Upper Mississippi River ACBS Chapters
BlackHawk Chapter  (S. Wisconsin & N. Illinois)
www.blackhawkacbs.com
Glacier Lakes Chapter (Mid. & Upper Wisconsin)
Bob Speltz-Land of Lakes (Minnesota)
www.acbs-bslol.com
Heartland Classics Chapter (AR, MO, KS, NE)
www.heartland-classics.org
Jerry Dyhrkopp Iowa Great Lakes (NW Iowa)
Humboldt, IA  (No Website)
Clear Lake Chapter ACBS (Iowa, S.MN, E.IL)
www.clearlakeacbs.org (You have arrived!)
Some Useful Books Related To Our Hobby

The Bob Speltz Real Runabouts, (Series of seven books) Available thru ACBS National Office
www.acbs.org/shipsstore.html

Chris-Craft, The Essential Guide, by Jerry Conrad
Available from the Mariners Museum, Newport News, VA.     www.mariner.org/shop
How to Restore Your Wooden Runabout, by Don Danenberg, Vol. I and II.  Available at many book sellers and via Don's boat shop.
www.danenbergboatworks.com
Inboard Motor Installations, by Glen L. Witt and Ken Hankinson.  Available at many book sellers and via the Glen-L website.  www.glen-l.com
Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual, by Nigel Calder. Available at many book sellers and via WoodenBoat Magazine Shipstore.
www.woodenboatstore.com/books/

Some Sources Of Restoration and Refinishing Materials

The goods and services listed on this page are items that Chapter members have found helpful and informative and do not constitute an endorsement of them in any way, shape or form. This list is certainly not comprehensive and is primarily showing goods and services we have used in the USA Midwest. 

Cedar Tree Boat Shop
Marine Plywood, Epifanes Finishes, MAS Epoxies, Consulting
Des Moines, IA
www.cedartreeinc.com
Jamestown Distributors,  Bristol, RI
One of the most complete marine chandleries in the US. Especially marine fasteners.
www.jamestowndistributors.com
The Classic Boat Connection,   Mankato, MN
Lots of classic boat parts and hard to find stuff.
PH: 507-344-8024
Email: mail@classicboatconnection.com
www.classicboatconnection.com
L.L. Johnson lumber Mfg. Co.   Charlotte, MI
These folks know boat lumber.
800-292-5937
www.theworkbench.com
The wooden Boat Shop,   Cincinnati, OH
More of the hard to find and brand specific stuff.
PH: 800-807-7281
www.woodenboatshop.com

Some Boat Restorers In Our Region

Steve Dyhrkopp,  Milford, IA  (Okoboji area)
PH: 712-338-2557
John DeVries,  George, IA  (West of Okoboji)
712-475-2645
Scott Hawkinson,  Rockford, MN (Minnetonka area)
763-370-3569
www.hawkinsonwoodenboats.com
Sherwood Heggen,  Osceola, WI (NE of Minneapolis)
715-294-2415
heggensj@centurytel.net
Dan Nelson,  Nelson Boatworks
Minnetrista, MN  (Minnetonka area)
952-472-3687
nelsonboat@frontiernet.net
Howard Classic Boats, Langley, OK
(Grand Lake area)
918-782-1855
www.howardclassicboats.com

Known Marque Clubs

Marque clubs are clubs or organizations whose members focus on the attributes, history, construction methods etc., of a particular
brand or type of vintage or classic boat. Most
if not all are recognized by ACBS.
For a complete listing, Click HERE to see the
ACBS current information. Once at the ACBS
site, click on Marque Clubs.

Related Magazines, E-Zines, Blog Sites, Chapter Publications

WoodenBoat Magazine, bi-monthly, all wood boats
www.woodenboat.com/wbmag/
The Rudder, The quarterly magazine of ACBS.
Available as part of society membership.
www.acbs.org/rudder.html
The Brass Bell, the quarterly publication of the 
Chris-Craft Antique Boat Club. Available as part of the CCABC membership. A terrific publication.
www.chris-craft.org
Vintage Boating Life, now an online magazine, it has good content and interesting articles about boats in the mid-south area.
www.vintageboatinglife.com
The Boathouse, the quarterly publication of the 
Bob Speltz Land-O-Lakes Chapter, ACBS. 
Available as part of Chapter membership with many on-line features.
www.acbs-bslol.com            
Mahogany and Chrome, the quarterly publication of
the Heartland Classic Chapter, ACBS.
Available as part of Chapter membership with many on-line features.
Classic Boating magazine, bi-monthly, classy classics
262-567-4800   E-mail:classicboating@webtv.net
Classic Yacht Magazine, An online magazine with its focus on classic boats of all kinds and many articles on the specific boats of our hobby.
www.classicyachtmag.com
Woody Boater, claiming to be the No.1 daily journal for classic boat enthusiasts. This site has gobs of links, and seems to go on and on and on.
www.woodyboater.com

Some specific How To articles  

Articles that have been written over the years by Sherwood Heggen (Osceola, WI), for the BSLOL
Chapter's quarterly "The Boathouse".
"Gadgets and Kinks"
Articles that have been written over the years by Dr. Motorhead, for the BSLOL Chapter's quarterly "The Boathouse".
"The Service Department"
Jack McCarthy at the Wooden Boat Shop in Cincinnati has a series of "How To" articles. Many of these were originally published in Vintage Boating Life, but are now available as a part of the Shop's website.
"McCarthy Articles"

This page last modified on Friday, February 13, 2009