Inland Empire Antique & Classic Boat Society
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Latest News at IEACBS
Check out the latest news from IEACBS
and the newest articles in the Scuttlebutt. 🚤🌊
Time to Register! Dry Rot Boat Show Aug. 29th - Sep. 01, 2025
Who’s ready to start thinking about summer and boat shows, especially the Priest Lake Dry Rot registration? Get your registration filled out and sent in. North Idaho’s Dry Rot Show never disappoints for a fun filled, exciting event using your boat or getting to ride in someone else’s boat. Rain or shine (or smoke)…the show goes on, so bring the appropriate clothing, keeping in mind you might see all kinds of weather – which seems to just bring more adventures & stories. Quick Link 🚤🌊 New to Dry Rot
It's time for Dry Dock #3 at StanCraft, 2936 W Dakota Ave, Hayden, ID 83835 at 10:00.
Fri, Apr 25, Hayden, Idaho. Quick Link
Shop Tour/Boat Discussion at StanCraft Marine Group. Coffee and Donuts will be provided by Paul Rodkey, need more details? revrodkey@gmail.com
Welcome NEW SPONSORS
Check out our new sponsors for IEACBS for the 2025 boating season. Welcome H & S Marine Service 6622 N Perry St. Spokane, WA. If you would like to be a sponsor please call Steve Zwarg. Thank you Alan & Lynn Thompson for your wonderful donation.
Save the date! Sandpoint Classic Boat Show July 11th - 13th, 2025
To celebrate twenty-five years of the Inland Empire chapter this year, we proudly request your presence at a special Sandpoint show.
This year’s highlights will feature what beautiful downtown Sandpoint has to offer, with all show events on Friday and Saturday within walking distance of your spot on the boardwalk.
--We kick things off with a Friday evening Welcome Aboard Dinner, featuring the delicious faire at Marigold Bistro in the Sandpoint Center.
--On Saturday, treat yourself to our lady’s luncheon at the Hydra Restaurant, followed by an evening banquet and award ceremony at the intimate Heartwood Center.
--Sunday morning, we will unleash the ponies for a short boat or car ride to Dish at Dover Bay for breakfast.
Registration will open by May 1st. Reflecting on the beauty and timelessness of antique boats and the event’s legacy with our club, we hope to see you there!
The Sandpoint Classic Boat Show team
Jan Keener, Chair Quick Link 🚤🌊
Whitefish Woody Weekend June 27-29, 2025 has once again been nominated in the FavoriteCommunity Event category in the Best of Whitefish 2025 Competition. We have come in 4th and 5th the last two years. Please take a minute to vote for Whitefish Woody Weekend and help move us into contention for Whitefish Favorite Community Event 2025. Voting ends Sunday April 6th. Click Here
2025 McCall Antique Boat Show
The Payette Lakes Chapter (PLC) of the Antique and Classic Boat Society is excited to invite you to participate in the 2025 McCall Antique Boat Show. The event will take place on August 1-3, 2025 at Payette Lake in McCall, Idaho. Similar to last year, this year’s boat show will also welcome “Flying Boats” (seaplanes) to participate. Quick Link
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.