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Orange Crate
Orange Crate was delivered new to Lake Tahoe in 1964 and earned 19 trophies
from 1964 through 1975 in the annual Tahoe Yacht Club Regatta. She was retired
in 1976 and returned to Lake Tahoe in 1993. She has spent every summer of her
active life in Lake Tahoe and has never raced in any other waters.
Orange Crate is a 1964 Besotes single cockpit 21- foot custom built runabout.
It is powered by the original 425 HP 8 cylinder Ford engine, a rare Hi Riser
Nascar edition. Specially built for racing in Lake Tahoe, it is one of only
three single cockpit 21's built by Besotes in Stockton, California. It is uniquely
different with its lower profile, 9½ foot front deck and V-drive configuration.
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Her awards include:
· 1st Place in Post War Runabout Class; "Best of show under 23'"
the Dick Clarke Perpetual for "Elegance and Style" at the 1993 Lake
Tahoe Concours D'Elegance.
· "Skippers Choice" and "Best Engine Compartment"
at the Sacramento Boats on the Boardwalk.
· 1st Place in the Besotes Class at the 1994 Lake Tahoe Concours
· 1st Place in the Besotes Class at the 1995 Lake Tahoe Concours
· 1st Place in the Besotes Class at the 1996 Lake Tahoe Concours
· Winner of the Jody Carlton Memorial Trophy for Overall Best of Show
1996, Lake Tahoe
· 1st Place in the Besotes Class at the 2000 Lake Tahoe Concours
· 1st Place in the Besotes Class at the 2003 Lake Tahoe Concours
· 1st Place in the Besotes Class at the 2004 Lake Tahoe Concours
· In 2004, Orange Crate also won the perpetual trophy for the
· Best Original Tahoe Boat. Quite an honor.
· In 2006, Orange Crate again won perpetual trophy Best Original Tahoe
Boat. We did not show it in 2005.
· September 2006, Orange Crate won best race boat at the ACBS International
Boat Show in Lake Tahoe.
· Orange Crate has won First Place in every Concours she has entered.
