By Casey DeHollander member of the Water Wonderland chapter My first memory of wooden boats goes back to my uncle’s Chris-Craft U-22 on Lake Charlevoix. She was a real head turner. Another uncle owned a cottage on Big Star Lake. I spent a lot of summers there watching the fastest boat on the lake, a…
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By John & Pat Gauntt member of the Dixieland chapter The story of Mama Hat goes back to perhaps the early 1940’s when my folks took me to Clementon Lake Park, an amusement park in New Jersey. Among the attractions beside the roller coaster and merry-go-round was a speed boat ride. It cost 50 cents.…
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By Steve & Cheryl Caplan members of Northern California/ Lake Tahoe chapter Her name was chosen at a family gathering. Cheryl’s mother saw a picture of what she was going to look like when she was finished and immediately said, “I’d name her Lollipop because she looks like an old fashioned red and white lollipop!”…
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By Kenneth Barton member of the Southern California chapter In the early 50’s my Mom & Dad, Earl and Velma Barton, got interested in boating. They purchased a used 18′ Owens cabin cruiser from a private party. They ended up buying a 22′ Trojan cruiser from a Trojan dealership in Lakewood California. In late 1957…
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By Bill & Sue Parker members of the Northern California/Lake Tahoe chapter GUTH-A-WIN-GA II is a custom 23’ 1940 Chris-Craft Triple Cockpit powered by a 200hp engine. This boat, originally ordered with orange deck striping, left-hand steering and custom windshield, was delivered new to Lake Tahoe in June of 1940 for owner Hall C. Ross…
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Dear ACBS Member, As you may know, on June 20th, the ACBS Board of Directors voted unanimously to cancel this year’s ACBS Boat Show September 18-19th at the Coeur d’Alene Resort (Idaho) due to Coronavirus Pandemic. All pre-events organized by the Inland Empire Chapter were also canceled. The Annual Membership Meeting will be held via…
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By Chris Finks member of Columbia Willamette and Pacific Northwest chapters Louie is a 1960 Chris-Craft Constellation Hull# CXA-36-139h with hardtop option and still powered by two original Model 283HR025 Chris-Craft Marine engines serial numbers 811440 and 811441. Louie is named to honor my grandfather, James Louis “Louie” Finks Sr. whom I was very close.…
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By Steve and Susie Frasier members of the Rocky Mountain Classics chapter I, who grew up on Lake George, NY, and Susie, who grew up on Keuka Lake, NY. We meet in Colorado. Newly married and newly retired we see a woody sitting on a trailer in Steamboat Springs, CO. Guess what? This 1968 Century…
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By Jeremy Goldstein member of the North Coast Ohio chapter Having owned the1970 23’ Lyman Offshore since 1999 and being the third owner, she’s hull # 6 of only 41 ever built. Not only was she built in Sandusky Ohio at Lyman Boat Works but Sandusky has been her only home port her entire life.…
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By Steve and Vickie Young members of the Hudson River chapter We own a 23’, 1960 Chris-Craft SeaSkiff, “Miss Louise.” As members of the Hudson River Chapter, we are harbored near Kingston, New York; but you can find us as far south as New York City (5-hours in our boat) and as far north as…
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By Mike Sabbagh member of the Blue Ridge chapter Growing up in the Cleveland area on the shores of Lake Erie we got into boating and all sorts of water sports in our teens. My older brother bought the first boat in the family, a 14’ Chris-Craft runabout with a 35hp outboard. We’ve owned several…
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By Bob Mullarkey member of the Northern California/ Lake Tahoe chapter We have enjoyed our StanCraft torpedo stern runabout for over twenty years. After purchasing it through StanCraft in 1999, we moved our new boat to Lake Tahoe. Because of its very exotic styling where the topsides are twisted and bent to create the torpedo…
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