Introducing the new 2017 design for our T-shirts, Hats and coffee cups. We call it the Varnish Lovers series in Navy Blue and Natural White T’s Hats are being made as well as some very cool enamel cups. We are also very exited to re issue a huge favorite shirt on Special Request. LIVE LIFE
It all went very well. Hope you enjoyed watching. The team nailed it and the huge party barge is flipped! There was a short time when the team needed to make sure she would flip right. Enjoy the flip here!
3 PM Central Time, 4 PM East Coast, 2 PM Mountain and 1PM West Coast US Time. If you are around the globe, I have no idea. Mark C will be celebrating his birthday and having a flipping party for all of us to see. You can tune in here and watch LIVE. If you
Mark C, sent us in some fancy drawings he did to make sure it all went well. See Marks brother is an engineer and his cousin is a truss engineer, they did the math and it’s all good thankfully! Mmmmm We are talking about a wood boat though. And..well. Ship happens, and thankfully Mark is
Thanks to fellow Woody Boater Mark Christensen for filming and broadcasting LIVE via Youtube LIVE this Sunday at 3PM. Thats right, LIVE! You get to watch it all happen. The last flip was less than an inch from the ground. Will it go OK? It’s live and thats the fun. OR not. YIKES! It’s a
Well, here is another cool little find on ebay. Now, if you need these this is gold. OK, green gold. But here is the rub. You will need the seats to go with them, and from what it looks like, its just the cushions. And in that is the issue. Because the seats will have
If you have been saving your Newspaper route money for a T shirt or hat and not going to Lake Dora, now is the time to buy. Like Right now. Store will be closing in about two weeks. Why, well as you know we clear out the old and bring in the new at
Today is the big day here on Woody Boater. Today we are asking you to share your true love. Now. this is a bit of a loaded question. Now to make life easier for all of us, we are talking about your boat. Have you given your boat a Valentines Day Card? Maybe go out
We have gotten a ton of questions regarding the Thursday Night event that we normally do at Lake Dora Thursday Evening. This all started years ago when we started WoodyStock Fla, a gathering before the storm of friends to say THANKS to the Volunteers. Now it’s a massive get together and a ton of fun,
Fellow Woody Boater Chéri reports in from Rhode island with the wonderful news that the Sweet 18 Sportsman has made her journey from South Carolinia. You may recall this all happening on Ebay last week here on Woody Boater. She’s here!!! Our hauler – an awesome young retired Marine named Adrian – picked her up
John from VA put a very interesting Wanted Ad on The Classified page. link at end of story. The ad asks if anyone wants to drive a boat down to Dora, and goes a step further, asking if anyone else wants that sort of service. For many, the haul is a bit of a hurtle
Well? If you have been married longer that 5 years, chances are you are gonna last minute this one, Married 10 Years? Well, you learned form your mistakes at 5 years.. And gonna use the special day to rekindle the flame a bit. 15 years. OK, you are in the rhythm now, but the kids
Ya, I am insane. And this sort of mahogany promiscuity might explain the visits to the ER. Am I a Mahoganist? A term for those that have a deep desire to feel the freshly sanded grain of a mahogany Hull? Mmmm, the photos of WECATCHEM coming in from the Katzs marina gang are like getting
So you are thinking, this Woody Boater guy is nuts. First he thinks that there are human emotions all buried in the grain of my boat, and now this lunatic is claiming my boat has a MOOD! Really? A mood, like as in, when i leave the toilet seat up to many times and she
Have you been outside? It’s like Spring out there It does this stuff in Virginia, it can warm up and then drop you like a hot tater. Which its expected to do by Thursday. 38… So here is the debate. Is it worth it? To take the boat out, and know you better winterize that
For some lucky few folks out there who have 2nd and 3rd generation boats, you understand what I am about to write about. And for some of us, we get to share our boat rides with new friends from the past. We have said this many times. Your boats history is embedded in her life
Thanks to Scott Turner from Aristocraft boats for sending us in this fun report on how they vintagize a new outboard. You may have seen these at various shows they attend, and now here is how its done. Take it away Scott. Years ago when we introduced the new Torpedo 16′ hull, we were having
Fellow Woody Boater Wes Yandt sent us in this fun one boat show report from Spokane. One boat, three photos! Hey, it aint the size its the passion..Right. “Only in a boat” is the rather catchy jingle that is in all of the Inland Northwest residents mind that listen to the radio or watch local
Well, the test of all tests happened last night while on a scout for a shoot at one of my clients. I collapsed. At a Hospital planning a TV shoot. One would think that if you are going down, that the place to do it. And YES is the answer. I was whisked into the
As you know we have been hammering how to help people understand that a classic boat is a cool option in the boating universe. And with that said, boat shows of any kind are events that attract people that are into boating. We can all agree on that. These huge new boat shows are actually
Holy Crap! Are we actually flirting with the big 30 day countdown? YES! My brain is not ready, but my heart is. My brain see’s cold weather and work, a boat tucked away or in the shop. Yet my soul is already out on the lake, cruising through the Dora Canal and feeling my face
The big Seattle Boat Show Indoors and Afloat, is the West Coast largest boat show featuring more than 1000 recreational watercraft, from standup paddleboard’s to super yachts and everything in between. There are 3 acres of accessories 225 free boating and fishing seminars and all the latest boating gear. It runs between January 27 and February 4.
