Inland Empire Antique & Classic Boat Society
Latest News at IEACBS
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and the newest articles in the Scuttlebutt 🌊 🚤
Ventnor 1951 Project
Exciting news — Paul Rodkey, IEACBS, and Central Valley High School are teaming up on a brand-new project! Paul has agreed to serve as the “caretaker” of a 1951 17’ Ventnor Runabout, which will become the club’s official project boat. Read article
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Inland Empire Chapter Wins Communication Award 2025!
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2025 International Antique and Classic Boat Society presents IEACBS Alan Wardsworth with Communication Award 2025 at Clayton, New York event. This award is the former newsletter and website award of the past that has been combined into a single award across all chapters.
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A Century of Chris-Craft Boats Takes to Lake Coeur d’Alene
Give Hunger the Bird 2025
Date: October 11, 2025
Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
Give Hunger the Bird is our largest annual fundraiser—an unforgettable evening that unites community leaders, compassionate donors, and generous partners in support of 3rd Avenue Marketplace (formerly Post Falls Food Bank). Every dollar raised helps us provide food, hope, and dignity to our neighbors in need. Together, we can build a stronger, more connected community, where no one goes hungry. 🚤🌊 More info
Fall Cruise up the St. Joe
The Inland Empire ACBS wrapped up the 2025 boating season with a classic: the annual fall run up the St. Joe River from Harrison, Idaho, to St. Maries......Read the entire story. Click here for Scuttlebutt
Celebrating 50 Years of ACBS: Inland Empire Chapter
Check out our article in the ACBS weekly newsletter celebrating 50 years of IEACBS. Click here to read article
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.