By Ken Kelly, member of the Water Wonderland Chapter. The Back Story I first became interested in wooden canoes when I purchased a 1930s built log cabin in 1993. I was looking for a summer place on an all-sports lake with the plan of getting a mahogany runabout soon there after. Already a wooden runabout…
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Dear Fellow Boaters: Time to start thinking about the Sunnyland Antique Boat Festival and getting your boats ready for the FIRST show of the 2019 Boating Season. As most of you know, we have suffered the wrath of Hurricane Irma and the City of Tavares is working very diligently to re-build the Marina. A contract…
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Best Wishes for a Healthy and Happy New Year!
By Mike Erstad. I recently purchased a 1965 18′ Century Resorter for $3,200. She is very solid. I have removed the engine and much of the interior and fortunately, I did not find any rot. The boat has a Chrysler Crown Marine Engine, M47S dual carburetor, and 135hp. The engine’s meter reads 488 hours, but…
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The ACBS office will be closed December 24th-January 1st. During the holiday break, you may contact staff using the website contact form, https://acbs.org/contact-us/. On behalf of the ACBS Board of Directors and Staff, Best Wishes for a Healthy and Happy Holiday Season!
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By Dave Wrzesinski My son Scott and I have been building, restoring, repairing and refinishing boats for the past 40 years. I started building when I was 11 years old with my friend Jon Staudacher and his father Les Staudacher. Les built unlimited hydroplanes from the 1950s to the early 1970s. He built unlimited boats…
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By Dick Werner, I guess I get a little spoiled with our northern Idaho Lakes when, if we have over three boats within visual distance, we Northwest boaters figure it is getting pretty crowded. The several hours I spent on this gorgeous Missouri lake was a different experience. There was a definite need for a…
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Carpe Diem is a 1967 Chris Craft owned by Ray and Lisa Tangent. Home port is Point Breeze, NY on the south shore of Lake Ontario. She has cruised the lake and 1000 Islands region extensively for the last 25 years. Woody is a 1964 Grew Cruiser, 20 1/2 ft, 8 ft beam lapstrake…
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The Warren County Historical Society is making a new historical publication available for those interested in local boating history. Legend of Lake George “El Lagarto” and the Men That Made Her Great by Jon Bowers will be published in the next few weeks. Mr. Bowers “sets record straight” on the story of El Largato, the famous wooden…
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By Brian Fogarty, member of the Indian Lake Chapter. I have been boating in Indian Lake in NW Ohio since I was an infant. When I was ten weeks old my parents took me in our 1968 Larson. I slept in a Kirby Sweeper box in the front of the boat. In 2005, a fellow…
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The Sunnyland Chapter of ACBS was invited to show their classic boats at the Festival of Speed Show held at the Ritz Carlton Grande Lakes in Orland on Sunday, December 2nd. It was a tremendous show with over 350 exhibits including an original Ford GT 40 valued at over $15,000,000 alongside an array of classics…
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Pictured above back row L-R, Ron Root, Jerry Barnes, Chuck Breen, Mike Mutchler, Bill Caillet, George Blosser, Roger Smith, Randy Cummins, and Bill Hughes. Front row L-R, George Curnow, Marlyn Curnow, Alan Frederick, and Dave Olson By George Blosser The Smith Mountain Lake Chapter held their annual dinner meeting on Friday, December 7th at the…
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