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Lake Dora 2023 by Kent O. Smith Jr Well there is another show in the books. If you weren’t there, well, you didn’t get to enjoy it like those of us who were there. My first time through the Dora Canal was in 1995. Yeah, I’m that old. I’ve been to the show over the
... Read more.They say “ignorance is bliss,” but what they don’t say is after you figure out something, you just get pissed off and after you have been pissed on. BTW, No judgements. Anyway. yesterdays story on the neon clock triggered my ranternator again. Ya, just made that word up. When I read the description on the
... Read more.When I started writing yesterdays story I was just talking about spelling and little issues of Woody Boater that always seem to be broken. I DID NOT INTEND TO MAKE IT A DONATE DAY. But it did, and was very nice. Actually emotional for me. You all chipped in and WOW. It all helps. Yesterdays
... Read more.I was on the phone yesterday with Bill Basler for about an hr, and we were reminiscing about when and why Woody Boater started and the way it worked WITH the CCABC. You may be surprised by our family connection. Originally the Boat Buzz was an email chain. A question would be asked and then
... Read more.A huge thanks to fellow Woody Boater Mark Schallip for giving me….and you the day off from my word butchering, and tasteless humor. Take it away Mr Schallip. No really take it, you can have it. Dims and babes.. All of it. Quarantine Transom When I bought “Little One” in the spring of 2019, I
... Read more.A huge thanks to Reporter Dane Anderson for putting together this great report from Crosslake MN. I always love a great set of photos from Dane, and the entire Minnesota Gang! They sure know how to milk a summer up there. Take it away Dane! Saturday was the 32nd Annual Whitefish Chain Antique and Classic
... Read more.I love..wait, loved the word Vintage. It used to actually mean something. Technically from a specific time. Like, a 1956 Vintage, or its a wonderful 1965 Vintage wine, etc. And you can also simply communicate an aged item by adding vintage. BUT.. And this is where I go off. But shysters have been marketing through
... Read more.I am writing this for you to send to someone that you may know that is “Wake Challenged”. You can share it on Facebook, there are a lot of Douche’s their. Okay if you are a Facebook Douche now reading this now. Turn around from time to time to see if your large ass wake
... Read more.The other day I was bitching about the original engine ups and downs of ownership. With several boats going at any given time, one of them seems to always be finicky. Never something clear cut. Can be the weather, or just something loose. But as I was going on and on about it, and wanting
... Read more.We can all sit back and pretend all is well in the world now, ish…..Looks like the Palm Gardens is open and running some ice cold beers and AC on the Dead River just down the canal from the lake Dora show. Here at WoodyBoater we were on pins and needles waiting to find out
... Read more.There sure are alotta fancy classic boats out on Lake Tahoe this weekend at the big International Show. But no one, and I mean no one will have a Baseball crammed in their E-X-H-A-U-S-T pipe like this one from fellow Woody Boater Mark Setterholm. The story goes, they were starting starting to disassemble a 1952
... Read more.This year as promised, I had fun. Not out looking for shots, or anything like that. Just following my heart and desire. Spending time with friends, and laughing. ALOT. And the social media folks of various influencers certainly covered all this. BTW the ACBS is KILLING IT on that front. WOW. More on that later.
