Welcome to the North Carolina Coastal and Piedmont Chapter of the Antique & Classic Boat Society
March 1, 2023
Greetings fellow boat enthusiasts!
So, how are the home fires burning for y’all? Winter and early spring are the times to take stock of the condition of our boats and undertake maintenance and repair. It provides its own joys and rewards, with visions of a successful and timely completion foremost in everyone’s minds. Here’s to hoping it’s so for all of us this season! As you can read in the articles below, several of us have been engaged in “getting ready” over the past few months, and we could use some encouragement. Nevermind sayings like “Murphy’s Law” or “the best laid plans of mice and men…”, I’m going to leave my observations in optimistic mode!
A popular motivation for folk to prep their vessels is the annual Lake Dora Show of the Sunnyland Chapter in Florida. It takes place in late March. Many in the antique and classic boating community consider it the “start” of the boating season, with some enthusiastically counting down the days like a kid awaiting Christmas. (See: Woodyboater.com) If you’re going or interested in going, please let us know! It’s great to meet up when down there, and for those remaining behind, it's nice to hear about your fun times. And don’t forget to take pics to share!
With that, I think it’s time to wrap up this column, get back to my projects and let you get back to yours. You can read about mine (rebuilding a small block chevy for my 1962 Chris Craft Holiday below), and I hope we can read about yours in an upcoming article. Just send a note with what you’re doing and we’ll be glad to include it! Regardless, may your dreams of project success come true!
Hope to see you at an event soon!
Cheers,
Jeff
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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:
- 3/10 Friday. Chapter Workshop—Phillips Plating in Bridgeton , lunch at Alan Hills’ home, then visit to SeaDek—marine flooring (New Bern) coordinated by Alan Hills. Click here to sign up by 3/7. 10:30 AM to 3:00 PM Details in March newsletter.
- 3/23-27 Sunnyland ACBS Boat Festival in Tavares, FL
- 3/23 ACBS Chapter Round Table 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM at The Tavares Pavilion (at boat festival site). All members invited to attend. To register: https://myacbs.org/Meeting/Register/80
- 3/23 ACBS Quarterly Board meeting 11 AM to 2 PM at The Tavares Pavilion (at boat festival site). All interested members encouraged to attend.
- 4/1 Cape Fear Community College Boat Show in Wilmington. Click here for show web page. Chapter entries coordinated by Jim Dean.
- 4/14-16 Oriental in-water boat show with wooden boat exhibit. Click here for info.
- 4/22 New Bern—Trent River Run & Lunch at Saltwater Grill in River Bend. Coordinated by Alan Hills. Click here to sign up by 4/20. 10 AM to 3 PM
- 4/26 Chapter Business Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 PM
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 VP 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
2023 Chapter Board: (Below L to R):
Alan Hills (VP), Judy Hills (Sec), John Justice (Director), Jeff Martinson (Pres), Jim Alexander (Director), John Dougherty (Director), Bill Conley (Director), and Kevin Leiner (Treas).
(Not pictured Dan Bixler-Director).
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