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A huge thanks to fellow WoodyBoater David Shepler for sharing his wonderful journey to Lake George and Hall’s Boats. The original home of Mom’s Mink, his amazing Gar Wood. Looks like David sure had a fantastic time! At the bottom of this story is the original story we did on Moms Mink. Take it away
... Read more.Thanks to fellow Woody Boater Kent O. Smith Jr for sending in a Last Hurrah gasp! Take it away Mr O. Smith Jr When seeing the foreboding forecast for later in the week – slushy sloppy measurable accumulations – my WoodyBoater friend Steve Upham suggested that we go for a “last hurrah.” After all, his
... Read more.JUST YESTERDAY WE WERE HAVING A SPIRITED DISCUSSION HERE ON WOODY BOATER about classic boat shows and, what some people feel, is the need for more “Dynamic” events… And then we received the following Live-ish Report from fellow Woody Boaters Chris & Julie Bullen who were part of the action at Lake George. The timing
... Read more.Thanks to Kent O. Smith Jr for taking having some fun with the Big 1St Annual Classic Boat Show Showdown. Gull Lake VS Lake George, Dane VS Kent, Cannon VS Nikon..Yes, it aint Hockey speed that’s for sure.. More like charging snails! But it is an interesting idea to have a competition between two shows
... Read more.Well, if you are going to spend the weekend sitting by the cable box, you are in luck, cause we are having a classic boat show show down! That’s right, we have livei-sh reports coming in from Team Texx and Dane Anderson from Gull Lake. And… fingers crossed, Kent O. Smith Jr and yours truly..
... Read more.Thanks to fellow Woody Boater Kent O. Smith Jr and his one amazing eye, we get to see this years Lake George Rendezvous in spectacular splendid superlishious, sparkling, stunning, superduper, color. Now we just need to figure out what he does with his other eye! But first, some history… Take it away Kent! 40th Annual Lake
... Read more.This weekend up on Lake George was the perfect weekend to take your Woody Boat out for a fun rendezvous with fellow Woody Boaters, thanks to Kent O. Smith Jr we have great shots of some of the event. AND, no text. So we can make up what ever we want. Wooohooo! Thanks Kent for
... Read more.Last week Woody Boater featured a story about a very cool, very classic Donzi Hornet 19 owned by fellow Woody Boater Royce from Lake Okoboji, in Northwest Iowa. The story generated a great deal of interest from the Woody Boater Community, and has led to what we hope will be an offical “Classic Fiberglass Shootout”
... Read more.We have all been there. Yes.. Browning Montana.. If not there, Grand Lake Nebraska, (there is no Lake in Grand lake by the way.) the list of obscure places along the road to find our beloved wood boats. Or getting things done to our Classic wallet suckers. There is no way to fed ex a
... Read more.Fellow Woody Boater Kent O. Smith from Lake George has magic powers in one of his eyes.. Like the 6 million dollar man he is able to see a nice image and with the help of his trusty sidekick ” Camera” take some great snap shots of this time of year in classic boat paradise.
... Read more.There are lakes, and then there are lakes. And this is Lake George the second kind of lake.. The stunning kind, the post card kind… Hands down one of the most magnificent settings on the planet earth for classic boats. This weekend was your chance to bask in the glory of both. And for those
... Read more.I found this on Upstate New York Boating. A cool forum. But this story is a neat photo journey of the restoration of a nice Hacker named “Peggy”. Make sure you click on the little numbers on the bottom. There are three pages of photos and story line… Click Here and start your Sunday off
... Read more.On the way home from Quimby’s we stopped in Lake George for the day between 7 hr drives to Virginia. What a day. The weather was perfect and so were the crowds. Thank god for $4 gas. Lake George is one of the woody boat centers of the universe. So I was able to get
... Read more.Remember that killer sign for sale last week? The one at the Facebook Auction? The one that sold for $15,000? Ya that one. Well, we were all rooting for Greg Wallace.. yes the same Wallace, to get the sign. But at some point, it just was insane. But it is what it is, and at
... Read more.Here we go. Get ready. We have a whopper report coming in from Niagara from Kent O. Smith and today a “pre” view International teaser from Steve Lapkin. Oh hell to the ya! Here is the report from Steve. Take it away. George Country….a stone’s throw from the Canadian – Idaho border. We’re ‘way out
