Welcome to the North Carolina Coastal and Piedmont Chapter of the Antique & Classic Boat Society
Chapter Workshop at Cape Fear Community College on January 11, 2025
January 1, 2025
Ahoy Mateys,
Happy New Year! Before we leave 2024 in our wake, I want to express my thanks to Sharon and Bill Conley for opening their home to us for our chapter Christmas and awards party and to all those who assisted in planning the night’s activities. Congratulations to our award winners and thanks to all who attended. I think everyone had a fun time.
As has become our chapter’s calling card, we have a bunch of activities planned for 2025. I am looking for members or co-members with organizational skills who would like to manage/assist in one or more of our events. Email me if interested. PLEASE! 2025 is also the 20th anniversary of our chapter’s founding. In case you missed it, we were featured in the Dec. 21st edition of the Weekly Web Watch. Click on the link at the bottom of the page to read the article.
We are kicking the New Year off early (Jan 11th) with a facility tour and workshop to be held at Cape Fear Community College. While the fellows are doing guy things, the ladies are invited to take in all that downtown Wilmington has to offer. Should be a lot of fun for all! We have also invited Sea Scout Ship 224 out of Cary to join us. More info later in the newsletter. We also have a board meeting on the 29th via Zoom. All are invited to “attend”. The agenda items to include getting the 2025 budget and calendar worked out, among other issues.
Alas, we did not have anyone rise to the challenge of the membership contest. No entries, so no winners. We continue to hope that all our current members will be on the lookout for perspective new members in 2025. We peaked at 70 members (WOW) briefly last year but have been hovering at 65-67. Great job all who helped make this happen. Let’s keep it up! At least 10 of you are coming up for renewal in January so don’t forget to git ‘er done. Speaking of renewal, the ACBS dues are going up to $75 per year while the chapter dues will remain at $20 a year for now.
Wishing us as a chapter and individuals a most happy and healthy 2025 and please do plan to attend at least one chapter event this year. We’d love to see you!
Yours in classic boating,
Alan Hills, President
2025 What's New or News?
January 2025 Messing About in Boats
Click here to view the latest newsletter.
2025 Calendar of Events Being Developed
We invite members to propose events, outings and workshop topics. We have a skeleton plan, but need to flesh it out. Email your ideas to President Alan Hills.
Chapter wins ACBS awards at 2024 International Show
Our Chapter received two prestigious awards: the Small Chapter Publication Award and the 2024 Chapter Growth Award—Greatest Percent Increase in New Members. We know we are winners, but it is nice to be acknowledged.
Chapter featured on ACBS Weekly Web Watch on 12/21/24. Click here to read.
Upcoming events
Watch the website and the newsletter for events that our chapter is either sponsoring or encouraging you to participate in. Here are a few key dates:
- 1/29 Chapter Board meeting via Zoom at 7 PM—members invited to attend. Click here.
- 2/8 Super Bowl Regional gatherings.
Triangle: Raleigh--Bantas home
Eastern: New Bern--Hills home
Wilmington: TBD
Organizing a Pop-Up Event
In addition to the events scheduled on our calendar, we invite members to create a “last-minute” gathering and notify chapter members of the opportunity to participate. This could be a workshop, an “I need help with…”, a run on the lake, or something else special that you have run across or want to do. Here is how it works:
- You identify the opportunity
- You email the details to President Alan Hills
- Alan will forward the information to all chapter members ASAP
- You take pictures, write up the event, and submit a them to the newsletter editor
2025 Chapter Board: (Below L to R):
Bill Conley (Dir). John Dougherty (Treas), Jim Alexander (Dir), Alan Hills (Pres), Judy Hills (Sec), Jeff Martinson (VP), Kevin Leiner (Dir), and John Justice (Dir). Not shown: Jim Hartman (Dir).
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