From an 1895 St. Lawrence Skiff to a 2013 Glen L Gentry, here are more Platinum award winners from the 2024 ACBS Vintage Boat Week. Contemporary Powered Restored Bonnie Dean 2013 17-foot Glen L Gentry 185 HP 8 Cylinder Chevrolet motor Dean Wilson, Saint Paul, MN Catnip 2017…
By a 1930 17-foot Model 99 Runabout owned by Brock and Donna Horsley, Water Wonderland Chapter I am a Chris-Craft, a 17-foot 1930 Model 99 double cockpit, turtle back runabout with an interesting story to tell. I am the prototype, the first of the Model 99s, and the first Chris-Craft ever built under 20-feet. The…
HOW LUCKY DO YOU FEEL? By Bill Nalle, Southwest Chapter Some very intelligent guys have asked me if they really need trailer brakes. A few of my friends have opined that for many years they have no trailer brakes, got along fine on long trips and therefore, see no need for brakes on mid-sized boat…
Enjoy even more winners from the 2024 ACBS Vintage Boat Week! These classic outboards offer just the right mix of fuctionality and fun. Classic Outboard with Steering Preserved Platinum Buster 1959 17-foot Cruisers Inc. Commander 300 70 HP 6 Cylinder Kiekhaefer motor Jane Larson, Mequon, WI Silver No Name 1952 14.5-foot Peterborough Runabout Outboard 5…
The Restomod category is a fun new take on an old boat… and its whatever the boat owner wants it to be. Meet Dr. Bob and White Lightening, the 2024 ACBS International Show Restomod winners. Platinum Dr. Bob 1947 23-foot Higgins Sport Speedster 300 HP 8 Cylinder Mercruiser motor Jeff & Renee Davey,…
The 2024 ACBS International Awards Banquet just concluded and we are excited to share this year’s winners: Best in Show Non-Wood: Goldy A 1975 16-foot Forrester 1600 Rebel with a 115 HP 6 Cylinder Mercury Motor owned by Matt Whitelock of Minneapolis, MN Best in Show Restored: Teaser A 1924 40-foot Henry B. Nevins Custom…
As the 2024 ACBS Vintage Boat Week enters its final day, it is only right to reflect on what a week its been. The boats, the folks, the rides, the smiles… The Bob Speltz Land-O-Lakes Chapter has offered the best that Northern Minnesota and all of these beautiful waterways have to offer. Enjoy this sneak…
By Gregory Rice, Michigan Chapter For over thirty-five years, I have been scratch-building Radio Controlled boats. Since 2008, I have focused on the unique designs of John Hacker. When I was growing up in the 60s, like many boys at the time, one of my hobbies was model building. My work was nothing special, but…
By Andreas Jordahl Rhude (originally printed in the Glacier Lakes Chapter newsletter, At the Waterline) When most people conjure up an image of a wooden era Thompson boat, they picture a lapstrake hull with white painted sides and stained and varnished mahogany decks, transom, and interior trim. In a way, this is the quintessential “Thompson.”…
Gil Maringer, North Coast Ohio Chapter When the Antique and Classic Boat Society created a new “Resto-Mod” classification for boats that have been restored and modified with modern engines and equipment while preserving the classic boat style and historical significance, it almost seemed to be tailor-made for a certain Chris Craft Holiday on Portage Lakes.…
By Kevin Bamerick, ACBS Member and Regular ACBS Rudder Contributor E. Murray Lombard wrote entertaining epithets of boat names in the 1929 Motor Boating magazine. The “999 sounds fast,” he wrote, “999 was a super hydro.” The hydro-plane was owned by Edsel Bryant Ford of Detroit, Michigan. Resemblant to Horace Dodge’s Baby Delphine, John Hacker, in…
“Once you are on a tugboat, you fall in love.” – Paul Vassall, owner of the Jessie T. The mystique of a tug is like none other and though these working boats may seem an unlikely pleasure craft once retired, the tug community is passionate. ACBS has 6 member tugs, each as unique as its…