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Nov292020

Don’t Wait

Blog, NewsBy Stacy DasnoNovember 29, 20204 Comments

by Brad Hedrick member of ACBS When I was a kid, growing up in Norfolk, Virginia, we lived very close to my grandparents. My brothers and I got to spend a lot of time with my grandfather while my father was in Viet- Nam. My grandfather had a 17’ Barbour Silver Clipper that he took…

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Nov282020

Empress

Blog, News, Southern New England ChapterBy Stacy DasnoNovember 28, 20201 Comment

by Bruce Collemer member of the Southern New England chapter This is a about a magical career in boating and a magical boat. I started in boats at the age of 8 yrs old living on Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. My first few years were mostly spent keeping my boats afloat. After high school,…

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Nov252020

Unexpected

Blog, News, Pacific Northwest ChapterBy Stacy DasnoNovember 25, 20207 Comments

by Paul Graham member of the Pacific Northwest chapter In 2016 I was restoring a 1958 Dorsett Monterey and was not looking for another boat. But when I was on the water watching the Blue Angels fly during the Seafair festivities on Lake Washington, I saw a boat I would love to have. I wasn’t…

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Nov232020

Marsh Wood

Blog, News, Water Wonderland ChapterBy Stacy DasnoNovember 23, 20202 Comments

by Casey DeHollander member of the Water Wonderland chapter My first memory of wooden boats goes back to my uncle’s Chris-Craft U-22 on Lake Charlevoix. She was a real head turner. Another uncle owned a cottage on Big Star Lake. I spent a lot of time there in the summers watching the fastest boat on…

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Nov202020

The Johnson Adventures

Blog, Lake Champlain Chapter, NewsBy Stacy DasnoNovember 20, 20207 Comments

by Matt Foley & Susie Becker members of the Lake Champlain chapter We live a few minutes away from the New York side of Lake Champlain, big water. Summer is the work season for us, so late afternoon – evening getaways on the lake with food and drink, often with friends, are our main form…

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Nov192020

The Lucky Lady

Blog, NewsBy Stacy DasnoNovember 19, 20203 Comments

by Kent Volmerding member of ACBS Our 1955 Century Arabian is haul number 5502. A friend of mine found it, stored under a lean-to on the side of a building, with the back of the boat unprotected. Needless to say, the boat was in bad shape. Most of the hardware was there, but the windshield…

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Nov182020

Encore

Blog, News, Southwest ChapterBy Stacy DasnoNovember 18, 20201 Comment

by Lindy Robinson member of the Southwest chapter Like many of us, my love for boats started early with water skiing and fishing on my local lake. I have always had a boat of some kind but did not really fall in love with wooden boats until about 25 years ago. Seeing all the beautiful…

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Nov152020

She’s Got Some Miles

Blog, Bob Speltz Land-O-Lakes Chapter, NewsBy Stacy DasnoNovember 15, 2020Leave a comment

by Bob Besel member of the Bob Speltz Land-O-Lakes chapter When we arrived at Tulsa the boat had been dragged from the shed, where the rig hibernated for 30 years, into a very dusty warehouse, on flat tires. I brought new wheels and tires, ‘hoping’ that the trailer bearings were fit for the 730 mile…

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Nov122020

She Served Us Well

Blog, NewsBy Stacy DasnoNovember 12, 2020Leave a comment

by Carol Melius member of ACBS I was raised on the shores of Lake Orion in South East Michigan. In 1981 we purchased a home only 9 houses from the home that I was raised in. As riparian’s know, if you live on a lake, you must have a boat. My first boat at our…

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Nov112020

Last Call

Blog, Michigan Chapter, NewsBy Stacy DasnoNovember 11, 20201 Comment

by Jim Hering member of the Michigan chapter My current boat was shipped from Holland, MI. factory to Colony Chris-Craft in Algonac, MI. on June 26,1964 which happens to be my birthdate! She has always been docked on Lake St Clair. Interestingly I know the son of the 2nd owner, the 3rd owner, and the…

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Nov102020

Worth Every Penny

Blog, Jerry Dyhrkopp/Iowa Great Lakes Chapter, NewsBy Stacy DasnoNovember 10, 20205 Comments

by Steve Richards member of the Jerry Dyhrkopp/Iowa Great Lakes chapter The ALWAYS “R”s was purchased new on Labor Day 1964 from the Gipner Boat Works on West Lake Okoboji, part of the Iowa Great Lakes, for $4600. I was 16 years old. We traded in a 16-foot Hafer Inboard, which was a boat manufactured…

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Nov92020

Lucy

Blog, News, Water Wonderland ChapterBy Stacy DasnoNovember 9, 20202 Comments

by Mark Woolsey member of the Water Wonderland chapter As a kid, our “summer” next-door neighbors on Lake Leelanau had a beautiful wooden boat, a Garwood, that I later found out belonged to Mr. Gar Wood which he used as a tender. The Meeker’s used to take us out on the “BO-BO” for evening cruises.…

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