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From the Toronto Chapter Where will you be on International Vintage Boating Day? It is coming up next weekend, Saturday, August 19th! Here are a few planned activities: Port Cunnington Lodge, Lake of Bays: Weather permitting, cruise Lake of the Bays on your own or in a group in the morning, with the aim to…
By Judy Hills, Chapter Development Committee Take your best shot—photograph that is—on Saturday, August 19, 2023 as part of International Vintage Boating Day 2023. Attach the high-resolution jpeg file and email it to me, Judy Hills (jahnbnc@gmail.com), for a chance to win an ACBS Prize. Winners will pick their choice of an ACBS burgee, a…
By Jim Barrick, Wine Country Chapter I have to give some credit to the a couple of ACBS wine country members who started this crazy facebook page called Propeller Fellers some two years ago. It has taken off with 1,400 followers from Italy, Spain, Australia, Canada, Sweden and Vietnam we just love wood boats, boating…
From the Chapter Development Committee August 17th at 7:00PM EST will be our next Chapter Roundtable focused on using the ACBS Online Portal at Shows. Lora Nadolski will walk Chapter leaders through the steps and techniques that Chapters need to know to use the Portal effectively at shows to sign up new members. Please register…
From Margaret Horn, Columbia Willamette Chapter At our annual retreat, we coordinated a demonstration of our inflatable life jackets. This turned out to be a big success for more than one reason. Obviously, it was entertaining to see a bunch of old guys jump in the water, but it also gave us an opportunity to…
From Headquarters At the Annual Scholarship Gala, attendees will have the opportunity to bid on a variety of great items, including a lodging package at the Liahona Lakehouse B&B complete with a 2 hour cruise around Lake of the Ozarks aboard this 1965 Lyman, courtesy of ACBS Heartland Classic Members Mark Engstrom and Jenni McGowin. …
From Thomas Gruenauer, Wine Country and Niagara Frontier Chapters I purchased my 1928 Chris Smith and Sons Boat Company runabout in 1989. It is a 24-foot Model 3 triple cockpit runabout. It is powered by an original type Chrysler Imperial LMC marine engine. I acquired the boat from a professional restoration shop located in Massachusetts.…
From the Chapter Development Committee July 26th at 7:00PM EST will be our next virtual Chapter Roundtable focused on Chapter Membership Dashboards. Rob Cassell will walk Chapter leaders through the reports and help them understand the data as it is presented in the dashboards. Please register at https://myacbs.org/Meeting/Register/89 to attend the session and get the…
From John Vyverberg, Chief Judge, Wine Country Classic Boats/ACBS At our Wine Country Classic Boats’ 40th Annual Show on Saturday July 15, 2023, in Hammondsport, New York, we made the new Resto-Mod category an official judging category for the first time. I am please to announce that the Resto-Mod Award Winner was a 1964 15′…
La Duchesse The Antique Boat Museum, ACBS Lifetime Associate Member and Thousand Islands Chapter The 106′ houseboat La Duchesse brings the gracious River lifestyle of the turn of the 20th Century to life. Built in 1903, for hotelier George Boldt, manager of New York City’s famed Waldorf-Astoria hotel, and a summer resident of the Thousand…
From Jeff Wells, Indiana Chapter Member I wanted to share this with you and the gang. My 1950 Lyman 18’ Islander recently finished first in the antique division at our annual Flotilla that was started in 1961 by my dad and some of his buddies. The boat is named Big Al and my buddy did…
From Headquarters We are visiting our northern friends this week for ACBS – Toronto’s 42nd Annual Vintage Boat Show at the Muskoka Wharf in Gravenhurst, Ontario.The show is truly Magic on the Water. Today there will be over 100 boats in water, and an additional 40+ on land display… representing so many different boatbuilders…Duke, Greavette,…