IT’S THE BOATS AND THE PEOPLE! That’s how the Toronto Chapter’s website opens. ACBS members who live in or near the central and western part of Ontario belong to this chapter. First of all – THE BOATS – The Toronto Chapter sends out “Its Wood Boat Wednesday” email. Last week this boat was featured: There…
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The ACBS Board of Directors will be meeting at Smith Mountain Lake on June 7-9, 2018. You are invited to attend. Smith Mountain Lake is a beautiful place to visit – or live. Here is your chance to be with ACBS friends and see another gorgeous place on earth, and probably get to ride in a…
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Wow! Look at the colors in the picture that leads us into this week’s Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats. Aqua Velvet is a 1968 Classic Greavette 22′ Executive powered with a Chevrolet 327 engine. Aqua Velvet is owned by Richard and Linda Hughes, Toronto Chapter members of ACBS. Not all Classic boats are old. There are…
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Two men and a dog set out across the American Heartland in a boat, truly a Memorial Day story. Memorial Day 2001, they buy the boat. Memorial Day 2003, they complete repairs. Memorial Day 2008, they launch into the Arkansas River. Memorial Day 2009, they are poised to run the Tennessee, the Cumberland, and the…
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Source story by David Moore published in the summer issue of the Marshall County (Alabama) Magazine Why do people race Unlimited Class hydroplanes? It’s a desire to skim the water at 200-plus miles per hour. It’s a compulsion to alter hull designs, adjust propellers and tweak 3,000-hp turbine engines to their screaming peak. Drivers and…
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Looking at the surface on a wooden boat, often the way the planks are fastened to the frame is unnoticed. Every fastener is covered with a wooden plug called a bung. If the bungs match the wood in the plank and the grain of the wood is flowing in the same direction, the bung seems…
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Inland Empire Chapter is officially 18 years old this year. It started, though, from members who were already members of other chapters in the northwest. As they realized there was a core of members and even more to be added in northern Idaho and eastern Washington, a group petitioned to be recognized as a chapter in 2000.…
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Report and photos from Dan Gyoerkoe, ACBS Executive Director Twenty-eight people from 11 different States and the Ontario Province in Canada attended the Annual Spring Symposium co-hosted by ACBS and the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, NY. Friday afternoon, participants visited several local boat shops (boat shop hop), the ABM’s Doebler Storage Building, and had…
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ALAKAZAM was built at Cadillac, Michigan. This 18 ft Chris Craft Riviera was sold by Lee Craft Boats in Somers, Montana on March 26, 1951. After a complete restoration with all new bottom, sides and new engine, ALAKAZAM now lives at Priest Lake, Idaho. ALAKAZAM is owned by Steven Schmidt, member of the Inland Empire Chapter. Tim Matyn writes,…
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ACBS has an active Awards Program aimed at: Furthering the goals of the Society. Encouraging its members and chapters to set ever higher standards and to constantly work toward those objectives. Recognizing outstanding achievement. The ACBS Awards Program at the International level has a variety of Awards that annually honor individuals, programs, and chapters. Nominations…
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Today’s post includes news from two ACBS Chapters. The sharing of boats and boating fun is again published here for even more viewers to see. Telling and listening to boat stories, explaining and learning about maintenance techniques, and hearing and feeling the boats in the water all add up to the sense of being part…
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Imagine my surprise when as a novice to boating I found out that “Brightwork” referred to the varnished wood on a boat. It’s easy to display that showroom shine on your boat when it is in the dock at a show or even getting ready for a run to the neighborhood marina for an ice…
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