41st WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL – Port Townsend, Washington (September 2017) Report and pictures by Steve Detwiler, Lake Champlain and Adirondack Chapters of ACBS For a “maritime aficionado”, there’s no better place to be in September than the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. This is one of the largest festivals in the Pacific Northwest and it is sponsored…
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Leading the Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats is Meteor. Built in 1981, Meteor was manufactured by Squadron Yachts Bristol R. I., designer – Halsey Herreshoff. This 18′ Harbor Pilot model is powered by a 13 hp Yanmar Diesel. The sail is a steadying sail for when you’re in blustery conditions. The sail keeps you from rocking & rolling⚓️🇺🇸. She…
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Report and pictures by Ken Kelly, Water Wonderland Chapter. This canoe, named “F – A – S” (Initials painted midships in the design – photo below) is a high quality “courting” canoe from an unknown Charles River builder, circa 1920-30. She is in exceptionally good condition suggesting that it didn’t get used much. It has…
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With heavy hearts, we share the news that an early morning fire on Saturday, January 13, 2018. How many beautiful boats have come through the Antique Boat Shop in Fort Wayne, Indiana? Jeff Funk posted this report on the Antique Boat Shop Facebook page: Disaster! Saturday morning around 4am Jan and I were awakened by…
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Restoration Season of antique and classic boats is a 12 month a year deal, but right now is when so much work gets done by owners and professionals. That’s so we’re ready for the spring launching. There’s help available on this website – take a look … to supplement your own knowledge about maintenance, preservation,…
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The Antique and Classic Boat Society features the Southern California Chapter this week. ACBS has been a part of the Southern California landscape since founding chapter president Al Schinnerer donned racing gear and vamped for a local TV show, live from the First Annual Lake Arrowhead show, back in 1985. Regular activities of the Southern…
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By Judy Hills, ACBS roving reporter, member of RDC Triangle Chapter Have you ever given thought to the burgees, ensigns, flags and pennants that we fly on our boats? Did you consciously select yours or did you just copy what you saw someone else doing? What do you know about nautical flag etiquette and usage? …
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Now, in 2018, the Antique and Classic Boat Society’s Late Classic age classification adds one more year to its ranks. Boats which were manufactured during 1976 through the year 25 years prior to this year are included. In the ACBS membership files are 24 boats which were built in 1993 that now can be classed as…
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Preserving history one boat story at a time: Nellie Bly The Nellie Bly story was first published in the fall 1998 Boathouse, publication of the Bob Speltz Land-O-Lakes Chapter of ACBS. Excerpts from that story are shared here with permission from the chapter and John Vogel. The Mississippi River has a rich and colorful history…
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by Steve Leslie, first published in Dry Dock, digital newsletter of the Okanagan Chapter of ACBS Louise and I had been looking for a while to fnd a bigger boat. We love Lulubelle, our 1942 17’ Chris Craft runabout, but after we pack all our coolers and beach stuff in the back seat there’s not much…
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The Antique and Classic Boat Society is an international organization comprised of individual memberships. It’s amazing how easily friendships are established long-distance through the exchange of pictures and information. Even more close ties are created when members meet in person at events. There is the common interest in everything related to old boats – and…
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Philip and Megan Hilgersom, members of the Pacific Northwest Chapter are sharing this picture of the beautiful Alicia Anne. Here is the story: Attached is a picture of my favorite boat, the Grand Banks 32 Sedan, yard number 95, built by American Marine in Hong Kong in 1968. She is a woody, and obviously will…
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