2011 ACBS Annual Meeting and International Boat Show

It was an important week for the Heartland Chapter at Lake Geneva.  Chapter of the Year was awarded to the Heartland Chapter.

The Hagerty Safety Award goes to Bobby Gibson for his article on Ventures in Varnishing which was published in the Fall issue of Mahogany & Chrome.

Blackhawk and Glacier Lakes Chapters hosted this 2011 ACBS event at the Abbey Resort on Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

About 20 Heartland members enjoyed the week of meeting old and new friends and admiring the glorious boats.

Three boats were displayed from our Heartland Chapter.

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2011 Table Rock Report – Main Event

This “the most fun of all” events started early for six boats, eight couples, on Table Rock’s downstream sister lake, Bull Shoals. Then the size of the group and number of boats increased upon their return to Table Rock on Thursday afternoon. Twenty-three boats and over sixty people enjoyed the whole weekend of food, fun and friendship all centered around using our classic boats on the water on beautiful Table Rock Lake.

 

John and Carolynn Thompson led us in their 1961 Higgins for the pre-event and in their 1984 Skiff Craft, which served as a taxi for many, for the Friday and Sunday cruises and the great Saturday evening sharing of a meal and their lake house.

  Dick and Cara Moist served as co-hosts throughout the event and starred in their roles Friday evening at the Ozarks Yacht Club and then on the Saturday cruise to Coyotes Dockside Restaurant owned by a Heartland Classics member, David Bauer.

 

Friday’s 65 mile round trip cruise went up the beautiful James River Arm of Table Rock Lake to Cape Fair, Missouri for a great lunch at Koppies and service at the new marina.

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2011 Table Rock Report – Bull Shoals Pre-Event

 

Six boats with twelve classic boaters and two additional couples in vehicles–joining for the land stops– participated in the first Heartland Classics Chapter’s Bull Shoals Lake 80+ mile round-trip cruise as a pre-event to this year’s Classic Cruisin’ Weekend on nearby Table Rock Lake. Additionally, Don and Kathy Parker, chairs of Classic Cruisin’ Weekend, helped launch the boats from the Sugarloaf Harbor Marina at Diamond City, Arkansas before hurrying back to take care of last minute duties for the coming weekend.

Originally the Bull Shoals pre-event cruise of June 8^th and 9^th had been planned to be over 130 miles of round-trip cruising but record high water still had marinas in the upper reaches of the lake without power and services necessitating the revised float plan. With temperatures in the low to mid 90’s, a slightly shortened cruise seemed just right.

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2011 Lake Dora Report

Sunnyland’s Lake Dora Boat Show

Perfect weather in a beautiful setting! Sunnyland Chapter of ACBS hosted the 2011 kickoff boat show for 100’s of participants and 1,000’s of spectators at Wooten Park in Tavares, FL on the shores of Lake Dora. This little lake connects to a chain of fresh water lakes through a tropical canal in central Florida. Raceboats were the featured model this year among a wide variety of classic boats.

Besides going to Florida for warm weather in March, many especially love this show because of the fun Flea Market/Swap Meet at the park. Clay Thompson dug through a whole bucket of cleats to find just the right one he had been missing. Kathy Parker has a new set of poles with magnetic ends to make backing up to a trailer hitch a snap. Don Ayers officially greeted the public in the Chris Craft Brass Bell booth. And we all had home-made ice cream and frozen lemonade, of course.

 Heartland member Craig Hartwig welcomed all in his role as President of the Sunnyland Chapter. Over a dozen Heartland Classics members were part of the weekend. Four Heartland boats were there;

2010 Mahogany & Chrome Report

Grand Lake of the Cherokees in northeast Oklahoma hosted classic boaters and their admirers for a beautiful weekend of boating and a judged boat show. Over 50 boats were displayed at the Mahogany & Chrome Boat Festival plus a great showing of outboard motors.

Featured speaker was Lou Rauh from Antique Boat Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, who joined us for the weekend. Members had the chance to visit with Lou about their boats and wishes as well as learn from him about things to look for before buying a wooden boat.

