Start the Boating Season Early! by David Irvine, Director, WWC While many are working on their boats or dreaming of soaking up/launching their classic boat, every February, many Water Wonderland Chapter members in Michigan are jumping into action! Our chapter has had a presence at the Grand Rapids Boat Show in southwest Michigan for well…
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Have you ever wondered how to flip a boat so that you can work on the bottom? In this video, ACBS member, Tom Horn, shows you how using 3-inch wide straps, chain hoists and comealongs. Tom discusses ceiling attachment points, adequate rigging, and equipment needed to lift the boat safely. This technique, says Tom, which…
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By Kurt Doherty Growing up, my family had a cottage on Wamplers Lake in Irish Hills, Michigan. It was a good size lake and home to a lot of performance boats – Bajas, Chaparrals, wooden Chris-Crafts, flat bottom fully blown jet boats, and a few Donzis. Nobody was a bigger performance boat, and specifically Donzi…
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A Minnesota Boat on a New Jersey Lake By Tom McGowan, Lake Hoptacong Chapter Mr Frank is a “preserved” 20-foot 1955 Larson cabin outboard special. His design is straight forward – basically a big canoe with a roof, not fast by any measure. The Beginning Like every other classic boat, Mr Frank has a story.…
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WELCOME TO THE 43RD ANNUAL SUNNYLAND ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC BOAT FESTIVAL March 21-24, 2024 in Tavares, Florida Dear Fellow Boaters: It’s time to start thinking about the Sunnyland Antique and Classic Boat Festival and getting your boats ready for the first show of the 2024 Boating Season! Sunnyland offers a beautiful and varied collection…
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ACBS International will be hosting a number of meetings and events in conjunction with the Annual Sunnyland Boat Festival, March 21-23, in Tavares, Florida. The Chapter Round Table Meeting will be held from 9:00AM-10:30AM on Thursday, March 21st at The Tavares Pavilion on the Lake at 200 South Disston Ave, Tavares, adjacent to the show site. All…
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by Neal & Jean Ganser members of the Big Sky chapter My son Quentin Ganser was doing well in mechanical engineering. However, being an active young man with a gift for working with his hands, he was not enthusiastic about life in front of a computer. Discovering the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building in…
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ACBS members are proud supporters of six boat building schools throughout the U.S., with our sixth and newest being the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building in Port-Hadlock, Washington. The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding (nwswb.org) is a post-secondary trade school that teaches craftsmanship through boatbuilding and marine systems at its 8-acre waterfront campus in…
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Are you getting excited for the 2024 Vintage Boat Week in Brainerd, Minnesota? This member spotlight features Andy Luikens, president of the host chapter and one of the many who are planning this year’s event! If you haven’t already, mark your calendars for September 8-14, 2024 and we’ll see you at Gull Lake! My passion…
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By Wayne Mooers, Northern California/Lake Tahoe Chapter Madeleine Mount is the loving wife of the late Robert A. Mount, who passed in October 2020. As members of the Northern California/Lake Tahoe ACBS Chapter, they enjoyed 54 years of marriage, family, and boating smiles. They also, in 2015, opened Boatique Winery-joining their love of fine wines…
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Presented by ACBS Member and Boat Inspector, Joel Terbrueggen Inspecting a boat prior to purchase offers a wealth of information, helping the buyer to understand the boat’s condition and the scope of the work that may need to be undertaken. Whether restored by a professional or an old gem found in a barn, all boats…
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By John Amaral, ACBS member Block Island Double-enders are a boat type you don’t often see. No original still exists and replicas, like Saudades, are rare. Its a modest, but heavy-built lapstrake boat that sprang from the essential needs of simple fishermen: cheap to build, simple to hand, predictable, stable, safe. Evolved over longtime daily…
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