Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats begins this week with an antique boat named ’36. ’36 is owned by Charles and Cindy Still who are members of the Southwest Chapter of ACBS. This 1936 19′ Chris-Craft Custom Runabout won Best in Class at this year’s Keels ‘n Wheels in Seabrook, Texas. The engine is a Chrysler M-I…
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A sunset cruise of antique and classic boats and then a cocktail reception at the Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club opened the 2017 Boat Show held by the Lake Hopatcong Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society. Boy Scouts from troop 726 opened the show on Saturday morning with our National Anthem. Then 41 of…
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The New Hampshire Boat Museum is this week’s ACBS Featured Associate Member. The Antique and Classic Boat Society recognizes the New Hampshire Boat Museum with gratitude for their support of our organization. They are also a member of the New England Chapter of ACBS. The New Hampshire Boat Museum is located in Wolfeboro Falls, NH. From…
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Racine, Wisconsin isn’t just waiting for the Antique and Classic Boat Society to fill their city with boats! In anticipation of the ACBS Annual Meeting and International Boat Show, organizers of Racine, Wisconsin’s annual Downtown Public Art Project chose boats for the 2017 Public Art Project. From June through early September, more than two dozen Chris Craft-style power boat…
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It’s a small chapter with a lot of tradition and SO much to offer! Tidewater Chapter area is located along the east coast of Virginia where the great east coast rivers empty into the Atlantic Ocean. The variety of classic boats represented in the chapter is unmatched ranging from an Historic 1899 Steam Launch to Antique 79′ Wheeler Motor…
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Dream Boat Annie will be at the 2017 International Boat Show in Racine, Wisconsin entered in the ACBS Contemporary Class and the subject of the first symposium presentation. This 2015 Glen-L Torpedo was built by Roberta Hegy, Glacier Lakes Chapter, using a pattern from the Glen-L Company. The action photo above was taken on the…
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Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats begins with Minnehaha (above). She was ordered in 1921 from Clayton NY builder Burritt L. Wiswell by Bruce Devine’s late grandfather Stanley Livingstone Woodman, a Wolfe Island Ontario fishing & hunting guide. She worked as a guide boat from 1923 up until 1960 when she was retired & stored. Sometime around 1980, she…
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Why did you join the Antique and Classic Boat Society? Some of the newest members of the Heartland Classics Chapter were asked that question. It’s a good question to ask so that as a chapter we can live up to their expectations. There is a whole list of reasons to JOIN listed on the JOIN…
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Lake Ponchartrain Basin Maritime Museum has been an Associate Member of the Antique and Classic Boat Society since 2003. ACBS recognizes them with gratitude for their support of our organization. The Lake Ponchartrain Basin Maritime Museum is located in Madisonville, Louisiana. “Bringing Louisiana’s Maritime History to Life,” is the driving mission of the Lake…
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Everybody loves a parade – especially when antique and classic boats are featured! Smith Mountain Lake Chapter of ACBS has an annual early morning cruise on the 4th of July. The cruise was led by the Quinn Family in a 1940 beautifully restored Chris-Craft Triple named “Patriot”. Traveling from the south end of the lake…
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JOIN the Finger Lakes Chapter and you’ll be just in time for their Annual Boat Show the last full weekend in July. Historic boats, antique boats, classic boats – they’re all there at the Finger Lakes Chapter Boat Show supported by the Skaneateles Chamber of Commerce. It is a traditional summer event for great crowds…
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Wasn’t it fun to pull up to the public dock in your vintage boat this holiday weekend? “Wow!” “How old is it?” “How long have you had it?” “Where did it come from?” “Is it a lot of work?” And then the stories begin: “My Uncle had one just like it…
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