Help sustain ACBS’s annual boatbuilding school scholarships by making a donation to our ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP AUCTION, to be held on Friday, September 10th at the 2022 Annual Meeting & International Boat Show in Burlington, Vermont. ACBS currently seeks donations of items for both the Silent and Live Auction. Please contact ACBS Executive Director Lora Nadolski…
From the Mid-Atlantic Chapter The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Antique & Classic Boat Society in co-operation with the Historic Bristol Borough proudly invites you to our First Annual Judged Show, Mahogany and Steel, to be held on the historic Bristol, PA, waterfront. The event will take place on July 9th form 10:00 A.M. thru 4:00…
By Don Leutz, ACBS Vice President and Awards Committee Chair The deadline is fast approaching to nominate a deserving ACBS Chapter and/or one of its outstanding Members worthy of ACBS International 2022 Award recognition. The ACBS Awards Committee is responsible for the following International Awards: Chapter of the Year Award – Recognizes one or more chapters…
by Lindy Robinson member of the Southwest chapter Like many of us, my love for boats started early with water skiing and fishing on my local lake. I have always had a boat of some kind but did not really fall in love with wooden boats until about 25 years ago. Seeing all the beautiful…
An UPDATED Invite from Ed Andrews, Chapter Development Committee On Monday, June 13, 2022, at 8:00PM EST, ACBS will be hosting the next Chapter Round Table, this time focusing on Judging. All Chapter officers and individual members are invited to attend. The meeting will be conducted online via Zoom Meeting. Brian Robinson ACBS Judging Chair…
by Kent Volmerding member of ACBS Our 1955 Century Arabian is haul number 5502. A friend of mine found it, stored under a lean-to on the side of a building, with the back of the boat unprotected. Needless to say, the boat was in bad shape. Most of the hardware was there, but the windshield…
An Invite from Ed Andrews, Chapter Development Committee On June 2, 2022, at 8:00PM EST, ACBS will be hosting the next Chapter Round Table, this time focusing on Judging. All Chapter officers and individual members are invited to attend. The meeting will be conducted online via Zoom Meeting. Brian Robinson ACBS Judging Chair and Terry Fiest…
by Dave Thomson member of ACBS I first saw my 1922 Elco Express Cruiser in a “for sale” ad a number of years ago in the “Rudder” and was instantly intrigued by the size, lines, rarity, and the uniqueness of the boat. The boat was kept at the Sacramento Yacht Club and I arranged my…
by Larry Schnetzky member of the Pacific Northwest chapter We found the 1961 17-foot Tollycraft in Eastern Oregon and moved it to Victoria, British Columbia Canada, for the restoration project. We had the two year project done at Canoe Cove Marina and shipyard. The project started out with removal of the original Y-block 292 CID…
by John Calhoun member of the Water Wonderland chapter I purchased a basket case hull of a 1940 Chris-Craft Deluxe Runabout (barrelback) in 2006 after searching for a respectable project where I could utilize a Chris- Craft KBL131 hp triple carb engine that I owned. I was alerted to a gray boat that was in…
by Mitch Berg member of ACBS In 1962 my brother and I were trying to talk our Dad into buying a used 61 Coronado Gull Wing. Dad said NO MORE USED BOATS! In the spring of 1963, much to our surprise, our Dad purchased a brand new 1963 Coronado Hardtop. We picked it up in…
by Steve & Kathy Flood members of the Bob Speltz Land-O-Lakes chapter Kathy and I bought our 1st boat – a yellow and white 14’ Crestliner with a 50 Evinrude – from Schwann’s Marine on Long Lake in Sarona, Wisconsin. For the maiden voyage, Bill Schwann, Jack Kunz the mechanic and I launched the boat…