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62nd Annual Houston Boat Show
January 6, 2017 - January 15, 2017
@ the NRG Center (Former Reliant/Astro Hall)
The Southwest Chapter of the Antique & Classic Boat Society (SW ACBS) and the Texas Chapter of the Antique Outboard Motor Club (TXAOMCI) cordially invite you to come show your boats and outboard motors at this world class boat show. We have enough shared space for 15 boats and several clusters of motors.
As a fan of antique and classic boats and motors, if you haven’t experienced this show, you are in for a treat. Picture this…our oasis of classic woodies and motors is the entryway into the NRG assemblage of hundreds of dealers hawking 1000+ new plastic boats and motors that don’t at all resemble the art deco beauties we love and cherish. It’s very pleasing to enjoy the expressions on the faces of hundreds of folks attending the show when they get a look at our really cool vintage stuff. Our displays draw on deep memories and often spark conversations like, “My dad or granddad use to have this or that…” or “Do you remember…?” and more. We attract many, many visitors who ask some of the most interesting questions and you get to be the “go-to” answer guy with your hobby experience and knowledge.
We would like for interested members to consider the following:
First…come show your boat(s) and/or motors.
Second, come and help with the set-up (date to be announced) and /takedown of our display on Sunday Jan 15th at 5 PM.
Third, come help man our display booth during the show.
Additionally, SW ACBS is again sponsoring Kids Build a Boat, Kids Rebuild a Motor and Kids Paint a Boat hands-on projects on the weekend days of the show. This is a lot of fun and you are cordially invited to help our builder team coach the kids working these projects
Show entry for exhibitors/booth workers/boat builder coaches is free, but we only have a limited roster for passes, so we can’t admit all our club members on “the freebie” en mass.
Show parking for everyone attending or working the show (including exhibitors and booth workers) is $12.00/day with reentry privileges that same day.
Show hours are:
Friday, Jan 6th, 1 PM to 8 PM
Saturday & Sunday, Jan 7th -8th 11 AM to 8 PM
Monday & Tuesday, Jan 9th-10th, 11 AM to 8 PM
Wednesday & Thursday Jan 11th – 12th, 1 PM to 8 PM
Friday Jan 13th, 1PM to 9 PM
Saturday, Jan 14th, 11 AM to 9 PM
Sunday, Jan 15th, 11 AM to 5 PM
Di Johnson from the SW ACBS and Adam Finn of TX AOMCI are once again coordinating to organize this event and are encouraging good participation from our club members.
Please contact either:
Adam @ 713-823-4091 or by email – adfinn59@icloud.com
Di @ 281-682-0968 or by email – dijohnson47@comcast.net
