Tag Archive for: Clayton NY

Welcome To The Thousand SmIslands

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Here is part one of the Clayton report from Kent O. Smith and there is more to come next week. I smell a East West Shoot out with Tahoe. Maybe we can make a Claytoe show. The largest show in North America.  Anyway, enough of my ramblings…

The Antique Boat Museum Virtual Barn Full Of Barn Find Tour.

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Today we have a whopper of a virtual tour of the Don Doebler Storage Building. This is my favorite building on the campus. There is something about the gestalt of it all together. Yes that is a big word, but we are in museum mode now. While…

The Antique Boat Museum Is Virtually Open For Cures!

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Today is the beginning of the boating season up in Clayton, and even though they are physically closed until June because of this crap, they are open to us in some new and fun ways. And fun is what they are literally a museum of. This one…

Cool Stuff To Do In 2019 At The Antique Boat Museum

We got this press release from the good folks at the Antique Boat Museum Education Dept. Anything with education department. always makes me nervous, but this looks like fun stuff. Maybe it should be called the Stuff you always wanted to…

2 Days! Till Clayton. Here Are Some Local Recommendations From A Local.

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Here is a story from last year, yes, we repurposed it. Still on the fence about going to Clayton this year? Really? The 1940's year thing, the chance to see one of a kind boats isnt' enough? OK, how about food! Beer? Thanks to the…

Absolute Clayton By Kent O. Smith Jr.

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A huge mega thanks to Kent O. Smith Jr for his amazing report on Clayton. He says it best. "Being the next guy in line to share photos from the same show is challenging at best." But one thing we all know is that Kent is up to the job, and…

Clayton O. Smith Jr – Part Deux – And It Just Keeps Getting Better

Thanks to Kent O. Smith Jr for sending in another amazing report and amazing photos from this past weekends big Clayton show, as Texx put it, Kent has a way of turning a boat show into an art gallery .Take it away Kent Sunday Finally,…

It’s Here – Kent O. Smith Jr. Reports In Live -ish From Clayton NY. Part 1

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The 2015 Antique Boat Show in Clayton featured Lyman boats as the marque class. Friday saw the arrival of exhibitors and vendors who also checked out the plethora of boats lined up for Saturday’s auction. The humid weather moved on replaced…

Antique Boat Museum, Puts Rare Boats In Auction!

That's right, The Antique Boat Museum in Clayton has released some rare boats to be auctioned off at this years Clayton Show Auction, put on by Antique Boat America that benefits the museum. Traditionally the museum has released the more…

Antique Boat Museum Auction Needs Your Classic Boat In Clayton. August 4th, 2012

I know we are all a little gun shy of auctions these days, but this one is different, first it's more than an auction, it's a tradition up in Clayton, as well as a good thing to be part of. The auction helps the museum raise much needed…

Clayton, Grand Rapids, Cincinnati, Reedville. What A Classic Boat Weekend!

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So much for thinking there is never anything to do in the winter with Classic Boats. As you know, we set off to Clayton NY to pick up Suzy's top, that then turned into another 3 hour drive to Reedville from DC. But that was just part of…

The Search For Suzy’s Top Is Taking Us All The Way To The Top!

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As we reported a couple weeks ago here and on the Boat Buzz, we set out to find a top for our beloved go to boat. Imagine trying to find a top for a 24 ft Sportsman. What does it look like? What are the real dimensions? This all started…