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Links
Other Boat Clubs, Special-Interest Websites And Associations
FiberGlassics
- www.fiberglassics.com
Antique
& Classic Boat Society (ACBS)
- www.acbs.org
The international website of the club, associated with vintage mahogany runabouts,
but including an increasing number of cruisers and classic-glass boats.
ACBS
Chapters:
Pacific
Northwest (WA State)
- www.acbs-pnw.org
Website's classified section is its most popular feature.
Columbia-Willamette
Chapter (OR, SW WA)
- www.cwc-acbs.org
Mostly Portland-area members.
Inland
Empire Chapter (Idaho, E. WA, Montana) - www.inlandempireacbs.org
Most members are in the Spokane-to-Coeur 'd Alene corridor.
Okanogan
Chapter (British Columbia) - www.oacbs.ca
Headquartered in the Kelowna area.
Antique
Outboard Motor Club
- www.aomci.org
The club's national website.
AOMC:
Puget Sounders Chapter
www.pugetsoundersaomc.com
Classic
Yacht Association
- www.classicyacht.org
CYA-vintage cruisers, with the greatest concentration of members in Washington
and California, but also with fleets on the East Coast, in Canada and Alaska.
Ed
Monk Wooden Boat Club
- www.edmonkwoodenboatclub.org
For owners of boats designed by the late Edwin Monk, centered in the Puget Sound
region.
Chris-Craft
Antique Boat Club
- www.chris-craft.org
National club with excellent magazine and website.
Chris-Craft
Rendezvous
- www.chriscraftrendezvous.com
Organizers of the largest gathering of Chris-Craft cruisers
in the world, held in Port Orchard over the weekend of July 9-12, 2009.
Glasspar
Owners Association
- www.classicglasspars.com
Glasspar
G-3 Owners Club - e-mail
keith4gea@aol.com
Classic
Glastron Owner Association - www.classicglastron.com
Thompson
Boat Club - www.thompsondockside.com
Lyman
Boat Owners Association - www.lboa.net
Most members are in the Midwest and East Coast, where the boats were built.
Higgins
Classic Boat Association - www.higginsclassicboats.com
For fans of the plywood-planked runabouts and cruisers.
Century
Boat Club -
www.centuryboatclub.com
Most members are in the Midwest and East Coast.
Classic
Skagit Boat Club - www.classicskagitboatclub.com
A repository for information on Skagit boats; not a boat club, per se, according
to custodian Bill Roberts.
Uniflite
Owners Club - www.unifliteworld.com
Online information for owners of the Bellingham-built Uniflites.
The
Gar Wood Society -
www.garwood.com
For those interested in vintage Gar Wood boats.
Traditional
Small Craft Association - www.tsca.net
For owners of rowing and sailing boats; president is in Lake Forest Park. TSCA
is a national club, with lots of on-the-water meets.
Old
Boat.com - www.oldboat.com
Nnational website with free classified ads for vintage boats and motors.
The
Center for Wooden Boats - www.cwb.org
Non-profit small-craft maritime museum in Seattle.
The
Wooden Boat Foundation - www.woodenboat.org
In Port Townsend; organizer of the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival; part of
the Northwest Maritime Center, a large complex under construction.
Vintage
Outboard Motors
The
Antique Outboard Motor Club - www.aomci.org
National association with regional Puget Sound Chapter.
Outboard
Motor Repair - www.outboardrepairs.com
Parts for older motors; website is part of the i-boats network.
Propnut
Classic and Antique Outboards -
www.propnut.com
Stone
and Sons Marine - www.outboard-parts.com
Source of parts for old Johnsons, Evinrudes and other OMC products.
Roberts
Maritime Systems - www.robertsmaritimesystems.com
Vintage Merc, Homelite and Bearcat Outboards and Parts
Bill Roberts of Coupeville, Whidbey Island, WA.
Vintage
Outboard & Marine Supply - www.vintageoutboard.com
Doug Brooke, in Spokane, specializes in parts for old Mercs, but also carries
supplies for Johnsons, Evinrudes and other motors.
Twin
City Outboard - www.twincityoutboard.com
Located in Minnesota, it is one of the country's largest sources of used vintage
outboard parts.
Grubb's
Marine - www.oldmercs.com
A vintage Mercury outboard specialist. Websites includes charts to help identify
your old Merc.
Vintage
Outboard Paint - www.nymarine.ca
Available from Peter McDowell in Ontario, Canada.
Old-Boat
Literature
Vintage
Marine Sales Literature
used to be the company of Nat Hammond, collector, who last year sold the collection
to Todd Warner of Mahogany Bay, Inc., in Minnesota. We haven't ordered vintage
brochures or ads since the sale, so we're not sure if the business is being operated
in the same way, but here's their website:
www.vmsl.com.
Classic
Boat Insurance
Hagerty
Marine Insurance,
which covers vintage boats as well as collectible cars: www.hagerty.com
For links to other kinds of old-boat-related businesses, please check out
NWCBC's Restoration Resource
Guide.
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