... Read more.It was official last night and we are reporting it this morning. The Black Katz Cobra will be..at Katz’s this weekend we hope. And also breaking news, will be at lake Dora Next year with the Red Cobra. Yup. This is head exploding type news for us in our little community. The Cobra will be
... Read more.A huge shout out to fellow Woody Boater bob ” Have I Got A Calendar For You” Kays for sending us in this report from Lake Hopatcong. Thanks to Bobs great camera skills, and other skills…. Anyway, Bob was able to get some great photos. Like Christmas in June for Lake Hopatcong Woody Boaters, the
... Read more.It’s not a trick question BTW, Okay, stick with us here, cause it all makes sense, but only in our strange little world known as Woodyboaterville. Ready? Now, Meet Carl Fisher. For those who don’t know Carl, he is the one who started Prest-o-lite and with the fortune from that company built the Indianapolis Motor
... Read more.The good folks at Halls Boats on Lake George and Elco are part of go Green movement, and run around the Lake in an Elco, also restoring them and keeping them going to show quality standards. Today we will feature several to show that you can go green in style. Elco has a long history of
... Read more.This year at the big lake Dora event, we hear that maybe the Donzi Club may hold a gathering there. There is nothing like the big block roar of vintage muscle. The Donzi gang is fun and full of life and no doubt will bring some fun energy to the lake. If you want to
... Read more.So, its almost fall, and last gasp time and you are sitting around reading this? Really? You’re not in your car loaded up on coffee and egg McMuffins racing to Smith Mountain Lake? What? If you live on the East Coast this could be your last big fun show of the year. Sure there is
... Read more.Thanks to fellow Woody Boater Eric Zelman for reporting in from Smith Mountain Lake – Take it away Eric. The Smith Mountain Lake gang put together another great workshop Saturday morning. Hosted this time by George Blosser at his beautiful lakefront home in Moneta, VA, folks started to arrive around 8:30 AM for coffee and
... Read more.There’s a tongue twister for ya. Long time fellow Woody Boater George Blosser of The Smith Mountain Lake Gang had a fun Last gasp run on the lake over the Thanksgiving holiday. I can say that the weather here in Virginia was worth winterizing again for. It was a nice 70 ish, and beautiful sunny
... Read more.Last week, one of my co workers told me she was headed to Smith Mountain Lake for her anniversary. She then asked if I knew anyone at the lake that might give her and her husband a fun woody boater ride. I think we can help…. In one email, we had it all set up
... Read more.It’s always exciting to have someone in the media share the joy of our culture. Thanks to the good folks on Smith Mountain Lake for getting the word out on Fox 21 the local channel in the Roanoke and Lynchburg area of Virginia. Thanks again to fellow Woody Boater George Blosser and the Smith Mountain
... Read more.Three weekends, three shows. This weekend we will be in our home town of Reedville Virginia at the classic boat show put on by the Reedville Fishermans Museum and the Tidewater ACBS chapter. This is a small intimate show in a very cool little town located on the mouth of the Great Wicomico River and
... Read more.Thanks to a slow down in donations we are returning to our regularly scheduled boat show reports. This time it’s from the good folks on the Glacier Lake ACBS. I wonder if the bottoms of the boats are larger on that lake? To obscure of a glacier joke? Anyone? Beuler? Cough cough.. crickets.. Wow what
... Read more.This report is so late, some of the boats at the show two weeks ago have already under gone a new bottom job.. BADOOM Cheee. Rim shot.. The story is so old,,,,,,,,,,,HOW OLD IS IT?……… It’s so old, that pre war now stands for before the war in Sierra? … To Soon?………Cough cough……. crickets… ………………..Anyone
... Read more.If its from Kent, it’s gonna look good. And it does. Kent can make a dock shot rock. And they do. Kent has super camera powers. He even.. and get this, he even sends along credits and captions. He is like a super photo shooter. Todays report is from Lake Champlain. As Kent said. ”
... Read more.Fellow Woody Boater and full time Bay Area Photojournalist Steve Natale arrived at the Lake Tahoe Concours d’Elegance in style today, on board “THUNDERBIRD” and sent us these great iPhone photos live from the docks at the Sierra Boat Company Marina. And as expected, the best of the best as far as antique & classic
... Read more.Reporting in from Smith Mountain Lake , Fellow Woody Boater George Blosser sent us some nice pics of the show.. and get this.. captions. OK it wont be as funny, but acurate and even correct spelling.. At least i think its all spelled right. Thanks George for the fun pics!