Darren Arnold, was chairman of the event.
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Come to Grand Lake

GRAND LAKE ’O THE CHEROKEES, OKLA. – – Some stunning and rare antique and classic boats will be displayed at the 17th Annual Mahogany & Chrome Antique & Classic Boat Festival at Arrowhead Yacht Club, Grand Lake, Oklahoma, Oct. 1-3, 2011. Approximately 50+ antique and classic wooden and fiberglass boats from a five-state region will be on display for the public to view at the festival presented by the Heartland Classics Chapter of the Antique & Classic Boat Society according to Darren Arnold, event coordinator. Find more all details by clicking here.
Sponsors of the event are Cherokee Yacht Club, Arrowhead Yacht Club and the Cottages at Big Hollow. Major sponsor is Bank of the Lakes. For more information, please contact the Heartland event coordinator: Darren Arnold 918.639.8279 or (darren.arnold@cox.net.) darren.arnold (at) cox (dot) net

The guest speaker at the banquet will be Lou Rauh, CEO of the Antique Boat Center located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Antique Boat Center was established in January 1990 in Cincinnati, Ohio with Lou Rauh navigating the helm as CEO. Over the last 20 years, it has become one of the nation’s largest classic boat restoration and sales firms. The company has nearly 20 employees. Mr. Rauh will be speaking at the banquet after the boat show.

Over the last 20 years, this firm has evolved into the largest antique and classic boat sales and brokerage company in the east. The Antique Boat Center operates from a 22,000 square-foot indoor showroom to display 60-80 boats for sale along with a full service and restoration department ready to serve the needs of any classic boat owner.
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2010 Beaver Lake Rendezvous Report

Beautiful sunny day! Beautiful Beaver Lake, Arkansas. Heartland Classics Boaters rendezvoused for boating

and swimming

and eating, of course.

A dozen classic boats drew the attention of the lake population. Visitors included this amphicar.

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2010 Garvan Gardens Report

Lake Hamilton, located in Hot Springs, AR, was the setting for a classic boat rendezvous and show from April 15th through 18th, 2010.

After an evening of Sam’s pizza, a day cruise around the lake with grilled lunch at Sunset Cove and an evening at Fisherman’s Wharf, the boats moved to Garvan Woodland Gardens for a show open to the public. Many questions were answered and remembrances shared.

Garvan Woodland Gardens is a beautiful 210 acre wonderland of forest and flowers managed by the University of Arkansas. Each year show participants and guests enjoy the park and marvel at the work done by volunteers such as Heartland Classics members Stuart and Diana Perry.

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Spring Fling @ Lake Dora

Lake Dora in central Florida was adorned by classic boats the last weekend in March. Sunnyland Chapter and the town of Tavares were great hosts for this annual Rite of Spring.

Larry Nichol’s ARRRGH! Represented the Heartland Chapter. This eye catching XK-19 became a crowd favorite and was easily identified because of Larry’s and Susan Miller’s pirate décor. (Check out the Woody Boater posting on March 30, 2010 and scroll back through several days.)

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1959 Riva Ariston #219

by Dan Diehl
In 2009 I went to the Tavares boat show looking for information on restoring my 21’ Cobra. Terry Fiest had his beautifully restored Cobra at the show and I thought I would take pictures of it to help with my project. After finding many of the parts I needed at the show’s swap meet and getting my pictures of Terry’s boat, I was feeling pretty good about my Cobra. My friend Clay Thompson, a knowledgeable and prolific restorer of wooden boats, and I headed for the docks to see the boats that were there for the show. As it turns out, the Marque Class group for the ’09 show was the Riva series of boats. Clay is also an owner of a Riva Aquarama and a Riva 1959 Tritone. When we walked out on the dock, there was an Ariston on each side of the walkway. I was spellbound. I’ve always thought the Cobra had the best lines of any boat ever built but when I saw the Ariston, I put it at the top next to the Cobra. In my mind, these are the two most beautiful boats ever made. Right there, that day, I knew I had to have an Ariston.
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