A New Day, Okay, The Next Day, Of Many More Days To Come.

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Yesterday around 4 PM the new WoodyBoater went live, and in no time 35 comments. WOW, it's wonderful to know you all are still here. I know Greg needed some shock therapy to stay alive. It's okay Greg,  it was just a long nightmare, Plug…
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Welcome To A New Website, And New Day On WoodyBoater, Held Over. Hangover?

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We are thrilled to bring you all, the New WoodyBoater. We had some of our more famous Woody Boaters introduce you all to the new world. If you look around, poke around and try stuff out. Things may break, or not, over the next week, we will…
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The Long Wait In The Dark

I am sitting here in internet purgatory. Not live yet, and yet, one more day has gone by while we wait for IT people in some universe flicking switches. All should be running smoothly, but the movers dropped some stuff and are all pointing…
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Strangeness In Woodyboaterville.

After fifteen years of doing this EVERYDAY, its a very strange feeling not doing a story today. After all we are all in the dark, while the new WoodyBoater home is being saved from needing to be put in a home. On top of all that, I have realized…
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How Is It We Have Never Known About This? Oh Wait, It’s A Secret.

If you want to set a world record, at 25 MPH, do not name your boat SECRET, and then make a post card out of it, and if you are going to claim you built it, maybe you tell the world who you are? But then again, it's a Secret. I am so confused,…
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Using Artificial Intelligence To?

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This past week, I have been obsessed with a new trend in photo software. Of course AI as its referred to is not all that new, the ease of its use is new. The big question is always with new technology, is how far can it go, and is it right to…
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The Week Ahead. It’s Okay, Woody Boater May Stop For A Bit

Here in Virginia, it's going to be 80 tomorrow. And in some sort of cruel joke, I have to be in the office earning a living. WHAT? Hey, gotta make the doughnuts. And sometimes the weather and my real job don't get along. With all that said,…
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A Miami Flyer Needs Your Brain Cells

A fellow Woody Boater, emailed us to help with his Miami Flyer. I will let his note tell what he knows. Any Miami Flyer Fans Out there? I now am. I did not know about these, and the style is amazing, along with that V8 WOW, Just Wow o Wow! My…
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Another Rare Sign For Sale. Call Your Banker, Not Your Wife!

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Yesterday this wonderful sign popped up on the same auction site that the Wallace Chris Craft sign sold. This is wonderful news for many of us that love these works of art. I will warn you though, this Facebook auction set up is not for the…
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RERUN FROM THE NEW ARCHIVES – The Rumored 3rd Thayer IV.. The Barn Find Of The Decade!

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Woody Boater and U22-1460 Thayer IV - October 2010 This story is one of the most important stories in Woody Boater history. And marked the moment Woody Boater became a real thing in the wood boat hobby. Okay, not a thing.…
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New Feature Coming Soon To The New Woody Boater

Last week we featured a wonderful story that was done over 10 years ago, and it still holds up. Many commented that they had not seen it, and who are some of the folks in the story. In the next week, the new Woody Boater site will go live. Bill…
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Railway Update Sausage In Living Color and BW

Are your scrolling muscles tired from scrolling down over 240 comments from yesterday? Ya don't worry, today will be afar better.  And, well, the next series of stories are somewhat disposable, since the New Woody Boater web site should…
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Tribute Story – Classic Fiberglass Shootout, Two Big Guns From The 70’s – Century Arabian vs Chris-Craft XK-19

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Today as a special tribute to the one and only Raquel, we are re issuing her classic story, and all the comments, sorry , the comments are funny and part of the story, so happy scrolling. And feel free to add to it all. And a huge thanks…
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35 Days Til Dora, Maybe 30, or, 37?

For many of us, Lake Dora is the event that starts the boating season. Ya Ya, there are the guys in FLA that go all year, but as a community, it marks some sort of ritual beginning, and everyone is there. We all come in from all over the…
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Happy Valentines Day

Today is the big day in Woodyboaterville. Today is the day you remind the one you love, and this is the most important part, the one that loves you back, share some time together. I say this because, let's be honest, does your boat really love…
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Just Another Monday In Woodyboaterville.

Today we have some updates on all sorts of stuff. First off, Troy has left Maine and is in route to Mt Dora. And of course we are talking only about 30 days til the big year stating event.  Dang, is it me or does time just fly these days. Forget…
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Are You Ready?

For over 15 years, Woody Boater has provided as a public service, Valentines cards for you to grab and print, and make your own. So, here we go again. To the new folks here, you just click on the card image, and now it should blow up.. Not that…
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Vintagizing A Mercuki Outboard

Fellow Woody Boater Tim Whitcomb sent us a special request the other day to try and vintagize his new Suzuki 25 into something a little vintage to match the original 1959 Mercury he had on his very cool 1959 Larson Thunderhawk Junior So I…
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T Shirts and Cup Designs. The First Sign Of Spring

Today we can vote, and comment on this years new design options for T shirts and coffee cups to be sold at Lake Dora in around 40 days. Yikes! I need to hustle. The big news is we are going to do a best of reprint of SPEEDBOAT OUTLAWS. I am…
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Little Marine Oil Paintings

For years, I always seem to find outboard oil cans here and there. But sadly never really buy them, I think its an outboard thing, Oh, I have the collector gene for sure, but as time marches on, I have been very keen on curating the habit.…
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Binge Watching May Be The Death Of Woody Boater

As Wayne Bomb just texted me, "It’s always a toss up. Who died; Matt or the WB website."my response, We are both on life support. HA, Anyway, the sad truth is, I Binge watched 1883, and 1923 last night. Ya, kinda ripped through those decades…
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Mr Whipp And His Fashion Fax Paus

Meet the Whipp's, and their Chris Craft on the Indian River. Bob Whipp was a lawyer in Lansing Michigan and loved his summer place on Indian lake. So much so, he had gotten a very stylish Chris Craft that could accommodate family and friends.…
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A Woody Boater Backroom Deal?

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From time to time, a fellow Woody Boater offers some special WoodyBoater to WoodyBoater deal. I get it, and have actually been toying with a category on Woody Boater that is for us only. Like a Woody Boater backroom area. If you know about…
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The Number One Best Varnish Lessons On Earth, No Really, He Is From England.

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I know that many of us can go anyplace on youtube and watch any lesson you want on just about any subject. And yes, that includes Varnishing. Not to mention many have talked about it in books, forums and so on. Back in the good old days, the…
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How C-C-C-C-Cold Is It? We Have Some Photos To Warm You Up.

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If you live above the Mason Dixon line, today is your chance to brag to us all about how cold it is and make us all happy we dont live on top of a mountain in New Hampshire. Okay, Staib? You alive? Michigan Gang? TROY? We are all wondering?…
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More Rare William Mackerer Photos On ebay.

Back in 2018 some photos showed up on ebay, which of course I scooped up fast for around $5.00 and then digitized them and shared them with you all. They are images after all and part of the fun is sharing such things.  I then gave some…
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Art Directing The Railway To Death, Okay Maybe Just Real Old

I would bet that many of you are not really sure of what and Art Director is? Okay, you have an idea, heck, my parents didn't even know. Well, as an Art Director for over 40 years, at some point you can't erase it from your brain. So…
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Cleaning Up After The Clean Up – Old Photos

A couple days ago, before we were so rudely interrupted by who ever pulled the plug... Hey, let's just look forward, all seems to be working.. Anyway, a couple days ago, Bob Kays sent me some images from lake Hopatcong to fix. Okay, no sweat.…
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