The 13th Gull Lake Classic at the Bar Harbor Supper Club is Today!
Art, Boat Shows, Classic Boats, Community/Web, Destination of the Month, Destinations
Today, the 13th Gull Lake Classic at the Bar Harbor Supper Club in Minnesota is back, and back strong as ever with over 100 classic boats registered for this years big show.
Ahead of this years show, on Friday, with perfect weather and…
LIVE From Lake Dora Vintage Race
Classic Boats, Destination of the Month, DestinationsWe have a short message from Terry Fiest at Wooten Park in Tavaras Florida reporting on the Vintage Boat Races. It's gives you a brief view of how its going and what they are doing to make sure we all keep our Social Distance. As you can see…
Lake Dora is A Go-A. Have We All Lost Our Minds…a?
Boat Shows, Classic Boats, Community/Web, Destination of the Month
This is one of those topics that really has no wrong answer, so feel free to comment. Do you go or no go? That is something that is up to you. Not the herd. It works both ways, one wants to run and hide, and has very reasonable reasons why.…
Karen Harrison Showed Some Bikers A Good Time In Florida.
Boat Babes, Boat Shows, Classic Boats, Destination of the Month, Destinations
With about a week away from Lake Dora fun, this story should be a fun reminder of what the rest of the world is doing. HAVING FUN! And Paul and Karen know how to do that for sure, even breaking down is fun with them. Paul sent us in this…
Algonac – The Soul Of Motor Boating.
Art, Classic Boats, Community/Web, Destination of the Month, Destinations
If you consider yourself a boater, more specifically a power boater. Then you may be missing the inner understanding of why you love motor boating so much. Unless you have been to Algonac Michigan. Yes, a little town on the St Clair Bay…
Cool Stuff To Do In 2019 At The Antique Boat Museum
Destination of the Month
We got this press release from the good folks at the Antique Boat Museum Education Dept. Anything with education department. always makes me nervous, but this looks like fun stuff. Maybe it should be called the Stuff you always wanted to…
Happy Wakes To You, Until We Meet Again!
Art, Boat Shows, Classic Boats, Destination of the Month
Here they are, the morning shoot from Lake Dora. These are a combination of YNOT Yachts and our photos. I know I have been hyping these all week, but its been a stall tactic to go through them all and find the magic ones. A huge thanks to…
Well… You Know What We Say! It Aint A Boat Show til Someone Gets Towed in!
Boat Shows, Classic Boats, Destination of the Month, Destinations
Today is mass head home day for us, we sold out of some of the shirts, and it was time to get home! And of course the sure sign its over, a good tow in. But this is also a sign that it was a fun show. We had around 5 reported tow ins, a…
Family Fun In The Florida Sun!
Boat Shows, Classic Boats, Destination of the Month, Destinations
One sure sign I am getting revived is that I havn't been on ebay for an entire week! I am sure you all are thankful as well. Today we started the day by going to the show by boat. Never even got into the car. Now that is an amazing day!…
Sunny Skies In Sunnyland!
Boat Shows, Community/Web, Destination of the Month, Destinations
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…
The Calm During The Storm!
Boat Shows, Destination of the Month
We popped down to the show location to capture the scene on a grey gloomy day. Good news is the docks are going in, and the sky is clearing up. This morning is already nice and blue. There have been some wonderful changes at the show location.…
Live-ish From Lake Dora – 2 Days Til Party Time
Destination of the Month
Reporting live from the shores of Lake Dora and the Woody White House, that is gray. It's been rather cool, as in cold cool, not hip cool, but the White House is cool, as in hip Mid Century Cool, vs Cold. One of the fun parts of showing…
Let The Games Begin
Art, Destination of the Month
We have officially made it and moved into the Woody Boater White House, located on Lake Dora. This year we will be able to go back and forth to the show and area in a boat. the way god intended it to be. Folks are starting to trickle in from…
Green Green, All Around! Happy St Patrick’s Day!
Destination of the Month, Destinations
One of the most fun parts of the drive to Florida is you get to drive into Spring, and wind up in Summer. The Green trees are a warm reminder of hope, and a summer full of life, and fuel consumption. And Summer starts around noon when we…
ROAD TRIP! FLA OR BUST!
