Submitted by Walt Stashkiw, North Coast Ohio Chapter All pictures courtesy of chapter president David Rosenberger On a rainy Saturday in April, we put 32-chapter members in three large vans and toured the shops of some of our members. We are blessed with several members who are competent restorers as well as craftsmen in musical…
By Janice Miller, Finger Lakes Chapter When Paul Garrett picked up his newest purchase, a 30’ Hacker Craft triple- cockpit named Timeless, little did he anticipate it would provide a wedding ride 72 hours later…in the pouring rain! Paul, 2nd Vice President and Boat Show Chair of the Finger Lakes Chapter, is known for his…
By Bjorn Bakken, ACBS Treasurer, Bay State and Northern Europe Chapters The ACBS Board of Directors voted to approve the Chapter application of the Classic Boat Club of Northern Europe at the last board meeting, welcoming the second European Chapter to ACBS. In the Northern European countries of Germany, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland…
By Robert P. Voyles, Blue Ridge Chapter We first fell in love with this 1941 22′ Garwood Streamliner about 20 years ago. Owned by a friend at that time, it was used as the getaway boat for my daughter Virginia’s wedding which took place on Lake Rabun, a historic Georgia Power lake nestled in the northeast…
By Graeme Beattie, Manotick Chapter Photo credits: Graeme Hoatson Beattie, Mike Corrigan, Chris Grant, Kevin Hayes & Randy McKendry The late April showers certainly did not dampen the spirits of Manotick Chapter club members and friends who spent the day traversing a good portion of Eastern Ontario’s back roads on Saturday April 29th, 2023 for…
From the Chapter Development Committee May 24th at 7:00PM EST will be our next virtual Chapter Round Table on Cruise Planning. We will have speakers from chapters in the US and Canada discussing how they run cruises. Short one day events to multi day extravaganzas. If your chapter wants to step up their game, and…
From Headquarters Photos by Maggi Cassell and Aaron Hanson In conjunction with their Spring Meeting, the ACBS International Board has been enjoying the week boating in Bordeaux with the France Chapter. This historic meeting marks the first time International and the France Chapter have met in person. Accompanied by ACBS Past Presidents from the US…
From John Seal, Smith Mountain Lake Chapter The Smith Mountain Lake Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society recently held our Spring Snoop Tour, where over 15 club members snooped around the workshops of 4 of our members to see their various projects and treasures. Our first stop was in Wirtz at Bob Pennoyer’s…
By Doug McQuilken, Blue Ridge Chapter I was not looking for another boat but serendipity struck! I’m browsing through Craigslist and spot a recent posting for this boat. Looked interesting but when I found that it had been donated to a local non-profit that provides wooden boat building programs to children https://lowcountrymaritimesociety.org/ , I was…
From Headquarters This spring we are excited to bring back the ABM/ACBS Symposium, to be held here in Clayton, New York, June 9th through 11th. The symposium had been a longtime collaborative effort between our two organizations but for multiple reasons hasn’t run for the past few years. Now, it will once again provide our…
By Scott Rossley, Bay State Classic Boat Club I have always had an interest in Boston Whaler boats ever since I was in middle school. After owning many runabouts, most recently I acquired a 1957 Chris Craft Holiday and my interest in older boats began. Fast forward to my 50s when I spent more and…
By David and Deborah Clark, Southern California Chapter In the summer of 2003 I was invited to Homosassa, Florida, to inspect and evaluate the classic car collection of Dr. Donald Vesley. He had recently passed away and his longtime girlfriend, Linda was handling the estate. After viewing the cars, Linda asked me to also look…