By Anders Johnsen, ACBS Nordic Chapter (All pictures by the author) Historical background With the world’s second longest coastline it´s quite natural that boats have been a central part of our history all the way from the Vikings to modern times. As in many other countries, motorized boats used for pleasure started to appear in…
ACBS’s newest chapter is the Northern Europe Chapter. Chartered in May, 2023, the chapter fulfills an over decade long interest for antique boaters in Northern Europe, and particularly Sweden and Norway, to join ACBS as an official Northern European Chapter. In the winter of 2022/23, Torben Kasimzade approached ACBS from his home in Germany asking…
I, Victor Strange, and my wife Linda Dungal bought land at Lake Thingvallavatn in 2009 in the south of Iceland. We built a summer house there and soon after went looking for a boat to take out on lake, the biggest in Iceland, and inside of the National Park, about a 45 minute drive from…
The SNB and the France Chapter participated in the 29th of the voiles d’Antibes on the French Riviera with three days on the crystal clear waters of the Mediterranean, sharing the waves with classic sailboats. We had a picnic on the Sainte Marguerite Island near Cannes, braved the wind at Cap d’Antibes, participated in the…
By Torben Kasimzade, Northern Europe Chapter Member It’s 30 years ago that history had one of its greatest and equally most surprising moments – West- and East-Germany reunited almost by chance due to a press conference held by a newly appointed government servant, who accidentally stated the opening of the border-gates “as far as I…
Have you made summer plans yet? Are you traveling to Europe? Consider laying your travel plans to Stockholm Sweden August 16-18th for the Stockholm Classic Poker Run 2024. The newest ACBS chapter, ACBS Northern Europe is a proud co-sponsor of this year’s event. The poker run will be held at Saltsjobaden in the beautiful Stockholm…
By Bjorn Bakken, ACBS Treasurer, Bay State and Northern Europe Chapters The ACBS Board of Directors voted to approve the Chapter application of the Classic Boat Club of Northern Europe at the last board meeting, welcoming the second European Chapter to ACBS. In the Northern European countries of Germany, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland…