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
Okay, I will admit it, I am writing this story just for the headline. I mean, come on. It’s gold Jerry! How many times does one get to write a line like this and have it rated G? Anyway, I have been cleaning out the putty that was plugging them up. The entire boat is
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
Seems like things are kinda slow out there in Woodyboaterville, so again, you get more Stinky stuff. And today with a celebrity appearance to rack up the rating points. Mr B. Hey, he’s available and not on strike. So it is what it is, and I might add, exactly what you pay for. On a
Yesterday I started to deal with Stinky seams. I had all the torture tools ready, and went to the hardware store to pick up a can opener. Here is an actual quote from the young cashier. “What is that?” I was confused, its a can opener, I had to explain that back in the day
Yesterday afternoon after zoom calls I was able to get away and do some more scraping on Stinky. Oh! And quickly I realized that she may not be liking this? Ya, things starting getting very personal. Is she happy to have this done. Was the fiberglass a huge girtle she had been in-prisoned in for
Today we have a gift from the god’s of Chris Crafts past thanks to Art, yes our art, not the other art with is just there to look at. Where as our Art actually does something, and well. Okay, nice to look at. Anyway Art shared with me his special tool yesterday. No not that
I knew in my mind that the varnished wood transom would add a little sumth’n sumth’n but to think it is a far cry from feeling it. That simple tweek added some real punch and accented the lines so much better. I sweat these little 16’s are the best of the entire barrel back series.
Dan, you asked, today Mr B in all his glory. My trusty side kick, never complains, always ready to go, and the best doorbell on the planet earth.
While freeing Stinky from her “enclosure of glass” I have realized that I am also seeing and learning how she was prepped for the process back in the 1960’s. For the record I am going to do this in stages. We all know that the second we start stripping the bottom of the glass, its
Since the day we found Stinky in a dairy barn in Georgia, the never ending tension of leave it alone, or restore it has been gnawing at me like every rodent that did so to her in her 50 year hibernation. She is no doubt a wonderful poster child for the Prerestoric category we introduced
I noticed this cool storage thing on ebay the other day. I am sure some of you noticed it as well. And at first glance, I thought. mmm thats cool. And the more I looked, oh! Hey thats really cool, and then I let it sit there for a bit, and then cooled off. And
See, Wyatt every 5 years… Whats 5 years? Well, how old are you? See Wyatt before you were in Mommy’s tummy… I was in Mommy’s tummy? How did I get there? Well, mmm Wyatt, see … Do I need to be draw down? No Wyatt. See, Wyatt just look sad, and I will get your
We got this the other day from the Curator of Syd’s Text Museum, Now, Syd’s museum knows tons of stuff. Like stuff you will never really to know. And stuff that if you do know will take up some valuable storage space in your noggin that you could use for more important things. Like did
Back when WoodyBoater started over 15 years ago, Bjorn was also starting his restoration of an amazing Barrel Back. And yes he had a blog that showed the process. WOW. And on top of all that, Bjorn is one of the nicest and most friendly citizens of Woodyboaterville. His work is amazing. Like serious amazing.
Okay, it’s official, the gods of old boats and old stories is getting a tad crazy now. LIKE! WTH? CRAZY!!!!! No doubt you have seen the above image by now in todays story. Another newspaper clipping we were sent by Lean Edwards Daughter. And a copy of the ad for the event. It promised excitement,
Todays headline could be read several ways. I will let the pics tell the story. Which is kinda odd, since it kinda makes sense. Which is also kinda odd since there is very little I say that makes sense. Make sense? Thanks everyone for your kind wishes and concern. We never lost any power, and
We got us a report from Sir Steve Lapkin Prince of the order of lenses. Honestly Steve is a very humble royal, and well. We just say Lapkin. Anyway I will let his lord of the lense take the story over. I am just getting confused as to all the Woody Boater royal lineage? Anyway
I am honestly conflicted here, on one hand I am so grateful to the weather people and all the alerts on my phone at odd hours telling me of the impending doom of 2-4 feet above normal high tide in our area. THANKYOU! But on the other hand. In the back of my head I
A huge thanks to Rabbit, and Dane Anderson for this report from Minnesota. Are you ready, cause you are gonna want to book rooms now. And also just be prepared for the milking. Like imagine Sir Plug Lot with serious professional help. Here goes. Let the Minnetonka Milking begin! Oh and I got to make
Even at my ripe old age, I am still conditioned to think of September as the end of fun and warmth. I blame the school year, and the way life seems to reboot. The crisp air, low light, and slowly shorter days. I swear one could almost tell the time of year just by the
Over the past 6 months or so you have been following the Zipdates and her progress. And you also may recall that we went on a final shoot of her with Tommy Beatley getting into Zip for his first ride in decades. Well, after some editing, and waiting for the International reporting to end. Here
As you may recall several years ago, I did the same thing here in Reedville in Sweet Pea.. I got this from Hamster from a Facebook post from the Lake George Boaters Facebook page. Ugh, Facebook news! And of course everyone has something to say. Having been there, here, it’s far easier to do than
