by Kent Volmerding member of ACBS Our 1955 Century Arabian is haul number 5502. A friend of mine found it, stored under a lean-to on the side of a building, with the back of the boat unprotected. Needless to say, the boat was in bad shape. Most of the hardware was there, but the windshield…
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From ACBS Headquarters We are pleased to welcome Kristina Dorr as our new Membership Coordinator. Kristina is from Clayton, New York, with a degree in hospitality and tourism, and has over 25 years of administrative management experience. Most recently she was the office manager for the Jefferson-Lewis Board of Realtors in Watertown, NY, and previously…
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An Invite from Ed Andrews, Chapter Development Committee On June 2, 2022, at 8:00PM EST, ACBS will be hosting the next Chapter Round Table, this time focusing on Judging. All Chapter officers and individual members are invited to attend. The meeting will be conducted online via Zoom Meeting. Brian Robinson ACBS Judging Chair and Terry Fiest…
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By Rob Midyett, ACBS Member I’m not sure when I caught the antique boating bug. I had an uncle who owned a 1965 Chris Craft 17-foot ski boat. He was kind of a “shade tree” mechanic and he took great care of his boat. We would visit with my aunt and uncle each summer and…
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By John Seal, Publicity Chairman, Smith Mountain Lake Chapter Recent happenings… The SML Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society recently held their annual spring workshop at the home of Alan and Jean Frederick. The 34 members in attendance learned from subject matter experts about 3 topics that are useful in restoring and maintaining…
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An Invite from Art Ivins, President of the Dixieland Chapter Antique and Classic Boat Show at Lake Guntersville Yacht Club The Dixieland Chapter ACBS is bringing its Spring Antique and Classic Boat Show to the beautiful Lake Guntersville Yacht Club on June 2-5. All ACBS Chapters are welcome. Its a show you wont want to…
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By Josh Russell, Gilmore Car Museum and Jim Holland, Water Wonderland Chapter The second Boats At The Barns classic and vintage boat show will be held at Michigan’s Gilmore Car Museum on May 14th, 2022 from 8AM-4PM. It’s among the early outdoor shows on the museum’s car show and event schedule, perfectly timed for a…
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By Abraham Joseph Fiolek Back story on the boat…Milton Moore (pictured on left in top image) owned the boat for over 23 years, and was a long-time member of the Michigan ACBS Chapter. The boat is a 1952 Chris-Craft U18 Sportsman, with a 95hp, 6 cyl model K Chris-Craft engine. He bought the boat as…
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By Judy Hills, NC Coastal & Piedmont Chapter Alan Hills, who lives in New Bern, NC is the VP of the North Carolina Coastal and Piedmont ACBS Chapter. In April he was showing his Barbour Silver Clipper boat which was built in New Bern, NC at a local show in Oriental which is near New…
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Ed Andrews, Chair of the Chapter Development Committee Rob Cassell, Chair of the Marketing Committee On May 11, 2022 at 8:00PM EST, ACBS will be hosting a Chapter Round Table focusing on Web and Social Media. All Chapter Officers are invited and in the event they are unable to attend, are asked to please send…
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William H. Truex Jr., 1937-2022, Lake Champlain Chapter & 2022 Boat Show Co-Chair On April 10, 2022, ACBS and the classic boat community lost a true friend when Bill Truex of Burlington, Vermont, passed away. Bill was passionate about boats and ACBS. Over the years he served not only as a leader within the Lake…
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By Marshall Campbell. Growing up I was introduced to boating at a young age. We lived on a small farm with a pond and had an older boat with a Johnson 9.9. After that came a standup Kawasaki jet ski as well as canoes and rowboats. My parents afforded my brother and I several cruises…
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