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Carpe Diem is a 1967 Chris Craft owned by Ray and Lisa Tangent. Home port is Point Breeze NY on the south shore of Lake Ontario. She has cruised the lake and 1000 Island region extensively for the last 25 years. 50 year anniversary this year in 2017. We’ll see you this summer. …
2018 promises to be a nautical year! There are things to do and places to go! The ACBS Events Calendar will help you fill your new calendars with learning experiences, travel plans, and just plain fun things to do. If you know of other chapter events or events of interest to our vintage boating community,…
Talk about a boat with a story! This 1961 Century 17′ Resorter which belonged to President John F. Kennedy will now be an attraction at the Shangri-La Resort on Grand Lake of the Cherokees in northeast Oklahoma. This is the lake where the Heartland Classics Chapter holds their annual boat show and cruising event each September.…
The Manotick Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society is one of four Canadian Chapters. The “Manotick Classic Boat Club” was first organized in 1975 and became an official organization in 1976. This was about the same time that the Antique and Classic Boat Society was being organized at Lake George, NY to become…
This picture was taken in 1965, but the 25 ft boat in the background was manufactured in 1917 making it 100 years old this year. It is a Stearns & McKay Cabin Launch named Amohicana II. Duane and Sylvia Seaver of the Water Wonderland Chapter own this Historic boat. Pictures of the boats in today’s tour…
“Day Dreaming-Christmas” is the title of this original art by Darrell Bush as part of a set of Christmas cards for the Antique and Classic Boat Society. No matter where you are this holiday season, there surely will be a few moments to daydream of being in a vintage boat on the water. Instead of…
Nulli Secundus, this 1964 Gage-Hacker, is now undergoing a major refit at Bergersen Boats located in Springfield Wisconsin. She will receive a new stem, keel, bottom, and transom (partial). Over this winter the double planked mahogany bottom will be replaced. By spring she will be ready for a sea trial and fun on Lake Geneva, Wisconsin…
Welcome to the Ohio Valley Chapter of the Antique & Classic Boat Society We are an organization of people from Southern Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeastern Indiana with a common enthusiasm for antique and classic boats. We provide a unique forum in the tri-state area for the exchange of information about the history, preservation and…
Clayton, NY, December 20, 2017 – The Antique and Classic Society, Inc. (ACBS) has appointed Jeff Funk as the Head Judge for the 2018 ACBS International Boat Show scheduled for September 13-14, 2018 at the River Street Marina in Port Huron, Michigan. Jeff served as a director on the ACBS Board of Directors for ten years including…
This 1963 American Marine 65’ Custom Trawler is new to Bert Dodge, Hudson River Chapter. It was purchased from the Mystic Seaport Museum. Eldridge-McInnis Design. Bill Root, Sunnyland Chapter, sent this shot of the cover of a widely distributed Florida magazine featuring “Majestic”, the 1936 Chris Craft Custom Runabout belonging to Sunnyland Past President Guy…
Report and photographs by Forrest Bryant, member of Heartland Classics Chapter. Forrest and Kally Bryant were guests on the Mountain View Woodies Chapter’s Antique and Classic Boat Fall Foliage Cruise. Kally and I planned a trip to Maine. As part of our trip planning, I checked the ACBS website to see if there were any…
Information for this report has been furnished by David Funnell, Michigan Chapter. In David Funnell’s membership file is a picture of a J Craft. It’s a brand new boat with a pretty new motor, (2012 Evinrude 115) but the hull design is probably 50 years old. In the 70’s the J craft was the definitive…