The Blueridge Chapter and ACBS International will host a leadership workshop on Saturday, February 10, 2018, at the Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC. If you are an Antique and Classic Boat Society member and you can be in Charlotte, North Carolina on Feb. 10th, both you and your chapter will benefit by your attendance at this…
Sea Lyon is a 1929 Sea Lyon 28 ft Triple Cockpit antique boat. She runs on a 6 cylinder Scripps 202 engine. Sea Lyon is owned by Don and Teresa Kehr, members of the Sunnyland Chapter. Will we see Sea Lyon at the Sunnyland Festival at Tavares in March? (picture from ACBS membership files) Swing was ordered…
The Blue Ridge Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society has a great display of boats at the Upstate Boat Show in Greenville, South Carolina. If you are close by – stop in to see them. The show at the Greenville Convention Center continues through Sunday, January 28, 2018. Remember the poster shared last year…
SUNNYLAND ANTIQUE BOAT FESTIVAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS MARCH 23, 24, 25th, 2018 LAKE DORA, WOOTON PARK, TAVARES FLORIDA General information from the Sunnyland Chapter Website On-Line Registration Is Available Here Letter from Terry Fiest, Festival Chairman (may download for printing of all information) The Sunnyland Antique Boat Festival is in its 37th year and is the largest…
You are planning on it. Right? The Antique and Classic Boat Society will hold its Annual Meeting and International Boat Show at Port Huron, Michigan, September 12-15, 2018. And those days are preceded with boating events hosted by the Michigan Chapter beginning September 9th. Details about the event will be kept up-to-date on this website. …
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 big state of TEXAS supplies most of the members of the Southwest Chapter although many members come from adjoining states. The Southwest Chapter communicates frequently with their members by using emails, a newsletter called the Sou-Wester, and they share their news with the public through a website and a Facebook Group. The Chapter just…
41st WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL – Port Townsend, Washington (September 2017) Report and pictures by Steve Detwiler, Lake Champlain and Adirondack Chapters of ACBS For a “maritime aficionado”, there’s no better place to be in September than the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. This is one of the largest festivals in the Pacific Northwest and it is sponsored…
Leading the Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats is Meteor. Built in 1981, Meteor was manufactured by Squadron Yachts Bristol R. I., designer – Halsey Herreshoff. This 18′ Harbor Pilot model is powered by a 13 hp Yanmar Diesel. The sail is a steadying sail for when you’re in blustery conditions. The sail keeps you from rocking & rolling⚓️🇺🇸. She…
Report and pictures by Ken Kelly, Water Wonderland Chapter. This canoe, named “F – A – S” (Initials painted midships in the design – photo below) is a high quality “courting” canoe from an unknown Charles River builder, circa 1920-30. She is in exceptionally good condition suggesting that it didn’t get used much. It has…
The Antique and Classic Boat Society features the Southern California Chapter this week. ACBS has been a part of the Southern California landscape since founding chapter president Al Schinnerer donned racing gear and vamped for a local TV show, live from the First Annual Lake Arrowhead show, back in 1985. Regular activities of the Southern…
By Judy Hills, ACBS roving reporter, member of RDC Triangle Chapter Have you ever given thought to the burgees, ensigns, flags and pennants that we fly on our boats? Did you consciously select yours or did you just copy what you saw someone else doing? What do you know about nautical flag etiquette and usage? …