The lead picture today is from Nick Casilli of his 1959 18 ft Chris Craft Continental Sportin A Woody. The boat is all original with only 259 hours on her. It has a rare Coral Color interior and a 283 ci engine. Nick belongs to the Blackhawk Chapter in northern Illinois and southeast Wisconsin. This picture was taken in the Abbey Harbor on Geneva Lake. He is the third owner. She has won many awards. The original Moody trailer it came with also is in good condition. Photo was taken by owner, Nick Caselli.
This is the first ever ACBS Diamond Circle Award winner. Klondike is a 1938 25′ Chris Craft Clipper owned by Paul Anderson. The Diamond Circle Award is presented at the International Boat Show to the highest scoring boat that has received a “Best of Preserved, Best of Restored, or Best Non-Wood” Award at an Annual ACBS Show during the prior five years. Klondike qualified for this award at the 2016 International Boat Show at Lake Tahoe, CA after previously having won the Best of Show-Restored Award at the 2015 Show at Gull Lake, MN.
If you are lucky enough to go on the 2017 Pre-Event Cruises hosted by the Glacier Lakes Chapter before the Annual ACBS Meeting and Boat Show, you’ll have this view on Tuesday. Grant MacLaren sent some picturesque photos he took from this Gar Wood boat on this year’s 12th Annual Madison Area Antique & Classic Boat Show on August 4&5.
1957 Chris Craft 17′ Sportsman Runabout owned by Vin McMaster. She needed a new windshield – thus a new ACBS decal. Now she’s waiting to get back out on the lake in Texas.

Email a picture of your boat for the next Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats.
- email the picture to kathyparker@acbs.org
- include the boat owner’s name
- year, manufacturer, model of boat, and given name
- tell home port or where picture was taken
- give credit to the photographer if known
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Past Tuesday Tours:
August 15, 2017 August 8, 2017 August 1, 2017
July 25, 2017 July 18, 2017 July 11, 2017 July 4, 2017 June 27, 2017 June 20, 2017 June 13, 2017