The Wedding Night At Global HQ

For the record, the wedding ended around 2:30 AM and so I suppose we all were there on the wedding night. I mean it was night time, and there was a wedding, and well. YOU ALL ARE JUST SICK! Okay, maybe just a couple of you, and maybe some…
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Global HQ Is Ready For 2022

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It's been about a year and a half, and yesterday, all the small projects were finished. Is there still more? Yes, but nothing that should stop us now. The good news is that HQ is ready for fun. And being able to focus back on family and…
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Woody Boating – Latvia Style

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TODAY WE HAVE A GREAT STORY from Fellow Woody Boater Olegs Gladcenko in Riga, Latvia in eastern Europe. Olegs shares his passion for wooden boats, history, boat design, and construction of his own creation. - Texx Hello, Woody Boater…
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Introducing Sandpaper Beach? 40 Grit Shores? The Sanders?

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Yesterday we completed..ish the beach area of Casa del Railway at HQ. Ya ya, I know, but hey. At boat shows and so on it is nice to have a place to plop your aft and have a cool one. I know I know. Hey, its for the weeding in May. Going…
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It’s Sure Takes A Lot Of Time To Stop Time. Railway Updates For Spring.

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We have been on a full court press this past month prepping the Global HQ for two big events for family and friends. More later on those. Nothing like an event to get stuff organized. All this while boats are starting to need the railway…
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The Global HQ Updates.

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Yesterday we shared some of the bootyness scored at the shows and so on, today we show some updates on the Railway that have been underway since its kinda warmed up. Things are kinda starting to take shape with smaller details starting to…
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Lake Dora Tidbits

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As we weed through thousands of pictures, we have a little bit of teasers here. If you are a facebooker, Much of the show is plastered all over the place. But we had Kent and Steve out there doing there thing, and holy crap do we have some…
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ALIVE FROM FLORIDA!

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I gotta say, one day on the water with pals and all the stuff that goes with it can erase the last 3 years of drudgery. We all have talked about this stuff for years now. But experiencing it again is a wonderful reminder of the power of…
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Things Are Getting Strange. Live-ish From Fla, New Jersey and Virginia.

We are on day 6 of the countdown. WAIT, HOLD ON.. 3 Days.. And some are getting ready and some..well, already there and some just just twirling around and not sure what to do.
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Breaking News. The World is Upside Down.

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The Bengals in the Super Bowl, and now this. The Harrisons are actually towing someone in thats broken down. Yes!!! You read this correctly, they are doing the towing. As in the line is on the stern. I mean the universe has changed and yet…
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16 Hour Trip To Katz’s Recap

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3AM and on the road with my best buddy Mr B. WECATCHEM has had a long overdo varnish need! Like her sides are almost gone. The sun reflections on her sides are intense. AND YES I have a cover and yes she sits in a boat house. But with COVID…
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Looking Back From Last November.

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It's been about a yearish since we started to dig into the, well, dirt. Mud and stuff. Piles of wood, gravel, tons and tons of it. But slowly but surely it's getting a little more, more, I don't know what more? It's just more Railway-ish…
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Last Gatspying In Canada

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A huge thanks to Chris and Julie Bullen for sharing some fantastic Last Gasping with Gatsby from up in Canada..Maybe we change the Last Gasping to  Last Gatsbying? Hello from Canada. We have surely missed all our friends south of…
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Old Postcards And Timeless Fun From Iowa

Ebay can be a fun spontaneous history lesson sometimes. It can inspire things that maybe we don't look for normally. And that is what happened yesterday. Shhhhhhh, I was on a zoom call and searching ebay at the same time. Anywho, this old…
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Yesterday May Have Been My Last Car Free Day Of The Year. Ugh.

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This year, with the new Special V8 WECATCHEM has become a different boat. A user boat, and I love it. Once I was able to emotionally let go of the perfection thing, she became 100% more fun. I have experienced this before I am about to sell…
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Buying Old Boat Shops As Art. Yup, It’s Officially A Trend

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There is a saying in the PR world. 1 is a fun story, 2 is a coincidence and 3 is a trend. Well, with yesterday's text message news, fellow Woody Boaters Paul and Karen Harrison and Tom Drozd  bought the old Antique Boat Center property in Eustis…
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Coeur d’one!

