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Category Archives: ACBS Chapter Stories

Celebrating 50 Years of ACBS: Chesapeake Bay Chapter

Blog, Chesapeake Bay Chapter, NewsBy ACBS Rudder MagazineNovember 29, 2024Leave a comment

The Chesapeake Bay has always been a place for boats, especially in the Annapolis area, where a small group of like-minded people happened to meet. In 1976, when almost all new boats were made of fiberglass, this group shared a common love for boats made of wood. They also shared their knowledge and skills, essential…

Our Yacht – a 1964 Amphicar

Blog, News, Northern California/Lake Tahoe Chapter, Rudder StoriesBy ACBS Rudder MagazineNovember 27, 20243 Comments

By Conmy F. Oamek, Northern California Lake Tahoe Chapter In 1977 we were invited to Mission Bay in San Diego to film a McDonalds commercial. Well, really, our 1964 14-foot Amphicar named Our Yacht was. The commercial began with Ronald and several McDonalds characters driving on to the beach in an Amphicar, for a day…

Celebreating 50 Years of ACBS: Allegheny Chapter

Allegheny Chapter, Blog, NewsBy ACBS Rudder MagazineNovember 22, 2024Leave a comment

The Allegheny Chapter of ACBS was formed in 1996 to serve Western Pennsylvania, but our 31 members hail from Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and West Virginia. Members can boat on any of Pittsburgh’s three rivers (the Monongahela, the Allegheny, and the Ohio), the Beaver River, and the Youghiogheny River, among others. For those who prefer lakes,…

Dreadnaught II, One of the Last Remaining US Life-Saving Service Boats

Blog, Columbia Willamette Chapter, NewsBy ACBS Rudder MagazineNovember 20, 20245 Comments

By Jeff Shook, Columbia-Willamette Chapter Dreadnaught II started her long and colorful career as a rescue vessel in the US Life-Saving Service (USLSS) so named until 1915 when the US Revenue Cutter Service and the USLSS merged and became the US Coast Guard.  The lifeboat was an English invention adopted by the USLSS. Lifeboats were…

Celebrating 50 Years of ACBS: Canada’s Manotick Classic Boat Club

Blog, Manotick Chapter, NewsBy ACBS Rudder MagazineNovember 15, 2024Leave a comment

The Manotick Classic Boat Club came about in the mid 1970s mostly from young professionals and small businesspersons who bought wood boats because they were cheap and floated, (sort of), and you could turn the ignition key and they would go (sometimes).  The need to exchange information to keep them going evolved into a local…

From Wreck to Restored, PT658

Blog, Columbia Willamette Chapter, NewsBy ACBS Rudder MagazineNovember 13, 202410 Comments

By Founders and volunteers of Save the PT Boat, Inc. Bill Weaver, Fred Juras and Jack Coulter Save the PT Boat, Inc. is a member of the Columbia-Williamette Chapter World War II had started in Europe and the U.S. anticipated the need for a small, fast, maneuverable, and well-armed vessel to patrol and defend the…

Celebrating 50 Years of ACBS: Columbia-Willamette Chapter

Blog, Columbia Willamette Chapter, NewsBy ACBS Rudder MagazineNovember 8, 2024Leave a comment

It’s all about family and friends sharing fun on the water. Founded in 1992 with twenty members, this small group in Oregon and SW Washington grew. In 1993, chartered as the Columbia-Willamette Chapter (CWC), the 37th chapter of The Antique & Classic Boat Society now has over 75 registered members and in 2023 was honored…

Celebrating 50 Years of ACBS: North Coast Ohio Chapter

Blog, News, North Coast Ohio ChapterBy ACBS Rudder MagazineNovember 1, 2024Leave a comment

How It Started In 1995, four wooden boat owners got together to form the North Coast Ohio (NCO) Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society. Rich Baratha, Bob Otto, Les Demaline, and Jack Lynett met at the Holiday Inn in Montrose, Ohio and drew up the documents which permitted the new Chapter to chart…

Celebrating 50 Years of ACBS: Mississippi Valley Chapter

Blog, Mississippi Valley Chapter, NewsBy ACBS Rudder MagazineOctober 25, 20242 Comments

And, now onto the midwest and the Mississippi Valley Chapter of ACBS…. The Mississippi Valley Chapter is small but mighty. Chartered in the 1980s, with most of its members centered around St. Louis, Missouri, the Chapter meets regularly in the four bay workshop of one of its members to tinker, restore, learn, and just enjoy…

It’s Belmont Time

Blog, Inland Empire Chapter, NewsBy ACBS Rudder MagazineOctober 23, 20247 Comments

By Alan & Liz Wardsworth, Inland Empire Chapter If you have been following the saga of our 1963 Belmont, you probably won’t believe it ended up being a successful summer of boating! Belmont produced luxury runabouts from 1956 to 1966 before they converted to fiberglass flat bottom racers. Most Belmonts have Cadillac power but founder,…

Celebrating 50 Years of ACBS: Bob Speltz Land O Lakes Chapter

Blog, Bob Speltz Land-O-Lakes Chapter, NewsBy ACBS Rudder MagazineOctober 11, 2024Leave a comment

On the heels of such an amazing boat show, this week we visit the history of the Bob Speltz Land O Lakes Chapter. Originally chartered in 1977 as the Land O Lakes Chapter, it was the fourth Chapter in the ACBS family. Here is the story…   Chapter History and Name: A 1976 a boat…

Crush, 1977 16-foot Glastron CVX-16 Deluxe

Blog, News, Sunnyland ChapterBy ACBS Rudder MagazineOctober 9, 20243 Comments

By Shannon Knight, Sunnyland Chapter Meet Crush, a 1977 Glastron CVX-16 Deluxe, complete with its original Mercury 115 engine, affectionately known as the “Tower of Power.” Glastrons are famous for their sleek design and vibrant paint jobs, and Crush is no exception. These boats even made appearances in James Bond films, like “Live and Let…

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