By Joe Lepley member of the Bob Speltz Land-O-Lakes chapter Those of us who belong to ACBS have read articles and seen pictures of dozens, perhaps hundreds of makes and models of beautiful old wooden boats. Some makes and models appeal to us more than others. Sometimes the lines of a boat just take your…
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By Andy Luikens member of the Bob Speltz Land-O-Lakes chapter 1962 Dorsett is the second classic fiberglass boat that they have had and by far one, we will never let go of. The hunt for this specific make and model started when I learned that famed industrial designer Raymond Loewy was responsible for its styling.…
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by John Richardson member of the Manotick chapter We found it very rewarding to restore my Mom’s old canoe, and to experience the gratitude of her new owner, my daughter Christine. Below is my mother in the helm position and her sister in the bow that was the summer of 1948. The canoe is a…
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by Whit Conrad member of the Toronto chapter I’ve always loved boats-wooden boats. They take me back: sailing on Orchard Lake, waterskiing on Pine Lake, watching movies of my father winning races in his hydroplanes he built of wood himself and watching the Silver Cup unlimited hydroplane races on the Detroit River in the 1950’s.…
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by Preston Stark member of the Dixieland chapter How we came to own our 1985 Century Coronado is a long story. We had a nice ’68 wood Century Resorter and a ’76 Coronado for several years. Thinking to downsize to one boat we sold those and purchased a very nice ’68 wood Coronado I rationalized…
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by Bobby Knight member of the Sunnyland chapter When I was 12 years old, my father purchased this 1964 Chris-Craft 17’ 6” Sunlounger in the outboard version and snapped on the chrome Mercury 800 from his previous Borum wooden boat. Dad, family, and friends loved Florida boating to places such as the Suwannee River, Santa…
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by Larry Maloomian member of Sunnyland chapter We summered on Cape Cod and like many who did, I was a sailor. I kept my sailboat in a beautiful little harbor on Buzzards Bay. Moored nearby was a beautiful triple cockpit Chris-Craft that I always admired. Many of us “old men” try to regain our youth…
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by Cody Taylor member of the Northern California/Lake Tahoe chapter Early in 1984 we realized that our 16′ boat on Clear Lake, California’s largest fresh water lake, was just not working. The lake was huge and the waves kicked up in the afternoon and would wash over the bow of our little boat threatening to…
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by John Dupee member of the Lake Champlain chapter Although I grew up rowing and old wooden boat, I am a sailor. I have sailed and owned sailboats for over 50 years. Sailboats are, to my eye, visually appealing not all but most. The first time a saw a Lyman was from the cockpit of…
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By Ann Reinhart on behalf of Tim Mehrer member of Pacific Northwest chapter The Bellingham, Washington based Schooner Zodiac, designed by William Hand, was built in 1924 in East Boothbay, Maine for the Johnson & Johnson family. 127’ on deck,160’ overall, she spent most of her life as a San Francisco Bay Bar Pilot boat…
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Dear ACBS Member, The ACBS Board of Directors held its summer meeting today. During the meeting, the ACBS Board of Directors voted unanimously to cancel this year’s boat show September 18-19 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The health and safety of ACBS members, guests, sponsors, and the public are most important along with the restrictions and…
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by Rick Means member of the Pacific Northwest chapter In my younger years I was surrounded by friends who all had a lake place. Whenever the opportunity arose, we would head out to somebody’s cabin to go boating and water ski. This comradery built up my dream that someday I too would have my own…
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