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Judging Your Antique or Classic Boat
The baby boom population grows toward retirement, the children are educated and there’s finally some extra time and money-maybe the time has come for that mahogany speed boat remembered from your childhood. Often the old car thing has come and gone with the first born son or daughter and the boat dream comes to the forefront. We see this beautiful work of wooden art in the movies, in up scale advertising, at the boat shows and on the water. When ever there’s one around she’s the boat that draws the most attention and admiration. YOU’VE GOT’A HAVE ONE!!! With the decision made it’s time to find the boat. But where do I look, what’s she worth and most of all “how will I know if she’s a well found vessel that’s properly maintained or restored? With this script we will look at judging the properly restored antique or classic boat and save the “where to look” and “what’s she worth” for another day. In 1975 eight old boat buffs lead by Joseph W. Fleming, II formed an organization for like minded people, THE ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC BOAT SOCIETY, INC. [ACBS], which has grown to 7221 members in 48 chapters in the US and Canada. Their vision as printed in the 2004 membership Directory is as follows: “ The vision of the Antique and Classic Boat Society, Inc. is to provide an organization wherein people of a common interest in and love of historic, antique and classic boats can come together with friends and colleagues in a spirit of fellowship and fun to share dreams, adventures, knowledge and experiences.” As time went on it was decided that judging of classic boats would not be the primary function of the Society; but, that judging and the presentation of awards did create the incentive to restore and maintain the vessels to a high level of quality and to promote pride of ownership and concern for authenticity. Because of the benefits ACBS, at the national level, came forward with a set of procedures to insure that all ACBS sanctioned judging was uniform among the chapters. The basic premise is to judge a boat in its present condition against what is was like when it was originally delivered to the first owner by the manufacturer or dealer. When evaluated by this standard the total of 100 points would be a “like new” boat, three factors may be considered: AUTHENTICITY, WORKMANSHIP and MAINTENANCE. Judging falls into six categories:
Again this year the Junior Craftsman Award in each Category will be available for youth from 9 to 19 years of age, male or female sponsored by ACBS National’s Youth Development Committee, chaired by director Les Demaline. Within these categories there are two classes:
The judging of all entered boats at an event is conducted by a
group made up of the Chief Judge, Team Captains and the individual
Judges. Remembering that the highest possible score for each entry is 100 points, representing a boat that is equal to an original at the time of manufacture, points may be deducted from the total following these specific criteria. EXTERIOR, GENERAL APPEARANCE {20 Points}
INTERIOR and UPHOLSTERY, GENERAL APPEARANCE {20 POINTS}
ENGINE and ENGINE COMPARTMENT {20 Points}
QUALITY of FINISH {20 Points}
INSTRUMENTS and HARDWARE {20 points}
With this in mind we wish you the best of luck in finding your antique or classic dream boat. You may want to start your search at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, in St. Michaels, MD June 18 to 20, 2004 when the Antique and Classic Boat Society, Chesapeake Bay Chapter holds it’s annual Antique and Classic Boat Festival. This is an ACBS Judged Event. For more information about ACBS, boat judging or the Antique and Classic Boat Festival call Maryann Fiaschetti, Boat Festival Chairperson 410-437-9066, Rick Sharpe, President ACBS/CBC 410-301-6317 or Capt. Jim Shotwell, Chief Judge 800-554-BOAT [2628] ________________ About the author: Capt. Jim Shotwell is a boat builder/ restorer with shops in Pa, MD and Florida, the President of Antique and Classic Boat Charters, Inc., Annapolis, teaches boat building and writes about boat restoration projects and the Antique and Classic Boat Society of which he is a life member. He also serves as the Chief Judge and the Vice-President of programs for The Antique and Classic Boat Society /Chesapeake Bay Chapter. He can be reached at jim@jimshotwellboats.com or 800-554-2628. |
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