Oscar Lay Lyman Restoration Update

By Bob Grimm, ACBS member Maritime Museum of Sandusky, Ohio “Gull is looking like a boat again!” These heartfelt words were enthusiastically expressed by videographer Chris First of F2T as he documented the reinstallation of the beautiful solid mahogany cabin sides and windows on Gull, a 1939 pre-war, hand-built, 24-foot Lyman Custom Runabout with an All-Weather…

Celebrating 50 Years of ACBS: Pennsylvania Northeast/Harveys Lake Chapter

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 Danbury Racer

The Great Danbury State Fair was established in 1869 in Danbury, Connecticut, and by the early 1900s it was the largest agricultural fair in New England. In 1949 the Great Danbury State Fair Grounds opened the nation’s first landlocked, oval, boat-racing speedway—the Aquaway—to augment its successful stock-car racing program. This flooded racecourse, which was built…

The Pacific Northwest Boat Show Report

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…