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Category Archives: Heartland Classics Chapter

From the Archives: 1971 Chris Craft Commander

Blog, Heartland Classics Chapter, NewsBy ACBS HQFebruary 17, 20234 Comments

By Steve Murphy, Heartland Classics Chapter My wife and I own and maintain a 1971, 31-foot sedan style Chris-Craft Commander. It’s powered by twin 383Q’s (formerly 327Q’s) and has a flybridge. We’ve enjoyed Edelweiss for 9 years on Table Rock Lake in Southern MO. After months of searching for the “right” boat, we found one…

Hartwig-Polaris

Cedar Strip Construction

Heartland Classics Chapter, Mississippi Valley Chapter, NewsBy ACBS Website EditorJune 24, 2021Leave a comment

Polaris is 12 feet of beauty created from cedar strips. Jack and Cheryl Hartwig recently downsized both home and fleet. That’s when Jack’s thoughts returned to building a boat from scratch.  He became intrigued with cedar strip construction. Plans were obtained from Compumarine for their 12′ Fisherman. The method of building the boat is similar…

Tuesday Tour of Classic Boats 5.25.21

Dixieland Chapter, Heartland Classics Chapter, Manotick Chapter, News, Tuesday TourBy ACBS HQMay 25, 2021Leave a comment

Mark and Karen Whitehead are seen cruising on Table Rock Lake, Missouri in their 1948 Chris Craft 19′ Racing Runabout named The Torpedo.  The Torpedo is powered with a Hercules MBL with 158 hp. The Whiteheads are members of the Dixieland Chapter and Heartland Classics Chapter of ACBS.     An ACBS member from Alabama,…

Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats 4.20.21

Big Sky Chapter, Heartland Classics Chapter, Michigan Chapter, News, Tuesday TourBy ACBS HQApril 20, 2021Leave a comment

Magie Mae is a 1968 Lyman 26-foot Cruisette.  She is owned by Ike and Deb Dilkes. This picture was taken in Waterford, NY after completing the transient of the Cheapeake Bay, C & D Canal, Delaware Bay, coastal Atlantic, Hudson River and starting the Erie Canal.       Turn the key and let’s go!  This…

The Saga of the 1968 Century Resorter

Heartland Classics Chapter, NewsBy ACBS HQFebruary 19, 20216 Comments

By Robert and Dayna Gibson, Heartland Classics Chapter This tale begins many years ago at The Mahogany and Chrome Boat Show on Grand Lake of the Cherokees in Northeastern Oklahoma. The boat was owned by Guy McCollum who attended that show. We became friends and Guy began to immediately identify that I had a real…

1971 Chris Craft Commander

Heartland Classics Chapter, NewsBy ACBS HQJanuary 29, 2021Leave a comment

By Steve Murphy, Heartland Classics Chapter My wife and I own and maintain a 1971, 31-foot sedan style Chris Craft Commander. It’s powered by twin 383Q’s (formerly 327Q’s) and has a flybridge. We’ve enjoyed Edelweiss for 9 years on Table Rock Lake in Southern MO. After months of searching for the “right” boat, we found…

To Answer The Question

Blog, Heartland Classics Chapter, NewsBy Stacy DasnoNovember 3, 20203 Comments

by Allen & David Schrandt members of the Heartland Classics chapter We were approached by ACBS to provide a little story concerning our antique boat. The request came with a question, “What is your favorite place to cruise?” Good question, and we’ll work on answering that in time. To do that, we have a lot…

Autumn Colors in the Ozarks

Heartland Classics Chapter, NewsBy ACBS HQOctober 16, 20203 Comments

Report by Kathy Parker | Photography by Forrest Bryant | Drone Video by Andy Sievers After six months of not seeing each other or boating together, Heartland Classics Chapter members were craving the usual camaraderie experienced in the normal yearly events. Rendezvous was the answer to 2020. And it worked to give us a boating…

Meet The Carter Rae

Heartland Classics Chapter, NewsBy Stacy DasnoAugust 11, 2020Leave a comment

By Steve Dagg member of the Heartland Classics chapter She is a 1957, 20’ Chris- Craft Holiday. In 2016, I found her through an ad out of Crosslake, Minnesota. She was originally delivered with hull number HY-20-118 to Minnetonka, Minnesota, powered with a Chris-Craft M-130 and, at that point, had been in storage for more…

Tenkiller Lake

Heartland Classics Chapter, NewsBy Stacy DasnoJune 16, 2020Leave a comment

by Dennis Padden member of the Heartland Classics chapter I grew up in a family that always owned a boat. We spent most summer weekends and vacations at our favorite lake in Oklahoma, Tenkiller Lake. When I was 6 my step dad had an early 60’s mahagony Chris-Craft, he named her “Ski Mist”. This was…

Renegade

Heartland Classics Chapter, NewsBy Stacy DasnoMay 21, 20203 Comments

by Pete & Ramona Seitz members of the Heartland Classics chapter In 1968 a Bud and Bob Muraves decided they wanted to build a controversial style of boat. The boat became known as Renegade. It is an all wood Campbell boat with a modified bottom that was rigged to be a ski race boat. It…

Cobalt Survives Close Call

Heartland Classics Chapter, NewsBy Stacy DasnoMay 5, 20202 Comments

by Forrest Bryant member of the Heartland Classics chapter This 19′ Cobalt was hours away from being donated to charity. It had been sitting for over three years next to a garage in Baldwin, KS. The boat was originally purchased and used at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. The boat was passed from…

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