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by Dick & Cara Moist members of the Heartland Classics chapter My wife Cara and I bought our first cruiser Fifty one years ago. It was a 25′ Owen’s cruiser. We had it for just one year, but with a 3 year old and another on the way 25′ was just a little tight. Cara’s…
2020 SUNNYLAND ANTIQUE BOAT FESTIVAL HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY POSTPONED The over whelming impact of the Coronavirus has resulted in the SUNNYLAND ANTIQUE BOAT FESTIVAL BEING POSTPONED. The Sunnyland Chapter along with the City of Tavares did everything possible to host the event. The City Council went the Extra mile and it appeared that the show…
by Joe & Patti Silipigno members of the Adirondack chapter We purchased the Boathouse as our summer home in 1997 which entailed a major renovation from top to bottom. It was in the year 2000, upon retirement, that we decided to turn our home into the Boathouse Bed and Breakfast. We had always envisioned a…
IMPORTANT NOTICE The Chapter Roundtable scheduled for March 19th is canceled. The ACBS Board of Directors meeting scheduled for March 19th is limited to board members only. ACBS members can join the meeting through Go To Meeting. Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/153214645 You can also dial in using your…
As the Chair of the 2020 ACBS International Awards Committee, I would like to urge you to share the accomplishments of your ACBS Chapter and its outstanding Members by nominating those worthy for ACBS awards. The Awards Committee is responsible for the following awards: Chapter of the Year Award – Recognizes one or more chapters…
by Kenneth Ryker member of the Sunnyland chapter I have been racing r/c boats and my favorite boat has been my 30 inch electric Shovel nose hydroplane that is called the Miss K. The hull was designed from Ed Karelson’s and I like the way this boat handled the water. I decided the boat was…
by Stephen Ogilvy member of the New England chapter I have owned this 1967 Lyman Hardtop Cruisette Blue Lady since the fall of 2013, purchased in Vermilion, OH. This is the second wooden boat I have purchased from this area of Ohio. Previously I had bought an 18′ 1955 Chris Craft Sea Skiff in Port…
by Dennis & Donna Friesel members of the Indiana chapter Between 1990 and 1996, I restored a very broken 19’1953 Chris-Craft Racing Runabout that my wife named Mahogamous Affair. This was my first effort at restoring an antique boat and we still use it today. By this time my wife and I were confirmed boaters…
by Seb Borrello member of the Thousand Islands chapter When we saw the Penn Yan Cartopper in front of a small cottage on a back road near Clayton NY, we screeched to a stop. Sure enough it had a For Sale sign on it. No trailer and no oars but a good-looking hull with all…
Brings Message of Access, Empowerment, and Education KINGSTON, N.Y. – The Hudson River Maritime Museum is proud to announce Maiden, the 58-foot racing sailboat made famous by the 2019 documentary Maiden will be visiting Kingston on April 20 and 21, 2020. Maiden was the first all-female crew to compete on the Whitbread Round-the-World Race. Maiden…
by Vic Melchiorre member of the Indiana chapter I saw my Chris-Craft XK18 several years before I bought it. One summer day in 2011 or 2012, my best friend Brian Buehrer and I decided to go to Cassopolis, Michigan from Lake James Indiana to see Roger Pecina’s museum & collection of boats & etc. We…
by Lance Ehrke member of the Glacier Lakes chapter Our Chris-Craft is a 1933 18′ Deluxe Runabout. She was built in late 1933 and delivered in early 1934 to Green Lake, Wisconsin. Her serial number is 33013 and as an early model of the family of 208 runabouts that were built over the next 5…