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, Bill…
Wow! Look at the colors in the picture that leads us into this week’s Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats. Aqua Velvet is a 1968 Classic Greavette 22′ Executive powered with a Chevrolet 327 engine. Aqua Velvet is owned by Richard and Linda Hughes, Toronto Chapter members of ACBS. Not all Classic boats are old. There are…
ALAKAZAM was built at Cadillac, Michigan. This 18 ft Chris Craft Riviera was sold by Lee Craft Boats in Somers, Montana on March 26, 1951. After a complete restoration with all new bottom, sides and new engine, ALAKAZAM now lives at Priest Lake, Idaho. ALAKAZAM is owned by Steven Schmidt, member of the Inland Empire Chapter. Tim Matyn writes,…
Think about cruising into summer! Here is a 1956 Chris Craft Express Cruiser named Take Two. She is 25 feet long and powered with a Hercules K engine. Take Two is owned by Thomas and Heidi Frye, members of the Water Wonderland Chapter. The Fryes also own a Lyman, a Boston Whaler, and this 19 ft Antique 1936…
April seemed to be the month to tour boat shops, both professional and personal, and to finish up those winter and spring workshops – all in anticipation of the in-the-water boating season. One of the annual boat shop tours is presented by the Manotick Chapter in eastern Canada. You can read a report and see 45…
Leading the Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats today is No Way, a beautiful 1964 Chris Craft 20 ft Holiday owned by Carmen and Denise DeLeo, members of the Philadelphia and Penn NE/Harveys Lake Chapters. No Way is a “Classic” powered with a General Motors 283 engine. In the ACBS membership file, Carmen says, “No Way was delivered…
The March 20, 2018, Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats begins with 1956 Chris Craft 25’ Express Cruiser named Take Two. Take Two was self-restored over a 10 year period. Owners Tom and Heidi Frye of East Grand Rapids, MI enjoy Take Two on the many lakes and rivers of the great state of Michigan. The photo…
What is the Antique and Classic Boat Society’s Mary Herwig Award? The Mary Herwig Award honors an individual at the International level who, through activities at the chapter level, has contributed broadly and in an outstanding manner toward enhancing and furthering the aims and objectives of the society. Their contribution could typically have been through…
Once again, the Manotick Chapter of ACBS was asked to participate in this annual event held at the EY Centre in Ottawa. Report and photos by Graeme Beattie, Manotick Chapter Secretary Carman Keyes, past Chapter President, did a wonderful job organizing and getting the boats to the show while Mark designed the layout. The show is…
The Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats is led today by new Long Island Chapter members Fanny and Matt Kleisler. After a great deal of searching as an adult for the same boat from his childhood, he ran across one that seemed to speak to him. In 2015 Fanny and Matt purchased a Viking 23. Built…
This picture was taken at the Antique Boat Museum’s Vintage Race Boat Regatta on August 20th, 2016. What makes this interesting is both of these gentleman’s race boats were built over the same period 2013-2016, but worlds apart! Lady Shores by Keith Kipp in Canada and Marguarite by Peter Cavill in Australia. The boats are based…
The Manotick Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society is one of four Canadian Chapters. The “Manotick Classic Boat Club” was first organized in 1975 and became an official organization in 1976. This was about the same time that the Antique and Classic Boat Society was being organized at Lake George, NY to become…