... Read more.In the past year, there have been three large boats left behind in our area. And our area on the bay is a pin dot. And from time to time a random sail boat will linger in the water or run aground and left. But the three boats I am speaking of are large and
... Read more.And now for something completely different. As many of you also are, I have a weak spot for time tested classic restaurants. Diners, old burger places, deli’s etc. But what is truly an American experience is a great steak place. And nothing compares to the archetype of all steak places, Peter Luger’s. In NY. Been
... Read more.One of the things about our community I love, is that for the most part, like 99% of are looking out for the next guy and their experience with a classic boat. I am including our broker community as well. I know most of them, and they are good folks that are here to help
... Read more.You may think this is going to be some insight on wet sanding. Nope, It’s photographing wet sanding. I love this stage of the process. Stuff comes to light. Small little flaws, and you begin to see the hard work done in the prep stage. I KNOW, this is getting so milked its like frozen
... Read more.Thanks to The Earl Of The Eye,Sir Steve Lapkin for saving us all from more Stinky stories. Sorry about the bad pun. Actually really not all that bad of a pun as puns go. I will let Rabbit rate it on a scale of 1-1 out of 10. Anyway here is Sir Steves story. WITH
... Read more.Okay I have a solution for all the Indigenous Peoples Day / Columbus Day confusion. Let’s pile on and make it Christopher Columbus Smith Day! See, it solves all the drama and back and forth and just embraces power boats and the history of freedom they have given us all. We have it all in
... Read more.Many of you asked yesterday what Tommy said when he saw the boat. Tommy is a man of few words, and wasn’t speechless thats for sure. He was in fact blown away and was calling all his buddies on his flip phone to come see her. BTW, I have offered Tommy the boat back many
... Read more.While everyone was enjoying the Gull Lake Tahoe Hessel mash up of visual splendor, Wayne Bomb and I were getting Zip ready for her big comeback run. As you may recall. Or not. Doesn’t matter, Zips fateful havoc wreaking run was on…wait for it.. September 7, 1967. And the plan is to have her back
... Read more.We didnt get a report in this morning. But I did get notes on what an amazing day it was. So much so, the day off today was granted since we did have some left overs from yesterdays artery clog of stories. Reports will no doubt be coming in. HEY! you get what you pay
... Read more.If you are tuning in to see another report from Sir Steve Lapkin today. Well, you are gonna get more than you bargained for. As in, not just one report, but two. That’s right, today we are gonna try and mash together two reports, and two stories. a a chazillion images. Chazillion is my new
... Read more.INTO THE MYSTIC……AT GULL LAKE” Van Morrison’s Into The Mystic is perhaps the single song that best captures the artist’s talent for crafting peaceful tunes with poetic lyrics that showcase life through a spiritual lens. I, as well, often think of my particular eye/lens as transcendent…..unmatched, if not supernatural. —— Matt Here. It may help
... Read more.This year was the 59th Annual Antique Boat Show at the Antique Boat Museum in Thousand Islands, Clayton, NY. The mark classes celebrated were Old Town, Correct Craft and Herreshoff. According to Executive Director Rebecca Hopfinger, it is the longest running annual boat show in the country. If you have never been to the ABM,
... Read more.Another huge thanks to Steve Natale for keeping us all up to date and allowing me to milk the Tahoe event to Lactose Intolerance level. We don’t have on the water stuff yet, and I am sure will. This has been more of a real time kinda report. Of Course Kent O. Smith Jr is
... Read more.Today, we look forward to the coming week ahead. I didn’t have the heart to do more Zip Updates. I think I am becoming Lactose Intolerant. Thats what the kids call it, I just think I am farting a lot after drinking too much milk. And yet, seem to be fine after Ice Cream which
... Read more.Today is a mash up of sorts. We just get some nice action shots of Elsie and Toots on Lake Hopatcong. Okay and maybe some extra bling from Katz’s marina to get you all revvvved up for the weekend. BTW, the Algonac Show is this weekend, we have a Reporter headed up there. George and
... Read more.Well if that headline doesn’t get you to read on, I am not sure what would. And why would I go on a rant about a dumb brochure? I mean it’s got babes, and all sorts of vintage coolness. But, here is my issue. It’s all one big rip off. Like if I was Chris
... Read more.As part of the Berlin experience, one must visit and take the tour of the Berlin Temelhof airport. And if you do or google around, you can get very deep and geeky about its history, and since you are here for classic boats, not a dam tour of an old abandoned airport. I will try
