29th Annual
May 3 & 4, 2025
Uncorked Event
29th Annual Keels & Wheels Concours D’Elegance
At lakewood yacht club.
We look forward to your visit, whether you are an Entrant , a Sponsor or just enjoying the show , we welcome you! The show is Saturday, May 3, 2025 and Sunday, May 5, 2024 at the Lakewood Yacht Club with the City of Seabrook as our Event Partner & Host City. Please review our site for all of the information to attend, to become a sponsor, to enter your automobile or boat and more. Please contact us with any questions.
Keels & Wheels is the largest classic car and antique boat show in the United States. This event draws thousands of visitors and participants from around the country who enjoy the over 200 cars and boats exhibited each year. Keels and Wheels is dedicated to the preservation and recognition of antique, classic, vintage, collectable, and prestigious automobiles, boats, and other vehicles.
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When: tuesday, september 10, 2024 at 7:00pm where: chesapeake car wash [ map ] note: gathering starts at 5:30pm dinner 6:00pm to 7:00pm * meeting 7:00pm to 8:30pm * those interested in having dinner - please rsvp to the meal coordinator for the meeting. ----------------------------------------------- , bubba 33 fundraiser day for corvette annapolis, when: august 28, 11am-10pm, where: 7305 ritchie highway, glan burnie (next to j.b.a. chevrolet), contact: pete klein , ocnj boardwalk show ** when: september 7, 2024 where: ocean city, nj [ map ] contact: alan brandhofer annual club picnic saturday, september 28, 2024, 1:00 p.m. freeway airport, bowie contact: matt & kim lindquist rain date: september 29, camping at rock hall** october 4-6, 2024 where: bayshore campground rock hill, md (rv sites; lodging for non-campers available in and around rock hall) [ map] contact: paul acito harpers ferry cruise when: october 12, 2024 where: harpers ferry, wv [ map ] contact: pete klein, rain date: october 13, town hill b&b when: november 1-3, 2024 where: town hill, md [ map ] contact: nancy klein corvette weekend ocmd when: november 8-10, 2024 where: ocean city, md [ map ] contact: tbd wreaths across america ** when: saturday december 14, 2024 09:00am where: crownsville veterans cemetery [ map ] contact: alan brandhofer 2024 annual awards banquet (dinner dance) when: january 04, 2025 where: renditions golf club [ map ] contact: diane gainey, 9 to 5 the musical sunday, february 2, 2025, 10:30 a.m. toby’s dinner theatre, columbia contact: kim lindquist events do not earn annual club points ** _________________________________________________ 2024 recent e ven ts annual holiday awards party when: january 6, 2024 6:00pm where: renditions contact: diane gainey c lub bowling event when: january 20, 2024 11:00am where: dave and busters [ map ] contact: michelle natale note: see email for details wine school when: march 17, 2024 where: west river yacht club [ map ] contact: michelle natale dutch's daughter brunch when: april 7, 2024 11:00am where: dutch's daughter [ map ] contact: fred altemus jba chevrolet customer appreciation day when: april 20, 2024 11:00am to 3:00pm where: jba chevrolet [ map ] contact: pete klein high speed driving school * * cumberland valley corvette club when: april 27-28, 2024 where: pocono raceway [ map ] contact: pete klein skyline drive weekend when: may 3-5, 2024 where: skyline drive, va contact: michele natale, foxy’s harbor grille lunch, when: june 1, 2024 11:30 a.m., where: saint michaels, md [ map ], contact: kim lindquist, harvest thyme , when: june 15, 2024 10:00am, where: harvest thyme tavern [ map ], contact: paul acito, jba corvette annapolis fun show, when: sunday, june 23, 2024 10:00am-2:00pm (show time), where: jba chevrolet [ map ], contact: sophia cox, scott orcutt, nancy klein, toby's - jersey boys, when: june 30, 2024 10:30am, where: toby's dinner theater [ map ], yccc markets at shrewsbury fun show, when: saturday, 13 july, 8am - 1pm, where: corvette annapolis caravan early (tbd), contact: michele natale(more details as we get closer), laps for charity, when: saturday, july 20, 2024, 10:30am, where: dover speedway, baysox game, when: sunday, july 21, 2024, 1:05pm, where: baysox stadium [ map ], hoopers island cruise and lunch **, friday, august 2, 2024, 2:00 p.m. old salty’s restaurant contact: chris bird, diner under the stars when: august 7, 2024, 5:00pm where: on west street (dinner provided by luna blu ristorante) [ map ] contact: paul acito, happy hour for carriages on west street show (cows), when: august 10, 2024, 5:00-7:00pm, where: metropolitan kitchen & lounge, 175 west street, annapolis west, contact: paul acito carriages on west street (cows) when: august 11, 2024 where: west st, annapolis md [ map ] contact: paul acito, corvettes at carlisle **, when: august 22-24, 2024, where: carlisle fairgrounds [ map ], contact: none, 2024 national caravan, when: august 25-31, 2024, where: bowling green, ky, contact: alan brandhofer, notes: ncm website, 2024 upcoming events.
