Free Spirit, pictured here on a run on Table Rock Lake on the Missouri/Arkansas border. Free Spirit is a 1996 Hacker Craft 26 ft. Double Cockpit. Usually, this beautiful “Contemporary” is full of people because her owners, Forrest and Kally Bryant, generously fill the boat with passengers for most cruises. She is powered by a…
Classic Boats are perfect for Christmas Parades. “Wheaties” is filled with Christmas cheer in the Grove, Oklahoma Christmas Parade. “Wheaties” is a 1962 Century Sabre 18′ with a Gray Marine 8 cyl 280 hp engine. Trailered here, though, for the gathered crowd to cheer along the parade route. She is owned and shared by Chick and…
“Sarah” received the Most Original Award at the Heartland Classics annual Boat Show held on Grand Lake in Oklahoma. She is owned by Jeff Hill, member of the Southwest Chapter of ACBS. “Sarah” is a 1926 DisPro (Disappearing Prop), Uncle Sam model. This 90 year old boat is 18 feet long and has a 3…
“Free Spirit” took home a 2015 ACBS Gold Contemporary Award from the ACBS International Boat Show at Gull Lake, Minnesota. “Free Spirit” is a 1996 Hacker Craft 26′ Double Cockpit. She is owned by Forrest and Kally Bryant who are members of the Heartland Classics Chapter of ACBS. She is powered by a Mercruiser 8…
This is neither the beginning, nor the end, but the middle chapter of Saving the Class of 47. Saving the Class of 47 is a project Brent Howard has tackled. Class of 47 is a 1947 Chris Craft 36′ Double Stateroom that is hoping to once again ply the waters of Grand Lake of the…
Report of the First Ever Heartland Classics Arkansas River Odyssey – October 17-21, 2015 With its origins as snow melt in the Rockies, it carves its way through several of the states in the Heartland Classics membership region before eventually uniting with the White and Mississippi Rivers. It is the Arkansas River and it has…