2017 Coeur d’ Alene Classic Boat Festival

Report by Don Vogt and photography by Wes Yandt, members of the Inland Empire Chapter of ACBS. More than fifty classic boats lined the world’s longest floating boardwalk, nearly ¾ of a mile in length, at the Coeur d’ Alene Resort last weekend for the Coeur d’ Alene Classic Boat Festival.  The show was sponsored by the Inland Empire Chapter of the…

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Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats 9.5.17

This 1957 Trojan Sea Queen leads the Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats today.  My Lil’ Woody is owned by Kenn Barton and shown here at the Southern California boat show on August 19th at Big Bear Lake.  Notice Woody Woodpecker has his stringer of wooden fish.   Twisted is a 1957 17′ Century /converted to a…

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Braito’s Buckingham Marina is ACBS Associate Member of the Week

Braito’s Buckingham Marina is recognized with appreciation as the ACBS Associate Member of the Week. Braito’s Buckingham Marina is located on Clear Lake at 1555 Eastlake Dr., Kelseyville, California.  They are also members of the Northern California/Lake Tahoe Chapter of ACBS.   Braito’s Buckingham Marina is affiliated with the Marine Recreation Association: The Marine Recreation Association was…

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Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats 8.29.17

Firefly, a 1950 Globe MasterCraft leads the Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats today. -One of 270 built by The Globe Corporation in 1949 and 1950 in Williams Bay, Wisconsin.  About a dozen known to remain today. – Fourteen ft length, split cockpit, designed by Brooks Stevens for Globe – Powered by a 4 cylinder, 45 horsepower…

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ACBS Associate Member of the Week is Cedar Ridge Boat Works

The Antique and Classic Boat Society recognizes with appreciation Cedar Ridge Boat Works as the Associate Member of the Week.   The Associate level of membership gives extra support to ACBS. Michael Freel and Vaughn Rye formed the company in 2012 and joined ACBS as Associate Members in 2013.  They also have a membership in the Water…

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