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Books About Classic Wooden Powerboats

Lake Tahoe is home to one of the world's greatest collections of classic wooden powerboats. The books listed below are beautiful in themselves and will increase your appreciation of the boats you'll see around the lake.

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Cutwater : Speedboats and Launches from the Golden Age of Boating

One of the most beautiful boating books ever, with text that reveals the author's deep appreciation for his subject. Includes photos of several well-known Tahoe boats.

  
Sierra Maritime Publications offers two great books on Lake Tahoe's maritime history: Prewar Wood, and Lakers and Launches, both by Carol Van Etten. Printed in black and white with modest-quality photographs, they are not beautiful like Cutwater (listed above) but they  illustrate a vast number of boats that once plied the Lake Tahoe waters and paint a rich picture of boating on the lake in an earlier era. These books are not available through Amazon.com, but the Sierra Maritime site includes ordering information. You can also find them at many bookstores in the Lake Tahoe area.

Legend of Chris-Craft
by Jeffrey L. Rodengen, Karine Rodengen (Photographer)

The definitive guide to the best-known maker of wooden boats.

Gar Wood Boats Power Classics of a Golden Era : Power Classics of a Golden Era
by Anthony S. Mollica

Due to be released in July, the first book on this premier maker of wooden power boats.

The Guide to Wooden Power Boats
by Benjamin Mendlowitz (Photographer), Maynard Bray, Stephen L. Corkery

A beautiful little book with pictures and short descriptions of a wide range of wooden boats.