... Read more.We are certainly doing some globe trotting this week here at Woody Boater… Which started last Saturday at Bob Mishko’s engine shop in Tennessee… to Matt and his sputtering outboard in Virgina on Sunday… to Secret Island on the coast of Britsh Columbia, Canada with some big classic cruisers… then off to Chicago to welcome
... Read more.The Official List of Class Winners from the 2012 Lake Tahoe Concours d’Elegance is now published on the Lake Tahoe Concours website. (You can Click Here to go there and also see the complete list below). One of the highlights of the big event is the “Roar Off” where the boat owners have the opportunity
... Read more.Located in central Virginia along the Blue Ridge Mountains, Smith Mountain Lake was the place to be last weekend if you wanted see some cool antique & classic boats. Despite the less than perfect weather this year, the 21st Annual Smith Mountain Lake Antique & Classic Boat Show and Festival hosted by the Smith Mountain
... Read more.Although I have had the pleasure of attending the Lake Tahoe Concours d’Elegance very year since 2005, for some reason I have never taken the time to make the short 15 minute drive down to Homewood to visit the Tahoe Maritime Museum. So this year I made a point of stopping in at the museum
... Read more.That’s right, They have thrown away the old Smith Mountain Lake and a nice new one is in it’s place.. wait..I love that Lake just the way it is. Great folks , nice club doing great things… why change it….. what… OHHHHH… I should have read the entire press release.. Apparently it’s just there website…
... Read more.If you are going to go water skiing on Lake Tahoe, do it with style. Glass-like conditions, a bristol blue sky, snow capped Sierra Nevada Mountain peaks and assure calm waters. Buzz Gibb (formerly the owner of the Queen of the Lake: THUNDERBIRD) commissioned Steven Lapkin (www.h2omark.com ) to capture the never-before: John Beard (then,
... Read more.The judges agonized over the decision. We looked at all the submissions, some even came in last night, a last chance hail Mary from Montana. Three from Michigan, One from New York, New Jersey, Iowa, and what started out looking like a landslide victory from Idaho with several.. Why all the passion.. Could it be
... Read more.The shots and love stories came in from 3 folks yesterday. One for Lake George and two for Idaho. Lake George is a no brainier . But Idaho? Not New England? Minnesota? Lake Tahoe? Anyone? Idaho.. I am going to wind up in Idaho with a pack of Weeners and t-shirts.. I have to say
... Read more.Beautiful Lake Chatuge is nestled in the mountains of Western North Carolina and Northern Georgia, two hours north of Atlanta. Last week Woody Boater featured the wonderful photography of Robert & Linda Miracle from Miracle Photography. As we were preparing the story, Robert sent us this spectacular image that he captured from Lake Chatuge during
... Read more.To start off the week.. George McInnis…We have been reporting on George for years.. During this past last gasp week George floored us with some new images.. Wow.. Thanks George for sharing that eye of yours with the rest of us.. Titled….”Morning” OK.. Wait a minute.. We need to work on the titles here.. Morning
... Read more.Go to the kitchen and heat up some rubber chicken.. It’s a virtual awards show.. Pink.. See we predicted this.. Pink is the new hot color this year.. I am envious.. And the O’Neill award goes to… It’s from 1930.. So it can’t be called a new town? Also won the strongest transom award..Look at
... Read more.We had fun with The SML Youth Judging 2010-1 Owner George Blosser 1956 Chris Craft Continental “Happy Days” Thanks to the magic of the web, it’s like I can report from two shows at the same time..shhhh, no one knows, the folks in Smith Mountain Lake will think I was there with the magic of
... Read more.It’s that time of year again for all us Smith’s to get together at Smith Mountain Lake 19th Annual ACBS Antique Classic Boat Show. Friday – Sunday September 18-20. Virginia’s answer to Lake George, Lake Winnipesaukee, Lake Hopatcong, Flathead Lake, Lake Tahoe, Clear Lake, Lake Komoniwanalayah… all of them. This is one fun welcoming crowd
... Read more.The public is cordially invited to see a flotilla of antique and classic motorboats at Smith Mountain Lake’s Parrot Cove Marina on Saturday, June 27, 2009. More than a dozen pristine antique and classic boats from the 1920’s to the 1960’s will be on display at Parrot Cove Marina, near the Hales Ford Bridge on
... Read more.Here is some more cool art from George McInnis. These are based on shots taken at Lake Dora in the Spring. I have left them full resolution. Click on the shot, it will come up larger and drag to your desktop. Makes a great screen saver. There, your now woody computing.. Wooohooo!
... Read more.I could babble on about George’s brilliant eye for creating great images. I could talk about the use of color and negative space. The duality of photography being transformed into a painting. I could wax poetic about how a gigabyte can be translated into wonderful images at the hand of George McInnis. I could..should…But I
... Read more.A huge thanks to Kent O.Smith Jr for this wonderful holiday gift and a reminder that WoodyBoater is actually about boats. Ya? I know, who knew? What? No Mr B shots in here? Mmmmm. Perhaps the most iconic Lake George (NY) boat is the infamous “El Lagarto,” the only boat to win three consecutive Gold
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