From Thomas Gruenauer, Wine Country and Niagara Frontier Chapters I purchased my 1928 Chris Smith and Sons Boat Company runabout in 1989. It is a 24-foot Model 3 triple cockpit runabout. It is powered by an original type Chrysler Imperial LMC marine engine. I acquired the boat from a professional restoration shop located in Massachusetts.…
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From the Chapter Development Committee July 26th at 7:00PM EST will be our next virtual Chapter Roundtable focused on Chapter Membership Dashboards. Rob Cassell will walk Chapter leaders through the reports and help them understand the data as it is presented in the dashboards. Please register at https://myacbs.org/Meeting/Register/89 to attend the session and get the…
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From John Vyverberg, Chief Judge, Wine Country Classic Boats/ACBS At our Wine Country Classic Boats’ 40th Annual Show on Saturday July 15, 2023, in Hammondsport, New York, we made the new Resto-Mod category an official judging category for the first time. I am please to announce that the Resto-Mod Award Winner was a 1964 15′…
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La Duchesse The Antique Boat Museum, ACBS Lifetime Associate Member and Thousand Islands Chapter The 106′ houseboat La Duchesse brings the gracious River lifestyle of the turn of the 20th Century to life. Built in 1903, for hotelier George Boldt, manager of New York City’s famed Waldorf-Astoria hotel, and a summer resident of the Thousand…
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From Jeff Wells, Indiana Chapter Member I wanted to share this with you and the gang. My 1950 Lyman 18’ Islander recently finished first in the antique division at our annual Flotilla that was started in 1961 by my dad and some of his buddies. The boat is named Big Al and my buddy did…
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From Headquarters We are visiting our northern friends this week for ACBS – Toronto’s 42nd Annual Vintage Boat Show at the Muskoka Wharf in Gravenhurst, Ontario.The show is truly Magic on the Water. Today there will be over 100 boats in water, and an additional 40+ on land display… representing so many different boatbuilders…Duke, Greavette,…
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By Robert Hamilton, Chesapeake Bay Chapter The ACBS and specifically, the Chesapeake Bay Chapter, lost a beloved, longtime member this spring. Raymond (Ray) Rees Glenn, age 80, died from pancreatic cancer on May 14, 2023, at his home in Harwood, MD. Ray was one of those members every chapter needs and is lucky to have. …
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Our friend and ACBS Member, Mike Green, of Maritime Classics in Traverse City, Michigan, headed over to the local antique boat and car show at Bay Harbor the other weekend. Thanks for taking us all on a tour, Mike! It is a great preview of the site (and most likely some of the boats) for…
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From Headquarters ACBS will be offering a Resto-Mod Class as a trial-run for the 2023 International Show in Bay Harbor, Michigan. Our intention is to provide members an opportunity for restored, modified and/or customized boats 25 years and older to have their boats judged against similarly restored boats. Items such as modern or non-original power,…
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From Headquarters Online registrations for the 2023 Vintage Boat Week in Bay Harbor, Michigan, will be opening today, Thursday, June 29th. The schedule of the week’s events and a link to the online registration form will be posted on the website at ACBS 2023 Vintage Boat Week
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Don Leutz, Awards Committee Chair ACBS is proud of all of our chapters and the hardworking volunteers that put in so much work to keep the chapters running. Now is the time to recognize those folks for their hard work and dedication to keeping the chapters both organized and having fun. Please consider nominating a…
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By Ginger Henry Special to The Lake George Mirror, Printed May 26, 2023, Reprinted here with permission from The Lake George Mirror. As kids growing up in the 1950s in Hague [NY], my brothers and I spent summer weekends watching our dad race his DU stock utility boat on the circuit in the northeast, including…
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