How about a “beach party” surrounded by Antique and Classic Boats? We have an entire month of great events scheduled for you to enjoy your boat in the Florida sun! Early-Bird Registration Discount for Tavares ends SOON! Click here to REGISTER for the Sunnyland Boat Festival 2018 Beach Party If you are registering a boat for…
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Each week, the Antique and Classic Boat Society features one of the 53 chapters that are part of the ACBS International organization. This week, the spotlight is on the Blue Ridge Chapter. You can see from the chapter’s membership map that they have a large membership hailing from most of the US East Coast. The…
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Like many ACBS Chapters, Heartland Classics has an annual Winter Restoration Workshop. Each year the topics vary, participation is lively, and members feel better informed. Gary O’Banion, owner of Performance Propeller, was the first speaker. There was no shortage of questions for him! A few examples of the Q&A: How much change can you make…
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Twenty four members of the Smith Mountain Lake Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society recently held their 2018 Valentine’s Dinner at the Blackwater Café. This gathering was arranged by chapter members Dave and Chris Olson. This was the chapter’s first activity of the year and will be followed by their participation in the…
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The Long Island chapter wishes to welcome in our new members Matt and Fanny Kleisler. Matt grew up on the south shore of Long Island and his youth was spent with many days on the Great South Bay. His family had a sail boat and took many trips around Long Island with the Great South…
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The Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats is led today by new Long Island Chapter members Fanny and Matt Kleisler. After a great deal of searching as an adult for the same boat from his childhood, he ran across one that seemed to speak to him. In 2015 Fanny and Matt purchased a Viking 23. Built…
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The Blue Ridge Chapter and ACBS International recently co-hosted a regional leadership workshop held at the Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC. Ten ACBS members from 3 different ACBS chapters attended the workshop. The workshop was held the same weekend as the Mid-Atlantic Boat Show also held at the Charlotte Convention Center. Dan Gyoerkoe, Executive Director,…
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Hey – you can have your boat in the water for the Sunnyland Boat Show “Beach Party” !!! There will be dock space to accommodate 25 boats, plus, this is a great lake to beach your boat along the park shoreline or you can secure your boat to the original dock pilings. Sunnyland members will assist you…
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“That looks just like the boat I had!” That’s heard often at boat shows. What happened next made it an experience to remember. Story and pictures from Wendy Nelson, Columbia Willamette Chapter “Hey, man. That boat is sitting on your trailer. I watched you make that trailer!” Gary “Hobie” Jensen was walking through the Portland Boat Show…
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The Rocky Mountain Classics Chapter of ACBS must wait until summer to have “in-the-water” shows, but they are busy throughout the year enjoying and promoting the antique and classic boat community. Rocky Mountain Classics had a good showing at the Denver Boat Show in January. Here are a few of their members waiting to haul…
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Les Cheneaux, is Gary Cunningham’s 1940 Chris-Craft 22’ Sedan. This remarkable mahogany power boat was built in Algonac, Michigan and commissioned at the Mertaugh Chris-Craft dealership in Hessel, Michigan in the spring of 1940. Mertaugh’s is the world’s oldest Chris-Craft dealership (having been established in 1925) and is still in business. They are the primary…
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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, President of the Sunnyland Chapter of ACBS. You will see her at the Sunnyland Boat Festival March 22-25 at…
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