Looking Back to Fall 2025…… My new year greetings to everyone as we start into 2026! The late fall of 2025 seemed to go by so quickly. I hope that everyone enjoyed the Holiday Season with family and friends. I wanted to go back and share our very successful display at the Hilton Head Island…
The ACBS 50th Anniversary International Show in Clayton…….with a stop at the Smith Mountain Lake’s Annual Show on the way to New York! Although some time has passed, what a special experience attending the ACBS 50th Anniversary Boat Show for a week in mid to later September. This was a first time experience in…
A once in a lifetime chance to be among 9 Paddle Wheel boats on the Ohio River at the same time. What a way to experience the first national celebrations of our nation’s 250th birthday. The Cincinnati Chapter in conjunction with the River Roots Festival organization sponsored a weekend long gathering of paddle wheel boats…
Lake Lure’s One Year Commemoration from Helene An inspirational journey of resilience, response, care and recovery while looking to the future……. It has been a sincere privilege to follow the recovery process for Lake Lure and Chimney Rock after the overwhelming destruction from Helene on September 27th of 2024. This is the fifth update article…
2025 Georgetown Wooden Boat Show By Walter and Jane Hardin Georgetown, South Carolina was founded in 1729 and is the third oldest city on the water in SC behind Charleston and Beaufort. About 36 years ago, Maritime Museum leaders launched the first Wooden Boat Show to help revitalize the historic downtown waterfront. Being a coastal…
Lake Lure’s recovery continues positively! My greetings to everyone, This is the 4th in a series of Blue Ridge Chapter updates on the recovery of Lake Lure from Hurricane Helene. This visit was on day 345 of the storm response process, and it’s amazing that over 1 million cubic yards of debris has been removed…
The ACBS to participate in the AMERICA’S RIVER ROOTS FESTIVAL Cincinnati, Ohio October 9-12, 2025 This is a signature event to kickoff America’s 250th Celebration taking place on the Cincinnati, Covington and Newport riverfronts. This promises to be a truly amazing experience featuring nine stunning riverboats, the beautiful riverfront, wonderful music, delicious cuisine and a historical glimpse…
Lake Lure Trailer Show and Lake Lure Recovery Update…….. My greetings to everyone as we are enjoying the summer season, and I hope that you experienced a wonderful Fourth of July celebration with family and friends! This is a longer update to share and I appreciate your time to read through and visit the different…
Showtime at Lake Greenwood…….. It was a pleasure to share time together at Lake Greenwood on May 16 and 17. Our sincere thank you to Art Swanson as the host of the Show, and for all his organizing efforts and advanced planning! We had several early arrivals on Thursday and then donuts to greet those…
Rain Rain Go Away………. As kids we have all sung that song in hopes of a sunny day. Most of the time the rain came anyway, but for Hartwell Rendezvous the song worked. All week the weather forecaster was predicting rain on both Friday and Saturday. Thursday night he said it would rain at three…