and took Best Original Tahoe Boat
    • Proud Mary placed 3rd

2016

44th Annual Lake Tahoe Concourse d’ Elegance featuring the Marque Class

Chris Craft Racing Runabouts 1936 – 1954. McCall Boat Works presented Happy Days, a 1952 Chris Craft 19 ft Racing Runabout. Happy Days took the top 2 awards.

    • First Place in Class
    • Best Marque Class of Show

41st ACBS Tahoe Show

Fin & Tonic was awarded Boat of the Year Preserved. There is no higher than this on achievements. Boat after Boat we love what we do here at McCall Boat Works.

2015

43rd annual Lake Tahoe Concours d’ Elegance Fin & Tonic has won 4 first places this year!

    • Best in Show under 23′
    • Most Original / Preserved Boat
  • Best in Class- Utility
  • The People’s Choice

McCall Boat Works would like to thank all our customers and fans that have supported us in achieving the awards in Lake Tahoe Concours d’ Elegance Show. Fin & Tonic has been a wonderful project to work on, and we wouldn’t have been able to do so if it wasn’t for our very dedicated crew.”

A special thanks goes to Derk and Pat, owners of Fin & Tonic!

Fin & Tonic takes another coveted award at the 40th Antique & Classic Boat Society Annual meeting and International Boat Show Sept. 23-27th at Gull Lake, Minnesota.

The event was held at Bar Harbor with 136 wood boats participating in the week long event. McCall Boat Works, Donald R Hardy, showed a classic Chris Craft 1961 21 foot continental called Fin & Tonic owned by Derk Brill & Pat Boomer of Mountain View, CA. Fin & Tonic was awarded a Platinum status by scoring 97 points and above. This is achieved by a judging committee with the ACBS. It was the only Platinum awarded in its class.

2014

2014 42nd Annual Lake Tahoe Concours d’ Elegance

  • 1st place in Class Runabout – Everan Zephyr 1940 CC 19′ Custom
  • 1st Place in class Runabout – Happy Days 1952 CC 19′ Racing Runabout
  • Best Professional Restorer 2014. (This award is given to that professional restorer, decided subjectively by the Judging Committee, the Trophy Committee, and the Lapkin family, in concert, to be the year’s best. If there is no agreement between the three parties, the trophy will not be awarded.)
  • Overall best of show- Jordy Carlton Award

 

2014 9th Annual Payette Lake Wooden Classic Boat Show

  • Best Runabout – Everan Zephyr 1940 19′ Custom Barrel Back
  • Best Utility – Jeanette 1957 Chris Craft 17′ Sportsman

2013

2013 38th Annual International Boat Show- Coeur d’Alene

  • Best Chris Craft Runabout- Everan Zephyr 1940 19′ Custom Barrel Back
  • Best Chris Craft Utility- Twinn Finn 1959 Chris Craft Continental 21′

 

2013 18th Annual Keels & Wheels Concours d’ Elegance at Lakewood Yacht Club, Seabrook, Texas

  • Best of Show and Best Chris Craft – Unfinished Business 1949 Chris Craft Special Runabout

 

2013 8th Annual Payette Lake Wooden Classic Boat Show

  • Best Utility, Kenny B CC 1956 26′ Continental
  • Best Restoration Jeanette 1957 Chris Craft 17′ Sportsman

2012

2012 40th Concours d’ Elegance Tahoe

  • 1st place Blonde Decks Justice 1946 CC Custom 20′
  • 2nd place Runabouts Happy Days 19′ Racing Runabout

 

2012 7th Annual Payette Lake Wooden Classic Boat Show

  • Best Utility, Kenny B CC 1956 26′ Continental
  • Skippers Choice – Cherry Float 1948 CC 19′ Red & White 19′ Racing Runabout
  • Junior 2nd – Twin Finn 1956 CC 21′ Continental

2011

2011 Payette Lakes McCall, Idaho

  • Best Runabout Rain Maker 1949 Chris Craft 19 Racing Runabout

 

2011 26th Coeur d’Alene & 1st Regional ACBS Chapter Classic Wooden Boat Show

  • Best of Runabout – Happy Days 1952 Chris Craft Racing Runabout 19′ owner
  • Best Restored – Twinn Finn 1959 Chris Craft Continental

 

2011 27th Lake Arrowhead Boat Show

  • Best Chris Craft – Happy Days 1952 Chris Craft Racing Runabout 19′
  • Best of Show- Happy Days 1952 Chris Craft Racing Runabout 19′

2010

2010 People’s Choice Coeur d’Alene Show, Idaho

  • Justice 1946 Chris Craft Custom 20′

2010 Transitional Class Concours d’ Elegance Lake Tahoe, California

  • Second Place – Twinn Finn 1959 Chris Craft Continental 21′

2010 Payette Lakes McCall, Idaho

  • Best Utility – Victory 1959 Chris Craft Sportsman

 

2010 Second Place Blonde Deck Class “Concours d’ Elegance” Lake Tahoe, California

  • Justice 1946 Chris Craft Custom 20′

2009

2009 Best Runabout Payette Lakes McCall, Idaho

  • Déjà Vu 1955 Chris Craft Capri

2008

2008 International Show Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

  • Best Preserved Runabout – Rain Maker 1949 Chris Craft 19′ Racing Runabout

 

2008 People’s Choice Payette Lakes McCall, Idaho

  • Rain Maker 1949 Chris Craft 19′ Racing Runabout

2007

2007 Sand Point, Idaho

  • Best Preserved Runabout – Rain Maker 1949 Chris Craft 19′ Racing Runabout

 

2007 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

  • Best Preserved Runabout – Rain Maker 1949 Chris Craft 19′ Racing Runabout