By Gail Pisa member of the Niagara Frontier chapter “Classic ll” is a 19′ 1957 Chris Craft Capri, it was built at the Chris Craft Plant in Cadillac, Michigan and delivered to Quad City Marine in Davenport, Iowa. It was powered by a 6cyl 131 hp Chris Craft engine. From 1968-1973 this boat was in…
Carpe Diem is a 1967 Chris Craft owned by Ray and Lisa Tangent. Home port is Point Breeze, NY on the south shore of Lake Ontario. She has cruised the lake and 1000 Islands region extensively for the last 25 years. Woody is a 1964 Grew Cruiser, 20 1/2 ft, 8 ft beam lapstrake…
Niagara Frontier Chapter – Buffalo NY After three years absent, the Niagara Frontier Chapter – “Old Boats Buffalo” celebrated their 40th show back at the beautiful Buffalo Launch Club on Grand Island NY. It had been held there the 36 previous years! Our featured boats were the Dart Boats brought to us by the Ramsey…
Independence is the name on this boat – appropriate for this US Independence Day week. Independence is a 38 ft Chris Craft Commander built in 1968, making her a Classic Boat. She is owned by William Flaglor, member of the Niagara Frontier Chapter. Arnie Brulhardt sent this picture of his 1963 Thompson SeaCoaster. The photo is titled,…
Carpe Diem is a 1967 Chris Craft owned by Ray and Lisa Tangent. Home port is Point Breeze NY on the south shore of Lake Ontario. She has cruised the lake and 1000 Island region extensively for the last 25 years. 50 year anniversary this year in 2017. We’ll see you this summer. …
The Niagara Frontier Chapter is this week’s Antique and Classic Boat Society’s featured chapter. As the name implies, most of the chapter’s members live close to Niagara Falls in northwest New York, but also Ontario and nearby states. This active chapter posts this statement on their “Old Boats Buffalo” website: Their fall workshop is scheduled…