The NorCal Chapter of ACBS was invited to attend the annual Sacramento Boat Show held at Cal Expo. Nine members – and their boats – trailered to this awesome event. Not only was there a lot of interest in their boats, the NorCal Chapter signed up three new members! From an Amphicar, to a Mercurty to…
Harveys Lake is in Northeastern Pennsylvania and is the home of an active ACBS chapter, Pennsylvania NE, Harveys Lake. Bill Nash, Russ Taylor and others formed the Harvey’s Lake Chapter in 1982 to serve Harvey’s Lake boaters, and boaters from all over Northeastern Pennsylvania. We now have 60 members. The chapter has bimonthly dinner get-togethers all…
Ron Stevenson, Seattle Boat Show Chair In November, ACBS headquarters held a roundtable discussion about boat shows, hosted by ACBS Membership Committee members Kathy Rhodes, Judy Hills and Austin Berndlmaier. Five people from our chapter participated in the zoom meeting as our BIG! Seattle Boat Show was coming up at the end of January for nine…
By Hank Conkey – SNEC first Chapter President and current SNEC Treasurer After completing the restoration of my 1931 20 foot Chris-Craft Triple in 1982, I attended the Weirs Beach Antique Boat Show hosted by the New England Chapter. It was a great event and initiated a desire to see what was available in the…
Seven years ago the Mid-Atlantic Chapter began displaying antique & classic boats at the Progressive Atlantic City Boat Show encouraged by our then Vice President, Ed Andrews. It was reported that this year 32,000 people attended and were afforded the opportunity to learn more about the Antique & Classic Boat Society, the Mid-Atlantic Chapter and…
Charter Date: September 28, 1985 The Sunnyland Chapter of ACBS, based in Florida, hosts one of the largest and most well-attended boat shows in the history of ACBS, the Sunnyland Antique Boat Festival. Newer members to Sunnyland may ask, “How did we get here and where did we come from?” In the mid-1950s, in an…
The Blackhawk Chapter proudly received its Certificate of Charter on January 22, 1986. Covering northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, we’re all about celebrating the love of classic boats and good times on the water! We’re best known for the iconic Geneva Lakes Boat Show in Fontana, Wisconsin, held every year on the last full weekend…
In the spring and summer of 1977, the man who would become the first president of the ACBS Niagara Frontier Chapter, Tom Frauenheim, began speaking with wooden boat owners he knew about their interest in forming a boat club. Inspired by the chartering of the Antique & Classic Boat Society in Lake George, New York…
Harveys Lake is in Northeastern Pennsylvania and is the home of an active ACBS chapter, Pennsylvania NE, Harveys Lake. Bill Nash, Russ Taylor and others formed the Harvey’s Lake Chapter in 1982 to serve Harvey’s Lake boaters, and boaters from all over Northeastern Pennsylvania. We now have 60 members. The chapter has bimonthly dinner get-togethers all…
The Indiana Chapter was the 21st ACBS chapter created in 1986 in Indianapolis by Mike Boone, Russ Smith, and Bruce Clark at the Indianapolis Yacht Club. Our three founding members have grown around 120 and each of us enjoy annual dinners, lake tours and a sense of philanthropy. The chapter hosts various boat shows around…
How did we get the reputation of being a “welcoming and fun” interest group with few strings attached? It started in the early 1990s when a few boaters in Oklahoma were drawn together by the magnetism of wooden boats. Strange that wooden boats would have that force, but they were becoming the minority, yet easily…
The New England Chapter war born at the 1976 Boston Boat Show when a group of wooden boat enthusiasts gathered in admiration around a couple of show winning woodies: Ted Larter’s “Scotty Too” Goldcup Racer and Ray Hawe’s prized possession, 18-foot Garwood “Norma Jean”. Behind the scenes of this Boston gathering were Jim Irwin and…