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Atsa Mabote, It’s Italian

Blue Ridge Chapter, NewsBy ACBS HQFebruary 28, 20204 Comments

by Mark Murphy member of the Blue Ridge chapter The history of the boat goes back to 1974 when Helen and Mason Whitney bought the 1974 Century Resorter for use at their lake house on Lake Burton in northeast Georgia. The intent was to have a high performance boat for family use, skiing and cruising.…

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Matoka

News, Northern California/Lake Tahoe ChapterBy ACBS HQFebruary 27, 202011 Comments

by David Broderick member of the Northern California/Lake Tahoe chapter MATOKA is a 1937 24′, ( LWL 17′,) Quincy Adams Interclub Sloop, 4′ keel, 1200lbs ballast – one of nine built for racing by the Quincy Adams Shipyard, Quincy Ma, which had taken over the old Lawley Shipyard. Both have long since closed. My home…

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What A Great Six Years

Columbia Willamette Chapter, NewsBy ACBS HQFebruary 26, 20202 Comments

by Wayne Purdy member of the Columbia Willamette chapter While reading a book called “Boats by Purdy” by Alan Dinn, I discovered he had a complete set of drawings for the Biscayne Baby. I had been looking for a project and this looked like the perfect thing to build. After securing a set of plans…

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Danny Boy

News, Tidewater ChapterBy ACBS HQFebruary 25, 20202 Comments

by Daniel Michalak, member of the Tidewater chapter My love for wooden boats began at the age of 8, when I was first offered a ride on a 1950 Chris Craft Ski Boat on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Nearly 40 years later, while paddling in a canoe on the same lake, I noticed a…

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I Knew I Had To Have That Boat

Indiana Chapter, News, UncategorizedBy ACBS HQFebruary 24, 20205 Comments

by Mike McBride member of the Indiana chapter I found a picture with my father-in-law sitting in a 1947 Chris Craft Deluxe. That’s when the dream started and the bug hit me. My wife’s parents owned Holiday Marine on Lake James in Angola, IN. My father-in-law had told me about the phase of going from…

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The History of West Winds, an “Original Tahoe Boat”

News, Northern California/Lake Tahoe ChapterBy ACBS HQFebruary 23, 20209 Comments

by David West member of the Northern California/Lake Tahoe chapter West Winds, a 25′ Chris-Craft Sportsman, was manufactured and shipped from Chris-Craft on December 5, 1947, to Tahoe Boat Company. The hull card shows it was shipped without engine or propeller. At Tahoe Boat Company, Tahoe’s famed Dick Clark installed the Scripps Model 302 V-12…

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The Ugliest Thing!

News, Okanagan ChapterBy ACBS HQFebruary 21, 20201 Comment

by Ricard Daley member of Okanagan chapter  This 1962 Fiberform Boat was sitting abandoned in a marine repair yard in Lethbridge, Alberta. On Monday July 29th at 4 pm I picked this boat up in running condition. The night I brought it home my wife Maria looked at it and stated “that’s the ugliest boat…

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One “N” Dun

News, Northern California/Lake Tahoe ChapterBy ACBS HQFebruary 20, 20202 Comments

by Brian Ferrin member of Northern California/Lake Tahoe I remember it as vividly as any impressionable 12 year-old would, although it happened over 50 years ago. Being somewhat scrawny, I fit easily between the engine cover and gunnel as the boat roared across Northern California’s Lake Berryessa. Another much racier looking boat drew alongside, its…

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The Sea Eagle

News, Northern California/Lake Tahoe ChapterBy ACBS HQFebruary 19, 20201 Comment

by Ron Wolfman member of the Northern California/Lake Tahoe chapter STEELER is a 1936 Sea Eagle. Made of 20 gauge pressed steel at 15′ 9″, she is powered with the original 4cyl 58hp Lycoming engine. The bottom is specially designed and has graduated longitudinal corrugations, which lend speed, strength and stability to the planning surface.…

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Window Table

News, Rocky Mountain Classics ChapterBy ACBS HQFebruary 18, 20201 Comment

by Tom Ludwig member of the Rocky Mountain Classics chapter I am the second owner of the “Window Table”. (the name is another great story that I won’t go into here) The original owner was John Thompson, the author of the above piano book and many more piano books and sheet music such as, “Shadows…

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Life on Great Pond

Blue Ridge Chapter, NewsBy ACBS HQFebruary 17, 20204 Comments

By Walter Frame Jr. member of the New England chapter My love for Chris-Craft’s started in August 1937 on Lake George NY with me riding in my Grandfather’s 1929 Chris-Craft Cadet. I have had an amazing journey while spending 50 years on Great Pond in Maine. In 1949 my family was at Candlewood Isle on…

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Fond Memories

Blue Ridge Chapter, NewsBy ACBS HQFebruary 16, 20209 Comments

by Ron Nowak member of the Blue Ridge chapter  I purchased a 1955 Chris Craft Capri (#53) in 2006. We lost our twenty- year old daughter, Christi, in 2005 due to a tragic accident, and I wanted to do something to honor her memory. Growing up in Rochester, New York, and being close to the…

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