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Enjoy this Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats! Then send your boat’s picture in for one of the next Tuesday Tours. (directions below) The boat featured above is a Classic 1967 42′ Owens Aruba named Lake Affect owned by Jerry & Becky Caddell. The home port for this boat is at Shell Knob, Missouri on Table Rock Lake.…
Creativity engineered into legends – and the tradition goes on. Chris Smith, grandson of Christopher Columbus Smith who founded the Chris Craft Company, will be 90 years young on July 4, 2017. Happy Birthday, Chris Smith! Chris Smith is a member of Water Wonderland Chapter. However, many ACBS members have personally met Chris Smith…
It’s time to register for the Antique and Classic Boat Society’s Annual Meeting and International Boat Show! The 42nd Annual Meeting & 15th International Boat Show RACINE, WISCONSIN Sept. 6-9, 2017 Click 2017 Annual Week Overview to see and print. Click Lodging Options to make your Racine Reservations. Online Registration is available for members of ACBS. Or, download printable Registration Forms for…
This Festival is co-sponsored by the Mystic Seaport Museum of America and the Sea and WoodenBoat Publications, a Platinum Sponsor of ACBS. Thanks to Cynde Smith, member of the Adirondack Chapter, for sending these pictures to share with you. The Show opened with a squall moving through on Friday morning but it didn’t last long and it…
Oh, the things you could learn at our featured ACBS Associate Member of the Week. The Great Lakes Boat Building School is “housed in an impressive 12,000 square-foot waterfront facility, east of the Mackinac Bridge along the northern shore of Lake Huron in the Les Cheneaux Islands. These thirty-six islands provide sheltered channels and bays…
In only its sixth year, the Whitefish Woody Weekend has become one of the premier classic boat events, attracting award-winning classic wood boats from all across the Pacific Northwest, and one of the signature summer events in Whitefish, Montana. This Big Sky Chapter event featured 38 classic wood boats representing six ACBS Chapters from Montana, Idaho,…
Chesapeake Bay Chapter has been part of the Antique and Classic Boat Society since 1982. Chesapeake Bay Chapter has just completed their 30th annual Antique and Classic Boat Festival at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland. They already have some pictures posted on the chapter’s great website photo gallery. The following is a…
On Saturday, June 24th, the Portage Lakes 42nd Annual Antique and Classic Boat Show drew a record crowd to one of the best-attended shows in many years. This free event was held at the “On Tap at the Harbor” restaurant and docks on Portage Lakes Drive in Coventry, Ohio. There were over 50 classic wood…
This is the third Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats. Enjoy! Then send your boat’s picture in for one of the next Tuesday Tours. (directions below) The picture above of Andersong was sent in by Jim Anderson, Hudson River Chapter, with this story: “1938 34 ft Marblehead Deck House Cruiser built by Marblehead Boat Works…
Part of what makes each vintage boat unique is the story the boat carries. John Bloch, “the little guy standing next to my [his] dad on what is now Anchor Yanker Boat Club Island” sent in this great story: These poetic words were “written by a friend of my father’s who helped him with restoring…
Fox River Valley Boat Company has been an Associate Member of the Antique and Classic Boat Society since 1997. Located in Ringwood, Illinois, they are also members of the Blackhawk Chapter of ACBS. ACBS recognizes them with gratitude for their continuing support of our organization. Fox River Valley Boat Company provides full service for classic…
… and some fun, too. Today is the Summer Quarterly Meeting of the Antique and Classic Boat Society. The International ACBS Officers and Directors are meeting in Port Huron, Michigan. Every Chapter President also has a vote at the meeting. Pictured above is ACBS President John Howard and Vice President Rich Lepping. What happens at…