2019 ACBS Awards

Photo Credit: Cindy Heaton, Lake Hopatcong Chapter ACBS Founders Award Generously donated by the Michigan Chapter and chosen annually by past recipients, this award recognizes outstanding life-time achievement in furthering the goals of the organization. Photo: Dunc Hawkins accepts the Founders Award. ACBS President’s Cup Given annually by the President of the Society to recognize…

The 2019 ACBS Boat Show Winners Are…

Geraldine, pictured above, won the People’s Choice Award Many thanks to Kirk Smith, Boat Show Chair, Terry Fiest, Head Judge, Brian Robinson, Assistant Head Judge, and all of the Judges. Congratulations to the Winners. Geraldine PEOPLE’S CHOICE 1945 26-foot U.S. Coast Guard Whaleboat with a 30hp 4 Cylinder Atomic 4 engine Joe Sabo, Tupper Lake,…

ACBS Judging Guidelines and Safety Equipment

You may have heard that a few weeks ago a boat exploded on Keuka Lake (Hammondsport, NY) during a Wine Country ACBS Chapter event. The people on the boat, Billy and Carol Kistner, posted an update on Woody Boater, https://www.woodyboater.com/blog/2019/08/04/boat-explosion-update-a-wonderful-note-from-billy-and-carol-kistner/. During the initial reporting of the accident, there were some comments about the ACBS Judging…

Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats 8.6.19

This 1957 Trojan Sea Queen leads the Tuesday Tour of Classic Boats today. My Lil’ Woody is owned by Kenneth Barton and shown here at the Southern California boat show at Big Bear Lake. Notice Woody Woodpecker has a stringer of wooden fish.   Twisted is a 1957 17-foot Century converted to a custom hacker designed…

55th Annual Antique Boat Show and Auction

The Antique Boat Museum, North America’s premier freshwater boating museum based in Clayton, New York, will host its longest, continuously running Antique Boat Show for the 55th year Friday, August 2 through Sunday, August 4. The Annual Antique Boat Show & Auction features boats and motors of all makes, models, and age from across the…