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I Recently Purchased a 1965 Century Resorter
By Mike Erstad. I recently purchased a 1965 18′ Century Resorter for $3,200. She is very solid. I have removed the engine and much of the interior and fortunately, I did not find any rot. The boat has a Chrysler Crown Marine Engine, M47S dual carburetor, and 135hp. The engine’s meter reads 488 hours, but…
ACBS Office Closed
The ACBS office will be closed December 24th-January 1st. During the holiday break, you may contact staff using the website contact form, https://acbs.org/contact-us/. On behalf of the ACBS Board of Directors and Staff, Best Wishes for a Healthy and Happy Holiday Season!
Father-Son Team Build, Restore, Repair, and Refinish
By Dave Wrzesinski My son Scott and I have been building, restoring, repairing and refinishing boats for the past 40 years. I started building when I was 11 years old with my friend Jon Staudacher and his father Les Staudacher. Les built unlimited hydroplanes from the 1950s to the early 1970s. He built unlimited boats…
A Crowded Lake Requires Extra Vigilance
By Dick Werner, I guess I get a little spoiled with our northern Idaho Lakes when, if we have over three boats within visual distance, we Northwest boaters figure it is getting pretty crowded. The several hours I spent on this gorgeous Missouri lake was a different experience. There was a definite need for a…
Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats 12-18-18
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 Islands region extensively for the last 25 years. Woody is a 1964 Grew Cruiser, 20 1/2 ft, 8 ft beam lapstrake…
Legend of Lake George “El Lagarto”
The Warren County Historical Society is making a new historical publication available for those interested in local boating history. Legend of Lake George “El Lagarto” and the Men That Made Her Great by Jon Bowers will be published in the next few weeks. Mr. Bowers “sets record straight” on the story of El Largato, the famous wooden…
Preserving an Iconic Name in Boating
By Brian Fogarty, member of the Indian Lake Chapter. I have been boating in Indian Lake in NW Ohio since I was an infant. When I was ten weeks old my parents took me in our 1968 Larson. I slept in a Kirby Sweeper box in the front of the boat. In 2005, a fellow…
Sunnyland Chapter Members Display Classic Boats at Festival of Speed
The Sunnyland Chapter of ACBS was invited to show their classic boats at the Festival of Speed Show held at the Ritz Carlton Grande Lakes in Orland on Sunday, December 2nd. It was a tremendous show with over 350 exhibits including an original Ford GT 40 valued at over $15,000,000 alongside an array of classics…
Smith Mountain Lake Chapter Annual Meeting
Pictured above back row L-R, Ron Root, Jerry Barnes, Chuck Breen, Mike Mutchler, Bill Caillet, George Blosser, Roger Smith, Randy Cummins, and Bill Hughes. Front row L-R, George Curnow, Marlyn Curnow, Alan Frederick, and Dave Olson By George Blosser The Smith Mountain Lake Chapter held their annual dinner meeting on Friday, December 7th at the…
Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats 12-11-18
This 1960 Thompson Sea Coaster is owned by Josh and Laura Lindquist. They are new to ACBS and the Bob Speltz Land-O-Lakes chapter. The Thompson was purchased in December 2017 and the Lindquists joined the BSLOL soon after attending the Minneapolis Boat Show and talking with several of its members. Through the expertise and kindness…
Ned & Barbara Edwards talk life with ACBS and Water Wonderland
Ned and Barbara Edwards live in North Shore of Crystal Lake, near Beulah, MI. They have been members of ACBS and Water Wonderland for ten years. Currently they own a 1957 16′ Century Resorter, built in Manistee, MI the same month they were married in Benzonia (August 1956). Ned says they purchased the boat as…