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…
From the ACBS Chapter Development Committee The Chapter Development Committee will be hosting the next Virtual Chapter Round Table on Wednesday, April 19th at 7:00PM EST. This session is for all Chapter Leaders that have questions about insurance, and will be led by ACBS’s Agent, Doug Adams. Doug will answer the common questions about what…
From Headquarters While attending the Sunnyland show we all learned of the passing of Arthur Dean Guy. Dean, as his friends knew him, was very active in the two ACBS chapters, Sunnyland and Blue Ridge, he called home for over 30 years. He also served on the ACBS International Board and led the organization as…
By Scott Wilcox, Mountainview Woodies Classic Boat Club A Little History… In the early part of the last century canoe manufacturing as an industry began to develop. Many backwoods craftsmen became entrepreneurs. Among them were the Chestnut brothers, Henry and William, of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Several manufacturers tried to develop a motorized version of…
Michael and Tanya Grace, Sunnyland Chapter We were very excited to meet ACBS Sunnyland members Michael and Tanya Grace at the Sunnyland Boat Festival last week where they displayed three fantastic canoes from their collection. Two of the three were not just antiques, but historic canoes at well over 100 years old. The canoes’ builders,…