From Mike Green, Maritime Classics, Water Wonderland Chapter We know many of you have your boat hauled into your garage for the winter. AND maybe you are even thinking about doing a little bit of touch up work on it. Others might be on year two or three of a multi-year restoration. Here are some…
A story about the ACBS France Chapter from Neptune Magazine. Text by Gérald Guétat – Photos by Henri Thibault Translation by Dominique Lagarde, France Chapter President Toute l’actualité du bateau à moteur (All the latest motorboat news) With its wide open spaces, wooden houses and numerous bodies of water, the region around Bordeaux and the…
From ACBS Headquarters On Thursday, December 8, 2022, at 5:00PM EST, ACBS will be hosting the next virtual Chapter Round Table. This session is for all ACBS Chapters’ leadership and will focus on the topic of the Membership Recruitment and Retention. The meeting will be conducted online via Zoom Meeting. Membership retention and recruitment are…
From ACBS Headquarters On Thursday, December 1, 2022, at 7:00PM EST, ACBS will be hosting the next virtual Chapter Round Table. This session is for all ACBS Chapters’ leadership and will focus on the topic of the End of Year Reports. The meeting will be conducted online via Zoom Meeting. The Chapter Development Committee has…
By Jim Barrick, Wine Country Chapter Pictures by Ed Dominiak, Niagara Frontier & Wine Country Chapters Who would have thought the Evinrude Elto story would begin in a rowboat, a love story where Ole Evinrude is rowing his bride, Bess, across the river for ice cream on a hot summer day. And the rest is…
By John Seal, Publicity Chairman, Smith Mountain Lake Chapter Photo Credits: Steve Miller and John Coffman The SML Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society recently held a Snoop Tour, where over 20 of our members snooped around the workshops of 3 of our members to see their various projects and treasures. Our first…
Steven and Barbara Dewire, Blue Ridge Chapter 1966 20’ Century Arabian, Barbara Dianne, with a 1966 390 Ford Interceptor (285 hp, 8 cyl) engine. Named for my wife of 44 years, this boat is one of 44 made in 1966. The initial restoration was completed in 1985 by a previous owner. He installed the mahogany…
From ACBS Headquarters On Thursday, November 17, 2022, at 7:00PM EST, ACBS will be hosting the next virtual Chapter Round Table. This session is for all ACBS Chapters and will focus on the topic of Chapter Communications & Newsletters. The meeting will be conducted online via Zoom Meeting. Communications are the key to member retention…
Wine Country Classic Boat Chapter – 2022 Fall Trip Written/Submitted by: Dave Bornholdt, Wine Country Classic Boat Chapter Photo credits: Kent O. Smith JR (KAOS Imagery) and floatographer John “Kadi-Camera-mik” along with other assorted shots from Pam Gratzer and Dave Bornholdt. Members from the Wine Country Classic Boat (WCCB) Chapter of ACBS based in Hammondsport,…
by Austin Berndlmaier, Mid-Atlantic Chapter Bristol Historic Day 2022 History certainly repeated itself as the Mid-Atlantic ACBS Chapter shared yet another beautiful day in sunny Bristol, Pennsylvania. A brisk breeze carried the aroma of nearly a dozen food vendors at the water’s edge on Market Street. From original art auctions to sailing on the North…
by Tom & Diane Emling, Water Wonderland chapter Our Gar Wood Speedster Loon Magic is a 2001 exact re-creation of the original 1935 gentleman’s racer. Loon Magic comes to current owners and ACBS Water Wonderland chapter members Tom and Diane Emling – filled with lots family stories, fond remembrances, and a fascinating folklore of growing…
by Casey DeHollander member of the Water Wonderland chapter My first memory of wooden boats goes back to my uncle’s Chris-Craft U-22 on Lake Charlevoix. She was a real head turner. Another uncle owned a cottage on Big Star Lake. I spent a lot of time there in the summers watching the fastest boat on…