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A Late Classic leads this week’s Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats. It is a 1978 Chris Craft 19′ Lancer named Wise Choice. Wise Choice is owned by Bill Wise, a member of the North Coast Ohio Chapter. The Late Classic age classification is given to boats manufactured between 1976 and 25 years prior to the present year…
Going to the Boat Festival at Chesapeake Bay is a great way to celebrate Father’s Day! Wooden and fiberglass classics, vintage racers, and other antique and Chesapeake Bay-related boats are coming to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum June 15-17 for the 31st Annual Antique & Classic Boat Festival and the Arts at Navy Point in St.…
In many families, the day will eventually come that it is time to sell your Classic boat. Many families realize that the boat simply cannot stay within the household due to the individual circumstances of the next generation. This day is often accompanied with mixed feelings, but by ensuring that your boat is presented in…
Harveys Lake is in Northeastern Pennsylvania and is the home of a small, but active Chapter of ACBS. This year the Penn NE/Harveys Lake Chapter has a new logo which includes the easily recognizable ACBS burgee. The chapter has bimonthly dinner get-togethers all year. During the summer they have boat cruises on Harveys Lake. Many chapter boats…
How many times has someone said to you, “I learned to ski behind a boat just like that!”? Molly O’Dell, member of Northern California/Tahoe Chapter sent these pictures with the message, “I thought these were worth sharing of my dad’s family (George Morgan, also an ACBS member)! I need to continue the family tradition now…
Leading the Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats today is No Way, a beautiful 1964 Chris Craft 20 ft Holiday owned by Carmen and Denise DeLeo, members of the Philadelphia and Penn NE/Harveys Lake Chapters. No Way is a “Classic” powered with a General Motors 283 engine. In the ACBS membership file, Carmen says, “No Way was delivered…
One of the take-aways from the ACBS Symposium delivered at the Sunnyland Boat Festival on March 23, 2018 was a laminated CHECK LIST FOR FIRST TIME OPERATION. This list was first compiled by Lou Rauh and is now shared by Brian Keen, President of Motor Boat Garage in Cincinnati, Ohio. CHECK LIST FOR FIRST TIME…
Detailed history of the Anacay written by Captain Don Carson The Expedition Vessel Anacay was commissioned by Martin Tiernan (the owner of Wallace & Tiernan Instrument Co. a precision gauge manufacturer for NASA and the U.S. Military). She was designed by Daniel McCartney (a protege of Jack Hargraves), and constructed at Lantana Shipyard from 1968…
Story and Pictures by Rob Pryor After spending the summers at Normandy Beach NJ since 1955 and enjoying the use of the Barnegat Bay, my family and I decided it was time for a new boat. In January of 1965, we went to the New York Boat Show and found a 16’ Chris Craft Cavalier…
The Glacier Lakes Chapter is known within ACBS as the Chapter that hosted the 2017 International Boat Show in Racine, Wisconsin. Glacier Lakes Chapter is so much more! With nearly 200 members, mainly from the state of Wisconsin, this chapter holds several annual events. They exhibit at winter boat shows and have workshops. When this chapter was…
Transporting a boat is a delicate operation. Whether we are talking a small vessel propelled by a single engine or a more sophisticated craft, you need to get everything right. by Chris Ward of A1 Auto Transport Preparation needs to start weeks in advance to make sure that everything goes smoothly. This is not the…
This photo of the 1959 Larson Thunderhawk Senior Inboard was taken at the Lake of the Ozarks in the summer of 2017. Owners are Ken and Robin Greger of Osage Beach, MO. This is the only Thunderhawk Senior Inboard known to have been built. The boat is 16 feet, powered by a Gray Marine in-line…