We got this fun report in from long time fellow WoodyBoater Tom Gruenauer regarding a new project barn find. I had to wait because of all the amazing perfection coming out of Michigan this past week. Somehow I love the contrast of Toms new Stink Bomb after all that mahogany insanity. A true reflection of
Fellow Woody Boater David Irvine from the Michigan gang shared some amazing images from the Bay harbor International, and HOLY CRAP! Kudos to the ACBS for blowing the universe away with all this mahogany magic. I mean, HOLY CRAP! I mean, where do these boats come from? I know, I know, it’s a metaphor. Like
I apologize to all the google searching and finding out you land here on Woody Boater and no doubt will be disappointed to find out that we are just a bunch of old boat freaks and all you are going to see is old boats, old people and one old taxi. So you have been
The reports have been coming in and my bilge pump isn’t able to keep up, Shannon, Scott, Chris And Julie have been doing an amazing job, pumping the images in, my problem is I have been actually working. As in meetings and traveling for those meetings. Got home around 10 last night from three days
It’s no secret, I love me some rainy boat photos. Nothing says passion more than being out on your boat in the rain. Add to that some Michigan chill, and you got a great day for sure. Especially when its over and a warm cup of tea hits the spot. A Huge thanks to Lord
Today we finish up the unofficial pre pre event up in the Hessel area. A special thanks to Shannon and Scott for the amazing pics, and a reminder that it’s all about the boats, people and friendship. And boathouses, okay and tools, gotta have tools, and a good camera, and internet service. And of course
A huge thanks to Shannon and Scott Knight for sending us all in a gazillion images from the unofficial pre pre event in Cedarville/ Les Cheneaux islands? Just pictures, no captions, no story. A sort of tease. So guess what? Ya! I get to make it all up. OH, and we have a gazillion more
A huge standing ovation to all that put together the smaller boat shows around the county. While setting up and getting stuff going for the show, it all seems energizing, and then when its over. It hits. And the usual 4AM wake up your internal clocks alarm just kicks off. And right now, I am
Last night the party here in Reedville VA the party got started. And the welcome reception got underway, about 40 folks showed up to the bar and yummy food provided by the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum and some big giant fans, which kept stuff as cool as possible. The temp was a cool 91, but as
We have weeded through over 400 photos and about 35Gigs of footage, and today we are going to show some of the crazy artsy and behind the scenes images from the big Beatley Edwards Reshootout. The race footage is going to take a little time to make, and we have the big show starting tonight
I am not sure where to start here today. We shot yesterday at around 6 and with over 400 images and tons of footage, its gonna be a bit time consuming to edit it all. To top all that off, the smile plastered all over my face and lack of sleep are not helping. But
Port Huron, Michigan, Buffalo, NY, Minnesota, and Reedville VA Be there! We sure love a good plug here and if it helps awarness of your gathering its a win win. Okay Port Huron – Boat The Blue event, Poster says it all. The Land-O-Lakes Classic Boat Classic Boat Club is hosting it’s annual Real Runabouts
Today we got a report in from Sir Plug-A-lot himeself, Greg Lewandowski from the Michigan Gang. What struck me was the color and history. The color of the water and mahogany is just like the old color images, which I always thought was the printing, but here it is. DANG! Take it away Sir Plug-A-lot
Yesterday we got a report in around 10AM east coast time that one of the original and most loved Woody Boaters had passed away. Al Schinnerer made everyone smile and was always there to make things better. In fact Al is responsible for saving many of our boats. When a part could be found, he
As we dove in deeper into the Newspaper Image of the fateful Zip race on Glebe Pt here on the Northern Neck, new boats started to emerge. And one of them popped out, and was the winner as it turned out. Leon Edwards Whirlwind! And we just so happen to have a 12ft Whirlwind here.
Thank you Jimmy Buffett for all the wonderful times. Now I understand why we had such an amazing sunset last night. Margaritas tonight. Maybe lunch, okay maybe mix some Cheerios into a blender this morning and.. Maybe a boat ride is a better idea
Today is kinda a special day, it’s the beginning of September and that marks almost exactly 56 years ago that Zip had her moment in time. The race was in September 1967 and we went back to the exact location during the trial run and had some fun. This is where it all happened. She
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
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
And just when you think that the entire Classic Boat universe is on Gull Lake, but what about IN the Lake? A huge thank you to fellow Woody Boater Drew Regan for this report from Hessel. Take it away Drew. My daughter and I were enjoying the last Saturday of August in the Les Cheneaux
A huge thanks to Duke Dane Anderson and Sir Steve Lapkin for an amazing job reporting in from the center of the classic boat universe this past week. This show is becoming an international event, and 100% should be on your 5 Gallon bucket list… And if you have looked in the mirror lately.. Chop
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
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
And the hits just keep coming from Sir Lapkin of the Gull Lake – And a new word MINUTIAE and even more larger words, so you know I didn’t write it. Take it away Sir. “Tomorrow Won’t Come Soon Enough!” Managing Eleventh Hour Minutiae. By Steve Lapkin Notwithstanding your personal preferences within the veteran boat
