Unsurpassed in its exhibition of boating and maritime tradition, the Lake Tahoe Concours d’Elegance is the most acclaimed and prestigious wooden boat show in all of North America. Each year the show features more than 70 of the world’s finest boats set against the backdrop of the deep clear blue waters of Lake Tahoe.

The 2022 Lake Tahoe Concours d’Elegance Marque Class celebrates “Chris-Craft – 100th Anniversary.”The Chris Smith and Sons Boat Company (founded in 1884) began producing their Chris-Craft line of production runabouts in 1922 and by 1929 formally changed the company name to Chris-Craft.  The first models built beginning in 1922 are known as the Roman Numeral boats, as that is how their serial numbers were stamped into the hulls at first.  Chris-Craft soon became the most recognized name in recreational motor boating, and was the largest producer of pleasure boats until the late 1960s. Most of the boats shown today at vintage boat shows across the United States are Chris-Craft’s for this reason.  From the earliest runabouts, utilities, commuters cruisers – to the fiberglass ski and jet boats in the 1970s – Concours will be the premier event in the world to celebrate them all.