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Renovated Annapolis Yacht Club launches amid boat show
Standing in front of the New Zealand flag in 2002, Annapolis Yacht Club members, from left, Tink Chambers, Dick Neville, and Geoff Bridges celebrating ANZAC Day (Australia and New Zealand Army Corps). The club attracts members from around the region and the world.
Joshua McKerrow / Capital Gazette
Work had begun to board up the windows of the Annapolis Yacht Club two days after a fire burned the building.
Paul W. Gillespie / Capital Gazette
Commodore James Ellis discusses the unique bar in the Skipjack Room on the first floor. A tour of the Annapolis Yacht Club which opened after extensive reconstruction following a fire which damaged most of the building.
File photo / Capital Gazette
Stephen Murray Jr, left, skipper of Decision IV, receives 2009 IRC East Coast Championship Perpetual Trophy from Race Officer Dick Neville during Awards Ceremony at the Annapolis Yacht Club in 2009.
A wire fence surrounds the Annapolis Yacht Club two days after a fire burned the building.
Robert Shapiro sails by Annapolis Yacht Club in June 1997 to pop the question to Susan Stobbart, who was about to have lunch inside the club. She said yes.
Commodore James Ellis discusses the second floor deck. A tour of the Annapolis Yacht Club which opened after extensive reconstruction following a fire which damaged most of the building.
In 1965, the new Annapolis Yacht was said to be the largest in the United States. It was designed by Earl S. Harder and Robert Randall Fryer Sr.
By Matthew Cole / Staff
Boats at dock at the Annapolis Yacht Basin, next to the Annapolis Yacht Club. The club is within the city's Maritime Conservation District.
A new third floor deck. A tour of the Annapolis Yacht Club which opened after extensive reconstruction following a fire which damaged most of the building.
A porch overlooking the docks was added as part of a renovation in 1940.
A tour of the Annapolis Yacht Club which opened after extensive reconstruction following a fire which damaged most of the building.
By 1988, the Annapolis Yacht Club had been joined on the waterfront by the Annapolis Waterfront Marriott, seen to the left.
A painting of the club by John Barber was destroyed in the fire, but was able to be recreated by the artist, who mixed ashes from the fire into some of his darker paints. A tour of the Annapolis Yacht Club which opened after extensive reconstruction following a fire which damaged most of the building.
Ron Ward, left, and Gaither Scott work on the Annapolis to Newport Yacht Race in 1997.
Guests and racers gather around a video monitor to watch the results of the Wednesday Night Races at the Annapolis Yacht Club.
By Paul W. Gillespie / Capital Gazette
Fire investigators continue to search on Tuesday for the cause of the Annapolis Yacht Club fire that gutted the building Saturday.
The Skipjack Room on the first floor. A tour of the Annapolis Yacht Club which opened after extensive reconstruction following a fire which damaged most of the building.
