Welcome To WoodyBoaterville
A place to enjoy woodyboating when you are not out on your boat, or if you just want to enjoy the world that surrounds these fun classic water craft.
Being a part of WoodyBoater is a way for folks to keep up with the community and all that is going on. Finding and saving lost boats, lost stories on lost waterways is our passion. The art, boat shows, destinations, people, and your conversation are the fuel that drives us.
On any given day there are about 10 of us roaming around our parts of the world looking for your stories and boats. In fact just by reading this, you are now officially deputized and are now a WoodyBoater. Please send us your lost story. Don’t worry about spelling by the way—there is even an official WoodyBoater Dictionary. Look through it below.
If you want a more intimate conversation contact us 24/7/365 at Matt@WoodyBoater.com
WoodyBoaterese: The Official Dictionary of WoodyBoater
For those who think we do bad spelling and gramar.
We get complaints daily regarding spelling and the destruction of the English language. We don’t disagree, but we don’t speak, English here. It’s our own language. So, WoodyBoater felt it necessary to publish a new dictionary of WoodyBoaterese—the official language of WoodyBoater, a small community located on a bluff over looking Lake Cyberspace. You thought it was all typos didn’t you. Oh no! We are proud of our heritage and 6th grade C-grade English. So here is a short run down of the top 20+ terms you will see on Woody Boater on a regular basis.
- There, they’re, and thier mean the same thing. Also their.
- I before e is for 7th graders. they get mixed up all the time here. Dont take it personaly.
- Ok means OK. To and Too.. and of and off all mean the same thing. Ok!
- The generous use of …… is because I am thinking….. see…. adds to it.
- Big words get googled, so it’s what ever google says the word is.
- Off, of also are the same word and mean the same thing.
- The WoodyBoatress is the queen of the realm.
- Where, wear, were, all mean the same thing . You have to put it in context.
- Varnish is better than crack or meth in Woodyboaterville.
- Crocs are better than deck shoes and are very sexy on old babes. But you will die wearing, whereing them.
- Ink-clot babes are a term referencing old B&W shots of 90 year old babes from catalogs.
- Lickable babes refers to decals of babes from the 50s.
- Your , youre and you’re all mean the same thing.
- Woohoo, is a term I have used for years. Made more popular by Homer Simpson. But not just his.. It can be read as excitement or sarcastically.
- Proofreading is for english teachers. If I wrote it, thats good enough for me. that’s?
- The use of punctuation is purely arbitrary.. and I had to look up arbitrary.
- When I say I want to go out in the barn and make sweet love to my boat.. I actually mean it.. You would.. wood… be amazed what you can do with that grease that you are supposed to put on your water pump.
- Middle aged women are smok’n hot in WoodyBoaterville. Middle aged men are still 20 and have 30 inch waist lines, and our farts don’t smell.
- Every boat I see, I want. It’s that simple. If I could have a barn full of boats i would… Wait, I do.. Like that show, Boat Horders.. No I need that old pile of worm infested hull boards.. Someday they might be useful.
- Sausage Day is a day in which we publish tidbits of stuff that is’nt too great for an entire story. So we pile up all the scraps, left overs and lips and snouts and publish them in a day. A Sausage Day
- New Terms—Official WoodyBoaterese words:
- Milking. The term used when I stretch out a one day story to a longer one, two days, or a week.
- PreRestoric. The period of time when a boat is ready for restoration, and still is usable, but keeps going. The tension of you should, but don’t is the fun part.
- Header Day. A day that I am too lazy to make a header, Like today. It’s a collection of old headers. Just hit refresh or the logo on the upper left, or the header and a new old one appears.
- Dim. The the loving name for a troll who thinks they are anonymous and keeps causing trouble in the comment section
- Horace. The name used in the comment section when you just want to spew hate. BTW, you will get made fun of, deleted, and other stuff. But in case you see that name, you know we know, and well you know what to do.
There are many names out there and in here that for the life of me I screw up. I know the folks, But for whatever reason, misspell. So, For those of you trying to figure out who these folks are, Here is a short list. Check back for frequent updates:
- Bruce Bildsten – can be spelled, Bildstin, Bilstin, Bilsten.
- Jim Frachette – Other spellings. Freshete, Freshette, Frachette
- Mike Watson and Alex Watson are not related.