... Read more.WARNING: If you are lactose intolerant, you may want to move on cause it may get a tad gassy today. A huge thanks to long time fellow WoodyBoater and curator Syd Marsden from Syd’s Text Museum. Yesterday, Syd sent these images to us and mmmmm, these look rather milkish! And got me thinking about how
... Read more.Yesterday there was a small boat car show thing in Kilmarnock VA. As in a hodgepodge of folks that all kinda thing the same parked in a parking lot and catching up. Waynebomb and I made a quick drive by and ended up spending more time than we thought, with some great laughter, joking around
... Read more.You talk about road trips. Right after lake Dora, Kent hopped on a space shuttle and just said, floor it, I need some boaters, I cant take dock shots anymore, and getting people to pose? So, I am headed to a place where no one has gone before. Yes, and Woody Boater is there as
... Read more.Oh the Ignominy of it all. And as usual, Paul’s use of the English language is perfect, emotive, and yes. So So True. Let me splain. So yesterday we enjoyed meeting everyone. And decided that a boat ride was warranted to release some steam. Okay, I wasn’t steamy, but it was hot! Yes like mid
... Read more.Okay, ya I made a joke. But with love, and a certain type of rebound of love with the lil Racer. And for those of you, all 42 who came up with over 100 names. I do have some faves and a couple new ones inspired by your ideas. STAY TUNED. Anyway, today in respect
... Read more.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 world, yes, world. Its three Days
... Read more.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 kinda blow up? It enlarges. Jesus,
... Read more.I have been holding this one image back because its just too juicy to have it in a sea of photos. Like the BW shot of the storage showroom. but this one is current. YUP. And that Racer is.. Yes, the racer in the old family photos. Grandama fave! Stay tuned on that story. And
... Read more.Yesterday we featured the Wallace Aero Marine Service Buildings, today we have some amazing images from the Wallace Boatride archives. Okay, archives might sound a little lofty. Maybe more like a photo album. Or maybe even some of Gregs Drawers. Troy talked about a bit of this yesterday in the comment section. This may seem
... Read more.Okay I am mashing two stories into one today, kinda like adding some milk to the story to add a little something. Maybe a cereal of sorts. A sequence of a story that needs some more, but not small enough to be part of a sausage story? And if you are able to follow this
... Read more.Well, last night we went to one of the many parades that take place in New Orleans. This time it was a Krampus Parade. Although December 5th is the official day of Krampus, For those of you wondering what in the heck, or hell actually Krampus is. He is the other side of St Nicholas.
... Read more.Yesterday longtime fellow Woody Boater and pal Jim Grant, sent me a link to a Facebook post regarding some stuff a daughter was trying to get a value on from some of her dads collection. He had passed away and she was clearly trying to do the right thing. But, man oh man. Within seconds,
... Read more.Have a nervous spouse about going out boating? And love classic boating. Well today is your lucky…or unlucky day. Because for a mear $4,500 before low balls you can own your very own LIFE BOAT! A real one! Not some rotten wood yard filler. But a real orange Beast! And you thought you had seen
... Read more.A shout out to Kent O Smith and the internet for getting us some very moody images from Burlington Vermont at the pre events at the Big International. We are also working on some pre events at the Big Global at HQ. For example, I took 6 cans of trash to the dump yesterday. YA.
... Read more.A couple days ago we did a classic Whatizit story for Zoomer, and you all came up with some amazing insights. Bo Muller chimed in “My best guess is a Welchcraft. The Welch brothers sold lots of kit boats in the 20’s and 30’s Lots were inboards.” Jim Grant with a link to some —
... Read more.We got notes from Texx, and Kent that both events Gull Lake and Lake George have been captured, but for different reasons, we are not getting a story from them today. So.. Guess what you get. A Reedville Show Teaser. Cleaning up the railway for the Friday Night Reception and boats at the show. The
... Read more.I have been slooooowly wandering into the Model A universe, and as part of all that been sniffing around the clubs and yes, facebook and so on. Like many that start in our passion. And its all the same. More young people and yada yada, Cliche cliche.. Ahhhhhh, It is interesting that the journey into
... Read more.As promised, Kent O. Smith Jr has edited a bazillion images he captured while up in Clayton. Kent is in great demand now, and especially through boat show season. Wow, I am so thrilled to be able to bring you all his amazing talent. I cannot emphasize enough how lucky we are to be able
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