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Latest News at IEACBS

2025 Coeur d'Alene Antique & Classic Boat Festival Registration

Join us for the 2025 Coeur d’Alene Antique & Classic Boat Festival, hosted August 16–17 at the iconic Boardwalk Marina in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho! Presented by the Inland Empire Chapter of the Antique & Classic Boat Society, in partnership with Coeur Customs and Hagadone Marine Group, this beloved annual event celebrates the artistry and legacy of classic boats. Whether you're showcasing a vintage wooden beauty or a modern classic, all boat enthusiasts are welcome. Register today and be part of a weekend filled with community, craftsmanship, and unforgettable lake views!

Link to registration and pdf.

Registration is now Open! Sandpoint Classic Boat Show July 11th - 13th, 2025

Silver Wake Celebration 2025

Registration is now open to celebrate twenty-five years of the Inland Empire chapter this year at the Sandpoint Boat Show’s Silver Wake Celebration.

Please send your registration form (attached) and check early this year, as some events will have limited capacity. All registrations need to be in by July 1st for us to have everything prepared to serve you at all venues for the show.

Come add your silver wake to the celebration of our club’s legacy.

We hope to see you there!

The Sandpoint Classic Boat Show team

Jan Keener, Chair

208-661-0530

keener@my180.net 🚤🌊

Time to Register! Dry Rot Boat Show Aug. 29th - Sep. 01, 2025

Who’s ready to start thinking about summer and boat shows, especially the Priest Lake Dry Rot registration? Get your registration filled out and sent in. North Idaho’s Dry Rot Show never disappoints for a fun filled, exciting event using your boat or getting to ride in someone else’s boat. Rain or shine (or smoke)…the show goes on, so bring the appropriate clothing, keeping in mind you might see all kinds of weather – which seems to just bring more adventures & stories. Quick Link 🚤🌊 New to Dry Rot

All About Us

Inland Empire ACBS was started from members who were already members of other chapters in the northwest. We realized there was a core of members and even more to be added in northern Idaho and eastern Washington, a group petitioned to be recognized as a chapter in 2000. Inland Empire Chapter is still part of the northwest group of chapters (Columbia Willamette, Pacific Northwest, Big Sky and Okanagan Chapters) and we coordinate our events throughout the summer so that there is always a near-by boat show with no overlapping conflicts.

By now, Inland Empire members come from far and wide, as do event participants, just to be in the beautiful scenery and in the clear lakes with their vintage boats.

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History of Inland Empire Antique & Classic Boat Society

The Inland Empire ACBS was started from members who were already members of other chapters in the northwest. We realized there was a core group of members and even more to be added in northern Idaho and eastern Washington, the group petitioned to be recognized as an official chapter in 2000. Inland Empire Chapter is still part of the northwest group of chapters (Columbia Willamette, Pacific Northwest, Big Sky and Okanagan Chapters). The Inland Empire ACBS has 120 members as of the winter of 2024 and hosts three boat shows during the summer (Sandpoint Boat Show, Coeur D' Alene Festival, and Dry Rot Boat Show at Priest Lake). Inland Empire ACBS also posts a newsletter called The Scuttlebutt and the Trading Dock. Third issue of the Inland Scuttlebutt Summer of 2001. Click to view.

Chris Knapton was the founding Inland Empire Chapter President.