Why did you join the Antique and Classic Boat Society? Some of the newest members of the Heartland Classics Chapter were asked that question. It’s a good question to ask so that as a chapter we can live up to their expectations. There is a whole list of reasons to JOIN listed on the JOIN…
Everybody loves a parade – especially when antique and classic boats are featured! Smith Mountain Lake Chapter of ACBS has an annual early morning cruise on the 4th of July. The cruise was led by the Quinn Family in a 1940 beautifully restored Chris-Craft Triple named “Patriot”. Traveling from the south end of the lake…
JOIN the Finger Lakes Chapter and you’ll be just in time for their Annual Boat Show the last full weekend in July. Historic boats, antique boats, classic boats – they’re all there at the Finger Lakes Chapter Boat Show supported by the Skaneateles Chamber of Commerce. It is a traditional summer event for great crowds…
Wasn’t it fun to pull up to the public dock in your vintage boat this holiday weekend? “Wow!” “How old is it?” “How long have you had it?” “Where did it come from?” “Is it a lot of work?” And then the stories begin: “My Uncle had one just like it…
Enjoy this Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats! Then send your boat’s picture in for one of the next Tuesday Tours. (directions below) The boat featured above is a Classic 1967 42′ Owens Aruba named Lake Affect owned by Jerry & Becky Caddell. The home port for this boat is at Shell Knob, Missouri on Table Rock Lake.…
Creativity engineered into legends – and the tradition goes on. Chris Smith, grandson of Christopher Columbus Smith who founded the Chris Craft Company, will be 90 years young on July 4, 2017. Happy Birthday, Chris Smith! Chris Smith is a member of Water Wonderland Chapter. However, many ACBS members have personally met Chris Smith…
Oh, the things you could learn at our featured ACBS Associate Member of the Week. The Great Lakes Boat Building School is “housed in an impressive 12,000 square-foot waterfront facility, east of the Mackinac Bridge along the northern shore of Lake Huron in the Les Cheneaux Islands. These thirty-six islands provide sheltered channels and bays…
In only its sixth year, the Whitefish Woody Weekend has become one of the premier classic boat events, attracting award-winning classic wood boats from all across the Pacific Northwest, and one of the signature summer events in Whitefish, Montana. This Big Sky Chapter event featured 38 classic wood boats representing six ACBS Chapters from Montana, Idaho,…
Chesapeake Bay Chapter has been part of the Antique and Classic Boat Society since 1982. Chesapeake Bay Chapter has just completed their 30th annual Antique and Classic Boat Festival at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland. They already have some pictures posted on the chapter’s great website photo gallery. The following is a…
On Saturday, June 24th, the Portage Lakes 42nd Annual Antique and Classic Boat Show drew a record crowd to one of the best-attended shows in many years. This free event was held at the “On Tap at the Harbor” restaurant and docks on Portage Lakes Drive in Coventry, Ohio. There were over 50 classic wood…
This is the third Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats. Enjoy! Then send your boat’s picture in for one of the next Tuesday Tours. (directions below) The picture above of Andersong was sent in by Jim Anderson, Hudson River Chapter, with this story: “1938 34 ft Marblehead Deck House Cruiser built by Marblehead Boat Works…
Part of what makes each vintage boat unique is the story the boat carries. John Bloch, “the little guy standing next to my [his] dad on what is now Anchor Yanker Boat Club Island” sent in this great story: These poetic words were “written by a friend of my father’s who helped him with restoring…