Today’s Tour of Vintage Boats starts with Skidaddle, a 1962 Correct Craft Compact Skier. She is 16 feet long and pictured here on Mirror Lake in Lakeland, Florida. Photo by Brandon Baker. Skidaddle is owned by Bruce Kester, Past President of the Sunnyland Chapter of ACBS. You will see her at the Sunnyland Boat Festival March 22-24,…
Sea Lyon is a 1929 Sea Lyon 28 ft Triple Cockpit antique boat. She runs on a 6 cylinder Scripps 202 engine. Sea Lyon is owned by Don and Teresa Kehr, members of the Sunnyland Chapter. Will we see Sea Lyon at the Sunnyland Festival at Tavares in March? (picture from ACBS membership files) Swing was ordered…
This picture was taken at the Antique Boat Museum’s Vintage Race Boat Regatta on August 20th, 2016. What makes this interesting is both of these gentleman’s race boats were built over the same period 2013-2016, but worlds apart! Lady Shores by Keith Kipp in Canada and Marguarite by Peter Cavill in Australia. The boats are based…
This week’s Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats features I/O and Outboards from the 2018 ACBS International Boat Show. Best of Show Non-wood and Platinum Award Winner 1965 Larsen All American owned by Amanda and Jon VanderWeele, Grand Rapids, MI. Gold Award Winner 1959 Cruisers, Inc. Commander 300 owned by Jane Larsen, Mequon, WI. Gold Award Winner…
1949 23′ Higgins Deluxe Convertible, Owned by Jeff and Renee Davey “It all began when we acquired the boat in 2016 from Pastor Keith Lingwall who had some restoration work done about 8-10 years ago. The boat had been missing the complete windshield for quite some time, maybe 30 or 40 years? After pulling up…
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…
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…
This picture was taken in 1965, but the 25 ft boat in the background was manufactured in 1917 making it 101 years old this year. It is a Stearns & McKay Cabin Launch named Amohicana II. Duane and Sylvia Seaver of the Water Wonderland Chapter own this Historic boat. Pictures of the boats in today’s tour…
Story and photo by Forrest Bryant Wax On Wax Off (above) is a 1987 Cobalt 23’ Condessa powered by Mercruiser 454 with 330 hp. Owned by Scott and Linda Hendren of Guthrie, OK Wax On Wax Off is a Day Cruiser that started life at the Cobalt Neodosha, Kansas Factory in July 1986. She was…
I built this boat (pictured above) over a 7 year period and launched the boat on June 24, 2017. Named “In Memory” Built off Nelson Zimmer plans available from Classis Wooden Boat Plans. Powered by a fuel injected Indmar 350. Pictures by Heather Volmerding Submitted by builder and owner Kent Volmerding Attached photo is…
Driftwood is a 19 foot 1956 Chris Craft Capri with a KLC engine. The picture was taken from a helicopter over Lake Anna, Virginia. Owners of Driftwood are Linda and Randy Krout shown here out for a cruise with daughter Brittany and her fiancée Rich Mack. A Wizard! This 1957 Wizard El Dorado is 19′ long and is…
“Vamanos” (above) is a 1924 22′ Dodge Water Car model 422 powered by a 275hp Chrysler V8 engine. “Vamanos” is owned by James and Opal Cooper of the Okanagan Antique and Classic Boating Society. Photo taken on Shuswap Lake, BC during the Okanagan Antique and Classic Boating Society’s show in Sicamous, BC in August 2016.…