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Here we go, Live-ish from Mr Steve Lapkin, reports in from Coeur d'Alene with lots of flowery words, and some amazing snaps.  Not sure what is more beautiful, the words or the snaps? Also at the bottom of the story is the link to the Big…
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Cobra d’Alene Makes History – Steve Lapkin Reports In

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A huge thanks to fellow Woody Boater and world class photographer Steve Lapkin for reporting in from Coeur d'Alene Idaho at the ACBS International event. History is being made while we sit here and drool. Is this the first time in history…
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Niagara Part 2 – Big Water, Big Smiles, Big Story, Big Thanks To Kent O. Smith

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Saturday morning, I’m onsite before dawn. It’s a photographer thing, not necessarily my thing after drinking late night with boat friends, but we do what we need to in order to get the shots. The club has its own lighthouse, neat to…
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The Great Niagara Frontier By Kent O. Smith – Part 1

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A huge thanks to Kent O.Smith for a extra large bucket of wings report from Buffalo. So we need to break it into two parts. mmmmm maybe with some Blue Cheese, and... Take it away Mr Kent O "what and eye you have" Smith. If you’ve…
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No, I Am Not Raising Alpacas!

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Well, yesterday's story did not provoke any drama, and I had a Mending fences story ready to go. And no one took the bait. Really, since when did this community become so nice? Oh, ya.. Since always. Anyway, regarding Alpacas, Lama's, Cattle,…
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THE GULL LAKE CLASSIC at BAR HARBOR SUPPER CLUB – Part 2

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WELCOME TO PART 2 OF THE ANNUAL GULL LAKE CLASSIC at BAR HARBOR SUPPER CLUB show in Minnesota, presented by the Land O'Lakes Classic Boat Club. Today's show report, with photos by fellow Woody Boater Dane Anderson, starts off with a BANG…
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THE GULL LAKE CLASSIC at BAR HARBOR SUPPER CLUB – Part 1

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THE ANNUAL GULL LAKE CLASSIC at BAR HARBOR SUPPER CLUB show in Minnesota, presented by the Land O'Lakes Classic Boat Club, never disappoints. A wonderful and diverse collection of antique & classic boats, some dating back to the 1920s,…
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Yesterday Was International Vintage Boat Day!

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In true form, we are on a Hurricane watch on a day designed to celebrate vintage boating. But the good folks up in Canada went all in. With planned cruises all over the area. This seems to be a 2nd year thing, and since there is no real…
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Woody Boating In Alaska!

My buddy and fellow Woody Boater here in Reedville, Dave Godwin went on an adventure to a very cool place. Alaska! He kept looking for Russia from where he was, but all he saw was Woody goodness. Insane nature, killer whales doing what they…
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Hessel 2021 – An Entire Summer In One Story

A huge thanks to Alex Watson and Mark Schallip for sharing some wonderful Hessel Images. Marks came in last night from the Hessel Show this past weekend, and the other more romantic photos are from Alex Watson via text message since July.…
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This Weekend Finger Lakes Show at Skaneatles? Skinnyatles? Scanatalese?

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We got a quick text from the Syd  Marsden, our text message museum curator. Here is the text. "Good morning. Hope that all is well. Just a quick reminder that this weekend is the Finger Lakes show at Skaneatles. Have a great day" Now on…
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The First Official Boat The Blue Plug Of 2021. Pray For Us All.

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Our favorite famous Boat The Blue show plugger is back in full swing. Greg Lewandowski is warning us us all of the start of the drum beat. HA! Love this poster BTW. So if you want to feel that Michigan Magic, then here is your chance to…
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The Largest Chris Craft Gathering, Everyone Who Was Anyone Will Be There.

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This August, the 28th to be exact, up on Gull Lake, there are gonna be a hole lotta special Chris Crafts at the docks, and even more Chris Craftians, NEW WORD BTW. And a bunch of other Algonac area boats, Gar Woods, belle Isle, etc. In other…
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Today, Woody Boater In 3D

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Today is the first in our history you can totally immerse yourself in WoodyBoaterville. Woodys & Weainers 001 starts in about an hr. How will it go? No idea? Could be boring beyond belief, or a boat could blow up and airplane land on…
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Railway Update – It’s A Full House

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Today is a huge day here in Reedville, the 4th of July parade is on Main Street, and then Fireworks over the Stack. So its been clean up clean up clean up. Moving the stacks of wood. Good lord thats a job. Add in the heat and yikes. But…
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Railway, Dog, Family, And Sausage, Update.