Art, Boat Shows, Destination of the Month
Well, we are setting out on the fun ride south to about as far South as we can go. To the land of sunshine and mullet hair cuts, mixed in with some great varnish and even greater pals. I personally love the drive, and that joy when we hit…
Ate Days Til Lake Dora! mmmmmm
Community/Web, Destination of the Month
The countdown is rolling along. Today we feature the yummy food of Lake Dora and the area! From the famous Palm gardens to new adventures in Florida dinning.
&nb…
10 DAYS! The Official Countdown To Lift Off The Trailer In On!
Boat Shows, Destination of the Month, Destinations
Are you ready? No? Me either. One would think with 5, FIVE boats one would be ready. Stinky is getting over a winter cough.. Wont start. I am sure it's something dumb. Won't even crank now. Yes Battery is fine. WECATCHEM is headed North…
A Three Hour Tour… Here At The Thousand Islands
Boat Shows, Classic Boats, Community/Web, Destination of the Month
What a day! Cloudy and warm, but no rain. And within 10 minutes of arriving, we were on a boat for a 3 hour tour. Luckily we did not become a stranded cast away! But we did have a boat full of buddies.
The YNOT Yacht gang said those…
2 Days! Till Clayton. Here Are Some Local Recommendations From A Local.
Boat Shows, Destination of the Month, Destinations
Here is a story from last year, yes, we repurposed it. Still on the fence about going to Clayton this year? Really? The 1940's year thing, the chance to see one of a kind boats isnt' enough? OK, how about food! Beer?
Thanks to the…
“Emily” – 1937 Thunderbolt To Appear Back In Clayton! This Alone Is Worth The Trip!
Boat Shows, Classic Boats, Destination of the Month, Woody Boaters
Thanks to fellow Woody Boater Steve Moser who is going to be bringing one of our top favorite boat models to Clayton this year. An amazing 1937 Century Thunderbolt. What's even cooler is below is some original BW footage of her in action…
The Clayton Countdown! – 20 Days – 3 Weeks Til The 1000 Islands!
Boat Shows, Destination of the MonthThis time in a couple ish weeks we will be sifting through cool stuff at the best flea market in the US if not the world for classic boat stuff. Okay, it's not like there is alot of stuff to compare it too. But there have been years where true…
Tony Mollica To Give Presentation On Higgins Saturday August 4th at 10am.
Boat Shows, Destination of the Month, Destinations
The first boat that visitors see at The Antique Boat Museum is the lobby boat. This season, a 1947 17’ Higgins Utility Sport Speedster was placed on display as the Annual Boat Show this year features boats of the ‘40s.
The museum’s…
Sausage Day From Our European Adventure
Destination of the Month, Destinations
Today we head home though London and arrive in DC at 8pm. As we travel we thought it would be fun to share some of the odd scraps of stories in our newest tradition, Sausage Day, where there is no real theme to the story. Just a mess of…
Glisenti Fine Wood Boats – True Italian Passion And Craftsmanship!
Classic Boats, Destination of the Month, Destinations, Woody Boat of the Month, Woody Boaters
As you may recall we were all invited to visit Glisenti Boats by fellow Woody Boaters Davide and Luca Glisenti, and so we did for sure. In what appears to be an entire trip to lake Como and never seeing one Riva. But man oh man, we have…
Clayton NY, Through The Eyes Of The YNOT Gang!
Boat Shows, Community/Web, Destination of the Month
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…
A Difficult Story To Write About Clayton.
Barn Finds, Boat Shows, Destination of the Month, Destinations
We arrived as you know to Clayton, and enjoyed the show regardless of weather. The museum has done an amazing job keeping the history of boating alive and fresh. The volunteers did an amazing job and were very friendly. The boats that made…
5 Days Til Clayton, But The Michigan Gang Already Went? What The?
Boat Shows, Community/Web, Destination of the Month
We got a fun report from the Michigan ACBS folks regarding a fun trip to Clayton they made last week and we thought, Hey? Why not do a story before the show about the show that another group went to at that show. Ya, that's a mind bender.…