Mahogany & Chrome: Episode 04 is Live!

By Forrest Bryant and David Vickers, Heartland Classics Chapter members Imagine turning on your big screen (or your phone screen) and watching a television series devoted entirely to antique and classic power boats, the rewarding lifestyle they represent, and the breathtaking locations they can take you. Thanks to ACBS Members Forrest Bryant and David Vickers,…

CFCC Boat Show 25 March 2022—Let the Good Times Roll!

From the NC Coastal And Piedmont Chapter Our ACBS Chapter, North Carolina Coastal & Piedmont, provides scholarships to students in the Cape Fear Community College’s (CCFC) Boat Building Program.  We also encourage our members to support their annual boat show held at their campus in Wilmington, NC.  Unfortunately, they have not been able to hold…

Mona Lee

By Mark and Heather Manes, NorCal Tahoe ACBS Chapter members It 1989, OMC corporation had just acquired Chris-Craft out of bankrupcy and they were looking for a way to turn the company around.  Chris Smith (grandson of the original founder) had stayed in Holland, Michigan, and continued to work with Grand Craft boats.  Chris had an idea…

Join us for The Chapter Round Table

Ed Andrews, Chairperson of the Chapter Development Committee On March 24, 2022 at 9 AM  ACBS will be hosting a Chapter Round Table at the Sunnyland Boat Festival. All chapter presidents are invited and in the event they are unable to attend, are asked to please send a representative. The meeting will be conducted in…

Andale

by John Calhoun member of the Water Wonderland chapter I purchased a basket case hull of a 1940 Chris-Craft Deluxe Runabout (barrelback) in 2006 after searching for a respectable project where I could utilize a Chris- Craft KBL131 hp triple carb engine that I owned. I was alerted to a gray boat that was in…