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Top five wooden boats with hot rod hearts

NewsBy ACBS Website EditorMay 4, 2018Leave a comment

Article written by Brett Lirones published by Hagerty on Feb. 9, 2017 “Holy smokes,” he exclaimed, “is that a Ford Interceptor?” Sure enough, nestled in the bilge of a mid-‘60s Century utility was one of Ford’s muscle car gems: the mighty 427. My coworker, Kyle Smith, and I had been walking the docks of the Les Cheneaux Islands…

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Payette Lakes Chapter Featured

News, Payette Lakes ChapterBy ACBS Website EditorMay 3, 2018Leave a comment

Payette Lakes Chapter may be one of the smaller ACBS Chapters, but they are located in a beautiful location with beautiful boats and interesting, active members. Their Payette Lakes Chapter annual boat show this year will be July 27-29.  You are invited, too. You are invited to the Payette Lakes Chapter of ACBS annual Classic…

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North Carolina Maritime Museum’s 44th Annual Show this Weekend

Museums, NewsBy ACBS Website EditorMay 2, 2018Leave a comment

What are you doing this weekend?  Here’s a suggestion: North Carolina Maritime Museum’s 44th Annual Wooden Boat Show sets sail for boating enthusiasts. The longest running boat show in the Southeast takes place Saturday, May 5, 2018 BEAUFORT, NC  – Whether you’re a boating enthusiast or prefer to keep your feet on dry land, the…

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Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats 5.1.18

News, Payette Lakes Chapter, Southern New England Chapter, Tuesday TourBy ACBS Website EditorMay 1, 2018Leave a comment

Maridean R. is a 1953 Chris Craft 19′ Holiday owned by Stephen and Claire Ryberg, members of the Payette Lakes Chapter.  Description from the membership file says, “The Maridean R. was purchased in 1953 from Covey Marine in Salt Lake City, Utah by Eric and Maridean Ryberg. She spent her early years at Hebgen Lake,…

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SNEC 2018 Spring Workshop

News, Southern New England Chapter, SymposiumBy ACBS Website EditorApril 30, 2018Leave a comment

Report by Bette Heinzman – Southern New England Chapter Secretary Saturday, April 21st dawned bright and sunny with a slight wind and NO RAIN! By the end of the day the temperature was in the low 60’s and the sun had come out. Approximately 40 Chapter members gathered at the Lay House on the grounds…

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2018 Spring Issue of the Rudder

News, RudderBy ACBS Website EditorApril 28, 2018Leave a comment

ACBS Members now have the 2018 Spring Rudder Magazine in their homes. The Spring Issue of Rudder is full of interesting information and history, AND beautiful photography. It is providing hours of fun and educational reading, plus looking good on the coffee table.  Have you considered sharing it with friends and family? If you are NOT a…

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What is a GUNWALE anyway?

ACBS Awards, NewsBy ACBS Website EditorApril 27, 20181 Comment

… and WHY would the ACBS give an award for a Broken Gunwale? First of all, gunwale is pronounced “gunnel” or even spelled that way in some publications.  The “wale” on a boat is at the top of the side of a boat, the topmost planking of a wooden vessel.  This top of the side planks…

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ACBS featured Chapter of the Week is Lake Champlain

Lake Champlain Chapter, NewsBy ACBS Website EditorApril 26, 2018Leave a comment

Lake Champlain is a beautiful lake on the border between New York State and Vermont and reaches north into Canada. In 1985 the lake became the center of a Chapter of ACBS. Great vintage boating events and shows have been held there ever since.  The Lake Champlain Chapter  has a full calendar of events designed for members to…

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A Boating Weekend at Hartwell, Georgia

Blue Ridge Chapter, NewsBy ACBS Website EditorApril 25, 2018Leave a comment

Report and photos by Dan Gyoerkoe, ACBS Executive Director The new ACBS promotional video starts with the question, “How do you spend your weekends?” If bright sunshine, clear skies, great people, vintage boats and cars, music, nearly 1,000 miles of shoreline and great BBQ with a side of smoked mac and cheese sounds good, I…

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2018 ABM & ACBS SYMPOSIUM

News, SymposiumBy ACBS Website EditorApril 23, 2018Leave a comment

Have you registered for the 2018 Symposium in Clayton, New York? It will be May 18-20, 2018.  (Surely spring will arrive there ahead of you.)   This spring the Museum and the Antique and Classic Boat Society (ACBS) will be co-hosting their annual in-depth, hands-on weekend restoration symposium on May 18-20.  Symposium will kick off with…

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A Chris Craft Holiday named Fish Tales III

Adirondack Chapter, NewsBy ACBS Website EditorApril 21, 20181 Comment

For sixty-eight years, this Chris Craft Holiday has called Lake George, NY her home port. Ed and Jennifer Scheiber have owned this boat for about ten years, but even before that, they enjoyed hours of pleasure in this boat which belonged to their neighbor at Lake George.  In fact, Ed helped care for the boat.…

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Lymans on the St. Johns River

Chesapeake Bay Chapter, Lake Champlain Chapter, News, Sunnyland Chapter, Toronto ChapterBy ACBS Website EditorApril 20, 20181 Comment

Report and photos by Gene Porter  As most readers already know, every March vintage boaters from around the country respond to the lure of the Sunnyland Chapter’s annual boat show in Tavares Florida as though it were a genetic mating ritual.  One hardy subset of this migration travels by boat; up the historic St. Johns…

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