Now that your boat is likely tucked away for the season, it’s time for winter maintenance projects. One of the most important things a boat owner can do is ensure their trailers are in good working order. ACBS Member Video resources has a fantastic video on how to inspect and repack trailer bearings. Presented by…
DetailsSeven years ago the Mid-Atlantic Chapter began displaying antique & classic boats at the Progressive Atlantic City Boat Show encouraged by our then Vice President, Ed Andrews. It was reported that this year 32,000 people attended and were afforded the opportunity to learn more about the Antique & Classic Boat Society, the Mid-Atlantic Chapter and…
DetailsCharter Date: September 28, 1985 The Sunnyland Chapter of ACBS, based in Florida, hosts one of the largest and most well-attended boat shows in the history of ACBS, the Sunnyland Antique Boat Festival. Newer members to Sunnyland may ask, “How did we get here and where did we come from?” In the mid-1950s, in an…
DetailsAlthough many of us might like to think that the Liberty engine was designed to power fast wooden boats that was not the case at all. It was designed to be the primary high-power aircraft engine of the U.S. Army and Navy Air Services during World War I, by J. G. Vincent, Vice President of…
DetailsLast month we asked you on social media (@ACBSBoats) to share your favorite varnish with us. Comments were hot and heavy! ACBS members really like to tout the virtues of their favorite finishes. It became clear that this topic warranted more than a casual discussion in the comments of a social media post. To do…
DetailsThe Blackhawk Chapter proudly received its Certificate of Charter on January 22, 1986. Covering northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, we’re all about celebrating the love of classic boats and good times on the water! We’re best known for the iconic Geneva Lakes Boat Show in Fontana, Wisconsin, held every year on the last full weekend…
DetailsThe Antique Boat Museum (ABM) is pleased to announce the donation of four scrapbook albums related to the boatbuilder Sunflower Boat Works in 2024 by International Advisory Council member Dave Bortner. Prior to Dave’s donation, the Museum did not have any information on Sunflower Boat Works in the Marion Clayton Link Archives. The addition of…
DetailsIn the spring and summer of 1977, the man who would become the first president of the ACBS Niagara Frontier Chapter, Tom Frauenheim, began speaking with wooden boat owners he knew about their interest in forming a boat club. Inspired by the chartering of the Antique & Classic Boat Society in Lake George, New York…
DetailsBy Geoffrey D. Reynolds, Water Wonderland Chapter Charlevoix, Michigan, has been the home of many successful ship and pleasure boat builders since the middle of the nineteenth century. Though little known today, the Foster Boat Company made its mark on the pleasure craft industry, military establishment and growing recreational consumer base. Harry G. Foster was…
DetailsHarveys Lake is in Northeastern Pennsylvania and is the home of an active ACBS chapter, Pennsylvania NE, Harveys Lake. Bill Nash, Russ Taylor and others formed the Harvey’s Lake Chapter in 1982 to serve Harvey’s Lake boaters, and boaters from all over Northeastern Pennsylvania. We now have 60 members. The chapter has bimonthly dinner get-togethers all…
DetailsThis is the story of the Phoenix, a 1958 55-foot Chris-Craft Constellation, and how a group of friends brought her from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Lake Cumberland, Kentucky by waterway. In 1996, Paul Cundiff a retired Engineer and now owner and operator of Woodies Restorations, purchased the Phoenix from Bill and Marian Coggin. The couple…
DetailsThe Indiana Chapter was the 21st ACBS chapter created in 1986 in Indianapolis by Mike Boone, Russ Smith, and Bruce Clark at the Indianapolis Yacht Club. Our three founding members have grown around 120 and each of us enjoy annual dinners, lake tours and a sense of philanthropy. The chapter hosts various boat shows around…
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