Robert Shapiro kisses Susan Stobbart on the Annapolis Yacht Club dock after proposing to her with a message on the sail of his boat.
Some of the club's most treasured trophies survived the fire and required minimal restoration. A tour of the Annapolis Yacht Club which opened after extensive reconstruction following a fire which damaged most of the building.
By Paul W. Gillespie / Staff
Dan Spadone fires off the air horn to start the Herreshoff's class sailboats in Spa Creek for the start of the Annapolis Yacht Club Wednesday Night Races in 2013.
African-American bartenders serve club members in the new bar at Tte Annapolis Yacht Club in 1940. The club would not admit its first black member until 1991.
The second floor main bar and dining area. A tour of the Annapolis Yacht Club which opened after extensive reconstruction following a fire which damaged most of the building.
The new first floor kitchen. A tour of the Annapolis Yacht Club which opened after extensive reconstruction following a fire which damaged most of the building.
The Bill Bennett Memorial Leadership Award For The Junior Fleet was melted in the fire, left, but replaced, right. A tour of the Annapolis Yacht Club which opened after extensive reconstruction following a fire which damaged most of the building.
The new main staircase. A tour of the Annapolis Yacht Club which opened after extensive reconstruction following a fire which damaged most of the building.
The second floor deck. A tour of the Annapolis Yacht Club which opened after extensive reconstruction following a fire which damaged most of the building.
An aerial photo of the Annapolis Yacht Club shows how it looked in 1939.
The front door stands open at the Annapolis Yacht Club two days after a fire burned the building.
Photography artist Ginny Kuhn of Severna Park was one of many artists and photographers who have used the Annapolis Yacht Club for inspriation. She showed her 2006 photo , "Sails at Dusk" at a show on Kent Island.
The Annapolis Yacht Club will temporarily move to Harbor Grill near City Dock.
Third floor dining area. A tour of the Annapolis Yacht Club which opened after extensive reconstruction following a fire which damaged most of the building.
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The Annapolis Yacht Club on fire on 12/12/15 at about 3 p.m.
Two young women share drinks and cigarettes in the cocktail lounge at The Annapolis Yacht Club in 1940. Debbie Goesslin will take over as the club's first female commodore in January.
The new Annapolis Yacht Club building, which opened in 1963, included a knotty pine paneled club room.
Contests in the Annapolis Yacht Club's Wednesday Night Races are back in their slips in 2007.
The Binnacle Bar on the third floor. A tour of the Annapolis Yacht Club which opened after extensive reconstruction following a fire which damaged most of the building.
Clarence B. Garrett / Baltimore Sun Media Group
In 1962, construction began on the new clubhouse for the Annapolis Yacht Club. The club was renovated in 1997, and burned on Saturday.
Commodore Jim Ellis shows off one his favorite parts of the renovation, a clear view of Spa Creek and bridge from the third floor dining area. The area where the fire began. A tour of the Annapolis Yacht Club which opened after extensive reconstruction following a fire which damaged most of the building.
file photo / Capital Gazette
Robert Carney, the former executive chef, of the Annapolis Yacht Club, as he prepares his dish for a social event in October 1998.
In 1947, the Annapolis Yacht Club, lower left, was one of the biggest buildings on Spa Creek.
Vice commodore Debbie Gosselin talks about the Annapolis Yacht Club two days after a fire burned the building.
Annapolis Yacht Club members and their crews gather at the end of the Wednesday night sailboat races in July 2014. The series started in 1959.
View from the third floor dining area. A tour of the Annapolis Yacht Club which opened after extensive reconstruction following a fire which damaged most of the building.
The clubhouse and part of anchorage of The Annapolis Yacht Club in 1939.
The second floor main bar. A tour of the Annapolis Yacht Club which opened after extensive reconstruction following a fire which damaged most of the building.
The lobby. A tour of the Annapolis Yacht Club which opened after extensive reconstruction following a fire which damaged most of the building.
Powerboats line the docks next to the Annapolis Yacht Club in 1964.
