Ready for More 2024 Vintage Boat Week Winners?

And the Platinum Classic awards go to…   Classic Utility Preserved One of a Kind 1967 20-foot Chris-Craft Super Sport 210 HP 8 Cylinder motor Jay Soule, Minnetrista, MN     Classic Utility Restored Over the Top 1962 23-foot Chris-Craft Holiday 275HP 8 Cylinder Lincoln motor Brett Sargent, Veradale, WA   No Name 1962 23-foot…

From 2017 to 1985, Here are the Platinum Contemporaries and a Great Little Rowing Craft

From an 1895 St. Lawrence Skiff to a 2013 Glen L Gentry, here are more Platinum award winners from the 2024 ACBS Vintage Boat Week.   Contemporary Powered Restored Bonnie Dean 2013 17-foot Glen L Gentry 185 HP 8 Cylinder Chevrolet motor Dean Wilson, Saint Paul, MN             Catnip 2017…

2024 ACBS Vintage Boat Week Classic Outboard with Steering Award Winners

Enjoy even more winners from the 2024 ACBS Vintage Boat Week! These classic outboards offer just the right mix of fuctionality and fun. Classic Outboard with Steering Preserved Platinum Buster 1959 17-foot Cruisers Inc. Commander 300 70 HP 6 Cylinder Kiekhaefer motor Jane Larson, Mequon, WI Silver No Name 1952 14.5-foot Peterborough Runabout Outboard 5…

2023 Award Winners

From Headquarters At the Saturday Night Awards Dinner held during Vintage Boat Week in Bay Harbor, MI, Awards Committee Chairman, Don Leutz announced the winners of ACBS’s annual Chapter awards and perpetual trophies. Congratulations go to… Chapter of the Year: Columbia Willamette Chapter and Heartland Classics Chapter Founders Award: Wil Vidal, Glacier Lakes Mary Herwig…

ACBS Junior Craftsman Award

By Danny Ross – President Sunnyland Chapter of the ACBS On behalf of the Sunnyland Chapter and its highly acclaimed Sunnyland Chapter Apprentice Mentoring Program for Youth (SCAMPY), I was  please to present the ACBS Junior Craftsman Award to the brother-sister duo Emily and Isaiah Kadletz at the Sunnyland Chapter Annual Meeting. Emily (16 years…

2022 ACBS International Awards

From the Awards Committee Each year ACBS members nominate worthy candidates for the annual international awards. These awards, given at the ACBS Annual Meeting and International Boat Show, recognize exemplary efforts of chapters and volunteers to further the hobby of antique and classic boat stewardship. Congratulations to all of the 2022 ACBS International Award winners!…