This 1957 Trojan Sea Queen leads the Tuesday Tour of Classic Boats today. My Lil’ Woody is owned by Kenneth Barton and shown here at the Southern California boat show at Big Bear Lake. Notice Woody Woodpecker has a stringer of wooden fish. Twisted is a 1957 17-foot Century converted to a custom hacker designed…
By Judy Hills member of the RDC Triangle Chapter It was a rainy, dreary Saturday on February 23rd when 19 members of the RDC Triangle Chapter met for lunch at a waterfront restaurant in Beaufort, NC and then proceeded to Moores’ Marine at Jarrett Bay Marine Industrial Park. Owner Jim Moores is a member of…
The Boat Show that Turned into a Post-Hurricane Florence Work Party By Alan and Judy Hills The RDC Triangle Chapter had planned to have a boat show in Bridgeton, NC on October 6th. Due to factors like a very spread out membership and lack of a “home lake” it was decided that a full-blown show…
This 1957 Trojan Sea Queen leads the Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats today. My Lil’ Woody is owned by Kenn Barton and shown here at the Southern California boat show on August 19th at Big Bear Lake. Notice Woody Woodpecker has his stringer of wooden fish. Twisted is a 1957 17′ Century /converted to a…
End of an era for the RDC Triangle Chapter – no more “Pig” This story was submitted by Jim Alexander, member of the RDC Triangle Chapter of ACBS. Every Chapter has a few stalwarts who do things that hold the chapter together and make things happen. For the last many years for our chapter that…
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? …
By ACBS Roving Reporter Judy Hills Our ACBS chapter, the Raleigh Durham Chapel Hill Triangle (RDC Tringle) Chapter, has around 50 members spread over central North Carolina from Durham (middle of the state) to the coast. The club has been running its own annual show for 13 years. The show sites within our club’s geographic…
Article by Judy Hills, Roving ACBS Reporter; contributed photos Mission Navigation http://www.missionnav.com/ is a nonprofit Christian ministry based in Beaufort, NC that builds custom, rugged, safe work boats for third-world missions. This organization had a display at the Raleigh Durham Chapel Hill Triangle ACBS Chapter Boat Show in New Bern, North Carolina in May 2017.…
The cities of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill form a triangle in central North Carolina which is known as the RDC Triangle. This triangle is nestled between two good sized lakes, Jordan Lake and Falls Lake. An Antique and Classic Boat Society Chapter was established there in 2005. Interest in membership in the RDC Triangle…
This 1957 Trojan Sea Queen leads the Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats today. My Lil’ Woody is owned by Kenn Barton and shown here at the Southern California boat show on August 19th at Big Bear Lake. Notice Woody Woodpecker has his stringer of wooden fish. Twisted is a 1957 17′ Century /converted to a…
Eulogy for a Barbour by Judy Hills, RDC Triangle Chapter of ACBS It began and ended in New Bern, NC. Built by the once-renown Barbour Boat Works (probably in the late 1950’s), this vessel began her life with the elegant moniker of “Silver Clipper” which was a type of runabout. In your mind’s eye envision a…
The North Carolina Maritime Museum is the featured ACBS Associate Member this week. The North Carolina Maritime Museum is also a member of the RDC Triangle Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society. ACBS recognizes the Museum with gratitude for their support of our organization since they became an Associate Member eleven years ago. …