From ACBS Headquarters On Thursday, December 1, 2022, at 7:00PM EST, ACBS will be hosting the next virtual Chapter Round Table. This session is for all ACBS Chapters’ leadership and will focus on the topic of the End of Year Reports. The meeting will be conducted online via Zoom Meeting. The Chapter Development Committee has…
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By Scott Ouderkirk,Glass Goat, Thousand Islands Chapter Member In the the latest episode of The Wooden Boat Experience, Scott shows you what he saw last August at the Antique Boat Museum’s 2022 boat show. He travels to and from the boat show in his Chris-Craft on the St. Lawrence River and brings viewers behind the…
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By Jim Barrick, Wine Country Chapter Pictures by Ed Dominiak, Niagara Frontier & Wine Country Chapters Who would have thought the Evinrude Elto story would begin in a rowboat, a love story where Ole Evinrude is rowing his bride, Bess, across the river for ice cream on a hot summer day. And the rest is…
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By John Seal, Publicity Chairman, Smith Mountain Lake Chapter Photo Credits: Steve Miller and John Coffman The SML Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society recently held a Snoop Tour, where over 20 of our members snooped around the workshops of 3 of our members to see their various projects and treasures. Our first…
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Steven and Barbara Dewire, Blue Ridge Chapter 1966 20’ Century Arabian, Barbara Dianne, with a 1966 390 Ford Interceptor (285 hp, 8 cyl) engine. Named for my wife of 44 years, this boat is one of 44 made in 1966. The initial restoration was completed in 1985 by a previous owner. He installed the mahogany…
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From ACBS Headquarters On Thursday, November 17, 2022, at 7:00PM EST, ACBS will be hosting the next virtual Chapter Round Table. This session is for all ACBS Chapters and will focus on the topic of Chapter Communications & Newsletters. The meeting will be conducted online via Zoom Meeting. Communications are the key to member retention…
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By Edgar D. McKean, III, ACBS Member Having grown up in Pittsburgh, PA, I was not exposed to classic wood boats as a youngster. My exposure began at Keewaydin Camp, a wilderness summer camp on an island in Lake Temagami in northern Ontario. Sprinkled about Temagami were a handful of classics which caught my attention,…
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An Update from ACBS Headquarters Photos by Ed Andrews, Chapter Development Committee Chair, and Mid-Atlantic Chapter member The ACBS Board of Directors has gathered in Hilton Head, South Carolina, this weekend for the Annual Budget meeting. After spending all day Friday in a conference room for the planning session, the board was excited to join…
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By Bruce Devine, ACBS Member A mile or so upriver from Clayton, New York, lies the 1851 wreckage of the sailing yacht JANET. It remains the largest single loss of life in the history of Wolfe Island, Ontario in the St. Lawrence River. Here is her story. In 1851 Mr. D. B. Jenkins, a…
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Wine Country Classic Boat Chapter – 2022 Fall Trip Written/Submitted by: Dave Bornholdt, Wine Country Classic Boat Chapter Photo credits: Kent O. Smith JR (KAOS Imagery) and floatographer John “Kadi-Camera-mik” along with other assorted shots from Pam Gratzer and Dave Bornholdt. Members from the Wine Country Classic Boat (WCCB) Chapter of ACBS based in Hammondsport,…
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by Austin Berndlmaier, Mid-Atlantic Chapter Bristol Historic Day 2022 History certainly repeated itself as the Mid-Atlantic ACBS Chapter shared yet another beautiful day in sunny Bristol, Pennsylvania. A brisk breeze carried the aroma of nearly a dozen food vendors at the water’s edge on Market Street. From original art auctions to sailing on the North…
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by Tom & Diane Emling, Water Wonderland chapter Our Gar Wood Speedster Loon Magic is a 2001 exact re-creation of the original 1935 gentleman’s racer. Loon Magic comes to current owners and ACBS Water Wonderland chapter members Tom and Diane Emling – filled with lots family stories, fond remembrances, and a fascinating folklore of growing…
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