Hello and welcome to the Michigan Chapter Antique and Classic Boat Society's web page. We are excited that you have shown an interest in our chapter. Even though we are not the oldest chapter in the society we are known as the chapter 'Where It All Began". The term comes from the fact that the industry of pleasure boating started right here in Michigan. To be exact Algonac Michigan was where Chris Smith started his company that would become known as Chris Craft, Algonac was also the first home for Gar Wood boats. Hacker Craft and Century were also Michigan based companies giving the state the distinction of being the home of the big four in powerboats. This is not to say that there weren't other boat builders in Michigan or throughout the United States and Canada, it is just that these companies were the best known by the general public.

Our chapter had its humble beginnings as an annual gathering of wooden boat enthusiasts in the early seventies, where else but in Algonac. That small gathering in July grew and grew and out of that the Michigan Chapter was founded. That gathering is still held each year, and is now known as the Chris Craft Plant Jamboree Boat Show.

We can't thank those early enthusiasts and our founding fathers enough for starting what has become one of the oldest and largest chapters in the Antique And Classic Boat Society. We also want to thank you for visiting us as we pass along a special invitation for you to join us in our continued enjoyment of the wooden boats that we all so dearly love and appreciate.

With Greatest Sincerity,