Inland Empire Antique & Classic Boat Society
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Ventnor 1951 Project
Exciting news the Ventnor is going home — Paul Rodkey, IEACBS, and Central Valley High School are teaming up on a brand-new project! We completed as much as we could with the students and now the rest of the project will be finished up by Paul. Another student got a job right out of CVHS at Coeur Customs.
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Read about tour to StanCraft & Coeur Customs
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It’s live! Now open on Mecum On Time, Mecum Auctions online-only auction platform, the American Wooden Boat Restoration Collection includes three auctions: Boats, Trailers & Parts; Engines, Outboards & Parts; and Parts & Accessories, all offered at no reserve with free bidder registration.
Bidding closes June 11-13.
Preview in Andover, NJ | June 4-6 (8 AM-4 PM ET) plus auction closing days
(8 AM-12 PM ET).
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A Century of Chris-Craft Boats take to
Lake Coeur d’Alene (2025)
Boat Show in Penticton, B.C. details.
For show participants, the show runs June 26,27,28. With meet and greet on Friday night, dinner on Saturday night, and a cruise up the lake on Sunday for brunch!
Please e-mail Steve Leslie for info and registration at….leslieland@telus.net
Hope to see you soon!
Thanks, Steve Leslie
Inland Empire ACBS is pleased to announce we have been asked to "Host" the International boat show in 2027 September 12th - 19th in Coeur d Alene, ID. This will be our 5th time of hosting this event and we as a chapter consider this an honor. One thing we can start thinking about is a show name, If you have an idea, click her to leave your ideas for the boat show name.
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.