Water Wonderland - Pre Events:
Antique & Classic Boat Society members will be touring the entire area while they are here for the Annual Meeting. Let's give them all a warm northern Michigan welcome! Here is the list of "Pre-Events" as set up by the Water Wonderland Chapter:
September 11:
Arrival and "Taste of Michigan" Beach Party at Sunset Beach, Bay Harbor
September 12:
After breakfast, the group heads to the Inland Waterway, Michigan's longest chain of rivers and lakes. There are some peaceful no-wake areas, as well as some all-out straighaways. Something for eveyone. Enjoy your box lunck along the way. Dinner is in the nearby, picturesque town of Harbor Springs.
September 13:
Enjoy a continental breakfast, then boating at Walloon Lake, childhood home of Ernest Hemingway. There are 30 miles of shoreline. Lunch buffet at Walloon Lake Country Club. Dinner at Knot...Just a Bar in Bay Harbor.
September 14:
Boating on Lake Charlevoix in which you can visit the towns of Charlevoix, Boyne City and East Jordan. Each town has shopping and restaurants. Lunch is on your own at the destination of your choice. We will cap a great day of boating with a tour of a superb boat collection in a most wonderful boathouse on Lake Charlevoix. Dinner will be at City Park in the harbor in Charlevoix.
September 15:
Registration at Bay Harbor Resort & Marina
Welcome Reception on Lake Marina Lawn Panel
September 16:
Dinner in Tent in Bay Harbor, Cocktails & Buffet
September 17:
ACBS In Water Boat Show at Bay Harbor Lake Marina
ACBS Auction Dinner at Bay Harbor Yacht Club
September 18:
ACBS In Water Boat Show at Bay Harbor Lake Marina
Optional Tours of Local Area and Bay Harbor Home Tours
ACBS Banquet/Awards Dinner at Bay Harbor Yacht Club
Optional activities will be:
- A tour of Van Dam Custom Boats, as well as the Great Lakes Boat Building School in the Les Cheneaux Islands.
- Luxury Spa Treatments at Inn at Bay Harbor Spa
- Visit the beautiful town of Petoskey
- Mackinac Bridge tour
- Beaver Island tour
- Tea & Walking tour of Bay View
- Mackinac Island
Other Optional Events for Early Arrivals:
-Friday September, 10 - Torch Lake Rendezvous
-Saturday, September 11 - Little Traverse Bay Rendezvous or Century Boat Show in Manistee, MI












