The Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats is lead by Mollie, a 1932 Gar Wood owned by Nevin and Elizabeth Bryant of Coolin, ID. The photo was taken by Wes Yandt at the Big Sky Chapter’s Woody Weekend on Whitefish Lake in Montana. Check back in for tomorrow’s post which will showcase the “Best of…
Traverse City, Michigan’s Boats on the Boardwalk along the Boardman River is a destination tradition. Water Wonderland Chapter of ACBS sponsors this annual boat show which draws huge crowds of spectators and has also become the summer gathering place for old boat friends. Thank you to Water Wonderland chapter member Allen Papendick for sharing these great…
The Antique and Classic Boat Society recognizes with appreciation Rick Thomson as the Associate Member of the Week. The Associate level of membership gives extra support to ACBS. Richard Thomson joined ACBS in 2008. He is also a member of the Southwest Chapter of ACBS. His company is The Wooden Boat located in Lockart,…
The Allegheny Chapter Members of the Antique and Classic Boat Society are good at working together, sharing know-how and learning, tools and projects. Most of the members of the Allegheny Chapter live in the western part of Pennsylvania. Though they are one of our smaller chapters, they have a full calendar of events, including four…
Lake Okoboji is the heart of the Iowa Great Lakes located in northwest Iowa. It’s also the home of the annual boat rendezvous for the Jerry Dyhrkopp Iowa Great Lakes Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society. The chapter’s president Dean Alexander Kent sent this message with pictures from the show: “There was a…
Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats again has a variety of ages and styles of antique and classic boats. Enjoy the tour. Four years, The Lady Gay had been in the shop being restored by Phil and Gay Hennage. This is her coming out announcement. The Lady Gay is a 1964 Chris Craft 36′ Constellation. Home port is…
Indiana’s Lake James Boat and Car Show was the 8th Annual Antique & Classic Boat & Car Show. Again this year at the Old Boat House Marina on Lake James near the Jimmerson Lake Bridge, the show included artists, music, and vendors. And of course antique and classic boats and cars. Thanks to Mike McBride…
New Jersey boating heritage is part of Barnegat Bay and the ACBS Barnegat Bay Chapter. The Barnegat Bay Chapter of ACBS, located in southern New Jersey, sponsors a great annual boat festival in September at Point Pleasant, New Jersey. Barnegat Bay Antique and Classic Boat Show is an ACBS judged show with 50 to 60…
This week’s tour begins with an Amphicar running at the Indiana Chapter’s Lake James Show. Watch for the pictorial review of the show coming in Friday’s post. Photo sent in by Mike McBride. “Bad Donato V” is always an attention getter when seen plying the waters of Barnegat Bay, NJ. “Bad Donato V” is…
This is the restoration story of Wah-ta-wah, a 1932 Richardson Launch, written by Bill Michaels, a member of Finger Lakes Chapter, In 1972 driving down Goose Street [Cooperstown, NY] just three doors from our family business, a cider mill, my dad would always say “there’s a big old boat in that barn” as we would pass the…
B.K. Powell has been a member of the Antique and Classic Boat Society since 2001. He not only has an antique boat and two classic boats of his own, but he represents his business as an Associate Member of ACBS. ACBS recognizes him with gratitude for his continuing support of our organization. B.K. is also…
The Antique and Classic Boat Society includes 54 Chapters that offer so much to their membership. It is at the Chapter level where the most “old boat” stories are told, most expertise and tools are shared, and the strongest, enduring relationships are established. Wine Country Chapter is the featured ACBS Chapter this week. Their membership…