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One of the most wonderful color combinations on a boat is the Chris Craft Silver Arrow. Silver Blue and red interior. That was in 1959, and I have often wondered what may have inspired such an amazing color combo. Well. Maybe Chris Craft WAS the color inspiration. Or, most likely a corvette. Which in 57
... Read more.Leave it to the YNOT Yacht gang to bring some more amazing plastic heat to the Lake Dora event. Each year these fun guys bring something exciting that just blows us away. Well, after last years amazing Donzi and Chris Craft XK, this year they are bringing a flawless Silver Arrow. And YNOT? Its fun,
... Read more.Back to the Katz’s Marina Gang and their drawers. We have this little mystery. A coloring book? A Sample? It’s not in a book form, which leads me to think that this may have been some sort of prototype? Comp? Maybe they are table mats? Either way, looks to me like these were made in
... Read more.WoodyBoater Dads are a special breed. And thanks to Steve Lapkin, he has been capturing some of them…us along the way! Thanks Steve! Oh boy, I must be looking at some sort of food. Fun in FLA FutureDad! A great Dad! Dad’s judging Dads Dad’s doing what they love. Besides napping, eating. TahoeDads Thoughtful Dads
... Read more.A huge thanks to Steve Lapkins eyeball and for sending us in the tid bits left over from last weeks Algonac 100 Year Celebration. It’s kinda crazy to think that was a week ago. But time marches on, and hopefully many of you are out there today not reading WoodyBoater and making new memories to
... Read more.Yup, this is a real day! Started in 1938! So it even has a history. And today, we celebrate with boats doing doughnuts. mmmmmm. Which are non fattening, and you can enjoy them all day long, and good for your heart, but only if, you blow off your Zoom meeting and go doughnut boating! So
... Read more.Well, as predicted, the sun came out, and so did the boats. Like a light switch, it’s summer…ish.. Summer down is here is not for the faint of heart, but right now, it’s Summer to us! Folks started showing up from all over and we were able to capture some of the magic. So here
... Read more.Yesterday we talked about 6 volt lights and making sure you are up to date on luminosity. One other thing, that to be honest about, is the mispercetion that our boats are grandfathered regarding safety rules. WRONG! DEAD WRONG! It’s not like cars and things from the factory or lack there of. Vents? Blowers? Electronics?
... Read more.According to fellow Woody Boater David Nau in yesterdays comments The Boat The Blue Event stats are as follows. I am sure this will be updated. But regardless of the numbers, we can tell that this event is a mind blower and clear game changer for how future big shows should be. It would be
... Read more.Thanks to fellow WoodyBoater Eric Zelman for sending us in this video of the first step in one of his restorations, a 1962 Lake N’ Sea… You may recall Eric doing this with his Woody Wagemaker. And is also restoring a U22… Yes Eric has issues, but we all do here, so we are all
... Read more.So, you ask, what the heck is Sausage Day? Well, we thought it would be fun after all the amazing curated photos to show some of the left out stuff that also helps tell the story of this past weekends amazing show/event. We can’t make them better, so volume is the trick now! It’s a
... Read more.A huge thanks to fellow Woody Boaters YNOT Yachts and the LaDonnes who can bring life to anything. They are also amazing photographers. As we said yesterday, the show was a challenge to photograph and so we thought it might be fun to see other ways that the same stuff was seen. Clearly though a
... Read more.Fellow Woody Boater Walt Stashkiw reports in from Ohio. It reads like a formal report and all the words are spelled right. I think, not sure. Like a buried Philips screw on a pre-war bottom. I can’t tell. Regardless, it’s nice to see a cool show happening on a warm weekend! On Saturday June 24
... Read more.What the hell? Can’t you all have shows on different week ends? Now, I have a show in Ohio that I want to go to. Ugh, and it looks like the YNOT gang is going to be there in full Fiberglass outfits. AHHHHHH, so you know its gonna be a fun time on the water.
... Read more.If this years Lake Dora Show is any indication of where the classic boat culture is headed, this year is going to be a whopper year for Fiberglass Classic boats. The good folks at YNOT Yachts have been pushing the message out for some years now and its paying off. People are putting serious money
... Read more.One of the coolest parts of the Lake Dora Show for us here at Woody Boater is watching the YNOT Yacht gang out on the water ripping through the wakes and running all the winter blues away! This year they ramped it up by bringing an amazing Silver Arrow. A huge thanks to the
... Read more.What a day, what a day! Docks full, park full, bellies full, and suncsreen tube empty. Thats what its all about! If for any reason you think the classic boat hobby is slowing down, you are dead wrong. This place was slammed yesterday. And busy busy busy! Boats selling in the feild of dreams, flea
... Read more.Fellow Woody Boater and “Sexiest Man Alive” Tommy Holmes has another fun report. Thank the Gods of Mahogany and Varnish for Tommy and his travels! This time Tommy vists fellow Woody Boater Mike Green for some fun flipping a boat and drooling all over a Silver Arrow. Take it away Mr Sexy! The ice fishing
... Read more.I know I know, it’s not made of wood. But there is a strip of wood like stuff on the dash. So it’s in. This thing is stunning. It looks like a 1969 Z/28 made sweet love to a bass boat in the garage. And this came out. It’s pure 60’s – 70’s muscle, and
... Read more.From reports on the Southbound trip it was a mess weather wise, so its fantastic news thanks to fellow Woody Boater Gary Van Tassel for sharing this update on the Northbound River Cruise. Take it away! Thanks Woody, Monday was chilly, drizzly, and windy but the cruise got underway and headed for Astor after stopping
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