- M-fine is Matt Fine, Not Matt Byrne, Burn, Birn, nor me Matt just Matt. If you are another Matt, like Matt Berlough, Berlaw..from the Antique Boat Center it gets even more confusing.
- Peter Stephens, Other spellings Stevens.
- Shaun, Shawn, Sean… Really, cant there their be a universal spelling of Shaun, Sean, Shawn!
- Renee Katzs. Not Rene, Renay, Rennay.. I think.. Or is it one e?
- Marty Fileto. Filletto, Filetto.. I think one of these is right.
- Lou Raugh, or Raw, Rogh, Lue, Lu, Lew?
- Mike Mayor, Mayer, from Lake Oswego?
- John Baas, two a’s not Bass, which is a fish and has a large mouth, John Baas is not a fish, but we from time to time spell it that way.
- You! If you are having your name slaughtered by my weakness in editorial standards, please let us know and we will add you here.
Sons of Varnish is a loose group of folks who love classic WoodyBoats and use the crap out of them. We like working on them, hearing them, smelling them, and slow afternoon rides. We are not a Society. We are the opposite.
Global HQ In Reedville
Our mailing address (if you want to send very large checks):
WoodyBoater Global Headquarters
707 Main St
Reedville, VA, 22539
Worldwide Woodys
We have satellite offices and reporters throughout North America and around the world. We are a 24/7/365 global organization.
- Reedville, Virginia Global Headquarters
- Iowa Bill Basler, Basler Design, Tech Grunt
- Hessel, Michigan Alex Watson, Reporter/Photographer
- Minnesota Dane Anderson, Photographer/Reporter
- Kentucky Kentucky Wonder Reporter
- Lake George Kent O. Smith Jr., Reporter/Photographer
- Florida Christopher Wise, Reporter/Photographer
- Michigan Greg Lewandouski, Reporter, Shameless Plugger
- San Fransisco Scott Sawyer, Technology/Production
- Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey Bob Kays, Reporter/ Photographer
- Chicago Chad Durren, Reporter/Photographer
- Las Vegas Don Ayers, Photography & Video
- Lake Tahoe, California Hamster, Reporter/Spy Cam
Around the other world
- Canada HQ – Texx, Reporter/Photographer
- Europe HQ – Berlin Bureau
- Pacific HQ – Phil from New Zealand, Reporter
- Woody Roman Reporters, Roaming around the world and gathering amazing images for us all to drool over. Kent O. Smith Jr, Steve Lapkin
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Copyright and rules regarding image and copy use
WoodyBoater® is a registered trademark and is the property of WoodyBoater LLC, as are all the products we create and images we shoot. If you see it here, it’s been shot by us or others who have granted permission to us exclusively. These images are copyright protected to the fullest level.
All images and content like the terms Woodyboaterville, and Lake Cyberspace are registered with copyright.gov as copyrighted content. We are dead serious about protecting our work via our copyrights. By sending us images you are allowing us to use the images for WoodyBoater related stories, on Instagram and Facebook. We will always credit your images and they will not be sold.
Downloading an image or using our name for commercial use (other than personal use) is strictly forbidden—unless we have agreed in advance.
No Facebook or Instagram Use!
There is a new group of folks who harvest images from sites such as woodyboater.com and use them to build a Facebook or Instagram account. It’s against our policy and the policies of social media sites. This is strictly prohibited under all circumstances. We recommend you understand and read all the rules on the social media sites. It’s very clear! Sorry to be so harsh, but our images are now being used for other things than what we intended them for like porn sites and blueprints of boats and other products on eBay and other places. That is forbidden. Period.
The two images below are the biggest violators because they show up in Google search so much. Please ask us if you have any questions.
This specific Image is used all over the place and needs to be called out as a special Copyrighted image owned by WoodyBoater
This image is now on a book cover with permission. It is specifically copyrighted and owned by WoodyBoater
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Are you considering a story on the wonderful world of classic boating? We have boats, owners and destinations, all at our varnished finger tips for you to interview or photograph. We are 100% focused on promoting the wonderful life we all live with our WoodyBoats.
Here is one example. Vanity Fair, featured as a “Cult Favorite” by Punch Hutton. Photo and info of Sylvia our beloved 1941 Chris Craft Barrelback provided by WoodyBoater.
We also played a part in the big feature on classic boats for CBS Sunday Morning, helping find boaters and events to film. See the story here.
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