Lake Greenwood 2025

Lake Greenwood Boat Show Update….   Join us for a celebration of craftsmanship and tradition as we welcome everyone to Lake Greenwood, South Carolina on May 16-17, 2025……. My Greetings to all, and the spring and early summer seasons will be here soon! We look forward to bringing our members, boating enthusiasts, the public, and…

2024 Hilton Head Concours d’Elegance

Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance – November 2-3 Once again, our Chapter is invited to participate in the Special Exhibit theme of Life on the Water…. The goal in the past has been to have approximately 20 boats so that we will continue to be invited back. Each year, there is also a companion Special Exhibit…

2024 Greenwood-Annual meeting

Lake Greenwood Show/Annual Meeting  – October 4-5   Earlier this year we changed our Lake Greenwood Show from April to October to accommodate the extensive county renovation of the docks at Lake Greenwood. The results of the project have been great! We can accommodate up to 32 boats this year. Trailer parking has also been…

ACBS NC event

Announcing a NC Coastal & Piedmont ACBS Chapter Event coming soon! The event will be at Mariners Museum & Park, 100 Museum Drive, Newport News, VA on Saturday March 30, 2024 The NC Coastal & Piedmont Chapter is hosting this free event that includes a one hour presentation on the USS Monitor and free admission…

ACBS NC event

Announcing a NC Coastal & Piedmont ACBS Chapter Event coming soon! The event will be at Lowell Boats in Greensboro, NC on Saturday January 13, 2024 A workshop by Gary Lowell on wooden boat restoration and marine surveying. Lunch will be provided with a suggested donation of $10 per person. There will also be a…

It’s Boat Show Time

I know we have just started a new year and that only a couple of months ago you put your boat to bed for the winter, but Boat Shows stop for no one. What in the heck am I talking about, well we just had our first planning meeting for the 2023 Lake Lure Spring…

Vintage Boating Day

Saturday, August 20, 2022 This was in the Summer 2022 edition of the Rudder magazine on page 33. If anyone is interested, August 20th is International Vintage Boating Day. Please send your pictures boating on the 20th to: vintageboatingday@acbs.ca Go Boating with friends and family wherever you are or plan a club show or rendezvous. …

Update: Lake Lure Spring Classic

The Lake Lure boat show May 20-21st is in the final planning stages. This will be our third show on Lake Lure and our first official boat show for this year. For those who might not know, the Blue Ridge Chapter was founded at the Lake Lure Inn so many years ago. I understand the…

Update: Hartwell Rendezvous

This year we will have a rendezvous on the lake and not a show. What is a rendezvous you may ask? Well, it is a group of boaters who happen to show up at the same time and same place, boat together, and happen to end up at the same place for lunch. This will…

Hartwell Rendezvous

Spring is quickly showing her head here in the South. The daffodils are blooming, some were even up last month, and the days are getting warmer. You should be well underway on your winter boat projects. The Hartwell boat Festival Committee has been working hard to plan a show for 2022. We have run into…