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While everyone was prancing around the docks at boat shows, I was slammed on the Railway, family and zoom calls. And yes, I love 2 out of 3 of those. And it's not the family or the Railway. Mr B has been full throttle and the Railway is…
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Minnesota Classic Boating Season Kicks Off At Historic Moonlite Bay

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THE 2021 MINNESOTA CLASSIC BOATING SEASON KICKS OFF at the historic Moonlite Bay Family Restaurant & Bar in Crosslake, MN. The event, which is officially named the 2021 Whitefish Chain Classic Boat Show was held on Saturday, with a sold…
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A Fine Line Of Old And New Patina

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Working on the Railway has been a wonderful journey, but part of the journey is knowing when you may pass by something magical. TIME, and the art of time. Something that cant be recreated. Known by many as patina. BUT, and here is the fine…
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Electrifying Railway Update

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First, I hope I spelled electrifying right? It's just an "r" away from being so more than a typo. ELECTRICFrYING.....Wow, a typo joke... Anyway, after waiting for months for an electrician to show up, Suzy2's father Martin is here for a…
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“Have You Ever Seen A Father And Three Sons Tear Apart A 68 Year Old Outboard’s Carburetor Dockside Over The Open Water?”

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Longtime fellow Woody Boater Andy in Middletown helped out with a great story. Wow, Kidney Stones is a little extreme to ask for stories, but whatever works I guess. Ugh. many of you know Andy in the comment section, and now.. Here he is,…
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It’s Concrete Day At The Railway HQ

What a nutso week. Between Zoom calls in 1 hr slivers of freedom, getting the boats ready has worn me out. Up at 4AM and to bed at 8PM. This morning at 2AM to get stuff up and running before the concrete gets here at 8AM and gotta get Sweet…
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AMOC Swap Meet Okauchee Wisconsin

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A huge shout out to long time fellow Woody Boater Steve Bunda for taking the time to send us in this live ish report. It's great to see events starting to pop up, and life kinda getting back to some sort of normal. And the best part, he…
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Sex, Dogs, Railway, And Well, Everything You Love To Hate

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Today we are due a Railway Update, okay, we are not due I got a lot of stuff done and some good photos, so thats todays story. Its a lifestyle story. Which for the record has been my goal from day one. To celebrate the lifestyle of WoodyBoating.…
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Railway Sausage Updates

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Sometimes there just isn't enough time in the day. Lots of plates to keep spinning. I am not complaining, I love all of it. Between work, Zoom Calls and getting boats ready for the summer, I crash around 8:30 pm. "You look like a 100 year…
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Butler Built Boats – The Boats

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What a wonderful portfolio of some of the nicest boats on the bay. And they all came from one place, one family, and one soul. The Butlers. This family has had generations of craftsmen and simple humility all designed and built into timeless…
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Old Photos Of The New HQ. Reedville Marine Railway

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One of the joys of this project is finding history and preserving it, as well as treat it with respect and frame it as art. It's a fine line, of cleaning up, while keeping the haphazardness that time evolves into a patina of harmony. And…
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Sweet Pea Does Lake Dora!

That's it! I have had enough of this sitting at home stuff. I secretly left 3 months ago in Sweet Pea and am on Lake Dora now. I am doing all my favorite things, Palm Gardens, The Canal, And just going up and down the lake. It does have…
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It’s A Real Boat Show in 2021, And No Masks. The First Sign Of Life In Woodyboaterville! OVER 80 Photos!

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Yes, this is LIVE-ish. And from New Zealand. Where it's summer when we are in winter, toilets run backwards, and Sunday is already over. Oh, and Covid crap is being managed like the bitch that it is! Here is a report from Phil Andrews and…
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A Day Of Digging For Bruiser At Global HQ

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Yesterday Bruisers Mentor showed up to the Railway. A Tractor. Hey, we all need mentors. For Bruiser it's John..... Deere. And that wonderful backhoe! Bruiser sat there in wonderment. Of course he was stopped from too close of an inspection.…
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Robert Murdock And Our Little Parallel Universe. Or Is It?

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Fellow Woody Boater Robert Murdock as many of you may know is also preserving an old Marina, boat yard. Oh god! One more of us and we are a trend. Do we start a club? Have a board or directors that can't make a decision? Maybe we can charge…
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It All Starts With A Boat! Next A Global Headquarters. And Then?

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Over 25 years ago, I thought.. mmm, might be fun to get a boat. Naturally my first thought was a used Whaler. Some mid 80's thing. We loved it. We didn't own any home on the water but did have access to the water. My pal at the time said..…
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The Zen Of Saw Dust.

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Yesterday was one of those days where you know the universe has placed you in the right place, the right time and with the right people at one time. There was absolutely no need to look forward, backward, or even in a dream, because I was…
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