That changed Sept. 28 when the club had a soft-opening. It invited members for drinks and to tour the $18 million in renovations, which were on display Saturday with the Annapolis Boat Show in town.
About 450 members and guests showed up to the soft launch just over a week ago, said Commodore Jim Ellis.
The commodore serves as the leader of the club. Former Commodore Debbie Gosselin led the club while it rebuilt. And now Ellis is leading the club through the re-opening after a plastic Christmas tree destroyed the interior of the building in December 2015.
“Do I wish someone was nearby to unplug the tree? Yes. In this case I was dealt a fire that wrecked the club,” Ellis said Saturday. “Membership has been supportive of what we are doing.”
The renovated Annapolis Yacht Club is much like the previous club before it. But really the only thing left over from the previous building is the structure. Everything else is new: furniture, carpets, ceilings, Ellis said.
A new deck was placed on the third floor and some of the bars have been shifted around or extended. There is plenty of space to sit alongside the water and enjoy the view. With the boat show going on, city waters have sprouted a forest of masts. There was no shortage of things to look at for boat enthusiasts.
In the yacht club things were quiet, save for some steel drums linked to a British Virgin Islands event on the first floor. The club’s staff moved about swiftly as they prepped for the day.
“Hello commodore,” they said as they passed Ellis.
It was early in the morning, so club members trickled into the building slowly. Many of them were visiting for the first time to get a glimpse of the renovated building.
Michael Dodd, a club member, stopped Ellis to give his compliments.
“This place looks great,” Dodd said. “Fabulous. It’s impressive.”
For years the club — which started in 1885 as the Severn River Boat Club — has made its home in Annapolis. The past three years the club was a charred husk. The scars of the fire — scorch marks as the flames licked the outer walls — were visible from the street. Most of the destroyed trophies and memorabilia were replaced with support from members, Ellis said.
The cosmetic surgery of renovations has restored the building to its former glory, with a few changes. The elevator is no longer on the exterior of the building, meaning the roof line isn’t interrupted by the elevator’s upper machinery.
Sound-dampening materials were placed in the ceilings to cut down dining room noise. The windows looking out onto Spa Creek now reach from floor to ceiling. The older building had metal panels at the bottom, restricting some of the view, Ellis said.
On the third floor — where the fire started — The Bridge room looks much like it did before. Except for the corner where the fire started.
Previously there were drapes and trophy cases, but now the space is clear and it’s easier to see more of Spa Creek, Ellis said.
“It’s my personal favorite change,” Ellis said as he looked out on Spa Creek. “We didn’t have this before.”
The club spent about two years on Dock Street at its temporary location within the former Harbor Grill restaurant.
Annapolis businessman Harvey Blonder owns the building and it has been returned to him, said Brian Asch, the club’s general manager.
Moving into the temporary location was controversial as some residents said the private club didn’t need the support of government. The city bent zoning rules a bit to allow the private club to operate within the former restaurant. To maintain the site’s status as a restaurant, the city required the yacht club to open its private doors to the public once a month for a short lunch.
That site served its purpose, and the club was thankful for the space, but the Compromise Street location has room for more members and better infrastructure, Asch said.
Even at Dock Street, the members still gave it the yacht club feel, he said.
“It was the members that brought the culture to the club,” Asch said. “And the staff.”
Want to join the club?
That will take some time.
The club currently has a two-year wait list. And membership is somewhat difficult to earn. New members have to be sponsored by two regular, life or intermediate members. And incoming members have to have endorsement from five other members, according to the club’s website.
Membership applications also include an interview regarding the individual’s boating interests and character.
Then after all of that, membership requires a fee. This is where the club’s openness ended: Ellis said he couldn’t talk about the cost of membership, citing IRS rules against solicitation. The club is a 501(c)(7) tax-exempt social club.
There are rules on what can be talked about and what can’t be, Ellis said. So the focus stays on boats and members.
“This is not a dining club,” Ellis said. “It’s a yacht club. Everything is about membership value.”
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