Archive for July, 2009

Cole Franchini, Woody Boater Of The Month.

No this not a photo of some 90 year old geezer as a kid. It’s a real kid. Master Cole Franchini, a true WoodyBoater. This is Cole in his 1960 Skeeto made by a company called Moldcraft from Wisconsin. Cole

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Boats At The Barns. Kalamazooooohooo! Classic Cars And Boats In The Same Show.

Thanks to the Kalamazoo Antique Auto Restorers Club and the Gilmore Car Museum… we can now see very cool classic boats being towed around by very cool classic cars that match up. We see this in small spurts at all

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Live-ish From Essex Connecticut. Woohooo I Spelled Connecticut Right!

Thanks to John and Kim Kadimik we can enjoy this weekends show in Essex Connecticut, OK we can just enjoy the photo’s, not the laughs or food, or smell of fresh air… or better yet, the smell of to rich

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Live…ish From Sandpoint, Idaho – The Land of Huckleberries

Thanks to our Woody Boater reporter Texx we can now enjoy the big show….
Sanpoint, Idaho-July 2009…

The 7th Annual Sandpoint Wooden Boat Show sponsored by the Inland Empire Chapter ACBS was once again a great success. Many thanks to

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Woohooo! Eight Antique & Classic Boat Shows This Weekend!


Hopefully you live close to one of these. Have a great weekend.
July 10-12
12th Annual Chautauqua Lake Antique Boat Show… hosted by the Chautauqua Lake Twin Tier Chapter, ACBS Inc. located in Bemus Point, NY, Casino docks & Village

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22 Days Til Clayton. I Wonder If I Can Get Two Trailer Hitch's On My Truck?



The 1000 Island Big Antique & Classic Boat Show at The Antique Boat Museum.. July 31-Aug 2 Auction is Saturday Aug 1 at 1pm… This is looking like it may be a great year up in Clayton, if not

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The Gentleman's Racer. Antique to Contemporary Wooden Race Boats… A Brand Spank'n New Book By Neil Honeyman.

120 eye popping pages of pictures of Antique & Classic race boats in action from designers such as Apel, Crouch, Hacker and builders such as Chris Craft, Century, Ditchburn, Dodge, Gar Wood, Minett Shields, J.J.Taylor, Purdy, and builders like Aristocraft,

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Golden Pond Rare Artifacts For Sale!

This is a Woody Boater exclusive! …These very rare one of a kind On Golden Pond Treasures are about to be put on eBay. About to be is the key phrase here. The propeller used in the film that was

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3 Days, And back In The Water.

Sorry for the lack of substance over the holiday. I just walked out the door on Friday and just got back in. I slept, and took apart a fuel system, and ate. That was it. And most importantly, I got…

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Torbjorn Skjoren's Tritone On The Oslo Fjord!


I love this language, they spell everything like I do!

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Ya, Your Classic Boat is Cool, But Is Your Trailer?

I see this at shows all the time. A killer boat on a lame new trailer.Think about it, if your classic boat is going to spend most of its time on a trailer, and shown on a trailer shouldn’t the…

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1948 Custom, 10 Bucks.

Looking for that perfect post war custom? Blonde decks, beautiful lines, varnished mahogany? Sorry, not here. Or if you want to restore one… not here either, but if you want to have the plans for a model of one. Now,

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Stylish thing to do

toddy

Woody Diva Is Trying to Get Us Drunk Again!


Well, as you all sit out there lamenting the skyrocketing prices of gas, more cold weather, the worst day of the year...

Destination
of the Month

Here is the official 2013 poster

Cruise For The Cure Torch Lake Michigan. July 19-20 – A Great Way To Donate A Weekend.

It’s that time of year that we start making plans for summer shows and events.This year we are headed up to Michigan to take...

Woody Boaters
of the Month

Tom Lange - Boulder CO. Rocky Mountain Classics ACBS

Tom Lange, Woody Boater Of The Month.

So there I am in Boulder Colorado sitting around my sons house wondering what we are going to do for the rest of the...

Woody Boat
of the Month

She is ready for her close up Mr Fiest!

Step Hydro Done And Ready For A Warm Drink of Florida Water!

As you have been following the amazing restoration of Miss Step the very rare Chrs-Craft step hydro you are now able to see her...

Woody Boater
Very Good Thing to
do of the Month

Last Nickle

What In The Heck Is That Donate Button?

I am going to speak from the heart today, and  maybe more transparent and long winded than I should.  But you are part...

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