We haven’t had a good senseless argument for a while and the topic of Dark Stained Covering boards seems to be one of those topics that just goes in circles. So, today, we try and talk about such things. So, here goes. First, the topic came up regarding WECATCHEM, and it has been suggested by
TODAY in a feeding frenzy of snipers on ebay, the sweet 18 featured last Thursday, jumped from $3,900 to $6300 until the last couple seconds and then $6590 for the kill. Well played! Well played indeed. It was actually a very entertaining 3 minutes watching and knowing there were about 10 grown men sweating over
There she is in all her glory for the world to see. Naked as a jay bird! All stripped down and being sanded, repaired, and loved on. One could say, and I will, it’s like she is at a wonderful spa! A Mahogany Spa, getting rubbed down, pampered and then will be warmly covered in
Thanks to Bob”Have I Got A Calendar For You” Kays for sending in this wonderful story on finding evidence of motorboating in 1914 on Lake Hopatcong!. Its wonderful to see the deep and long history of power boating on such a historic lake! Take it away Bob! About a year ago, I discover that Chris
Looks like the boatress picked up on my boat lust yesterday and cut the deal on my end off at the knees. Now, to be honest, we hadn’t spoken about the U18 and most likely someplace deep in my heart I knew I needed another boat like I needed a hole in the head. One
Every now and then, ebay produces really good deals, and this just may be one of those times. We spoke to the seller and that even convinced us more. Heck we tried to talk him into keeping it and restoring it. The current owner is a car guy and gets the need to preserve it.
Fellow Woody Boater and “Sexiest Man Alive” Tommy Holmes has another fun report. Thank the Gods of Mahogany and Varnish for Tommy and his travels! This time Tommy vists fellow Woody Boater Mike Green for some fun flipping a boat and drooling all over a Silver Arrow. Take it away Mr Sexy! The ice fishing
Once again, we are blessed with a wonderful live-ish report from an indoor boat show, and this is one of the best ones in the country, although I will say that the Mid Ohio show was a whopper…with cheese, so its fun to see how our little universe can add some class and wow factor
Long time fellow Woody Boater Scott Turner is a blessed man, he is the third generation to be doing the fun stuff at Aristocraft boats. The other day we did a story on misconceptions of owning a classic boat. Folks took us to task that for $15K it was a stretch. Well. We went further
Long time fellow Woody Boater Phil Andrews reports in from around the world on the much awaited arrival of the Blue Arabian we have been sharing so much here on Woody Boater. Its amazing to see all this happen, but when good people come together anything is possible! Here is the story from Phil that
After dropping WECATCHEM off on Monday night, on Tuesday morning the gang of Katz’s started in on stripping her down and exposing her naked mahogany. The good news. She is tight, and in very good shape. The original family took very good care of her as did the many people that worked on her over
Well, here lies the question? The Model Cruiser for $2,100 or an actual real life size version for a little more? Cruisers are out there in the $5,000 range. Now last week we featured a $90K version, and that made sense. That owner spent over $200K on it. But a $5K version, could end up
Around 2Pm on Monday looking forward to a week of bad weather and the crush of humanity on the DC area, knowing I had to get WECATHCHEM to Katz’s Marina to start her refresh ASAP, and pick up Scarlet Jimmys 1960 Sportsman. Jimmy and I decided to drop everything and make the trip NOW! It
Well, it happened, we got two great reports in from the Mid America Boat Show! So what to do? Well, Certs did it, so can we. It might get a tad confusing. One is from The Lyman Boat owners Gang and the other from the YNOT gang. So, lets see how we might pull this
Looooong time Fellow Woody Boaters Paul and Karen Harrison have moved to Lake Dora for the winters now and part of that move, from Calgary Canada is to have a Woody Boat down there so they are are not towing boats across North America all the time. So they decided to purchase one the special
If you are deep into the passion of classic boating and feel the need to take it to the ultimate level. You can now buy an entire company. That’s right, Curly-Craft can be all yours for the small sum of $250,000. Thats right for the price of a couple big restorations you can own it
Fellow Woody Boater Mike Mayor reports in from Portland and an outbreak of Varnishitus that’s swept the Northwestern State.We can also report that we saw grown men just standing there drooling and scratching there heads. Babling and asking there wives if its OK to take home two boats. These are all classic signs of Varnishitus!
Yesterdays story on a give away poster was a huge hit, thanks for spreading the gospel. One issue stood out to readers, regarding a statement that there are restored Woody Boats out there for $15,000. Well, we 100% stand by that statement, and also want to point out, that you need to believe that since
Thanks to long time fellow Woody Boater “Rabbit” for thinking of this very smart idea. Take this copy and make a simple poster for your next classic boat event. Heck, make t shirts, tattoo it on your wife’s bodacious bottom, or your bodacious beer belly! Basically anyplace people look. A poster is the easiest and
If you are a cruiser fan, of which I am big time, you have no doubt seen this amazing.. A-MAZING Chris-Craft Corvette out there on the WWW. Well, here it is on Craigslist, and Yachtworld and some other sites, Maybe too many sites, but its out there for $99K and despite yesterdays story, this Cruiser
The topic of price/value on cruisers is always a hard conversation to have with folks. It helps when the person/owner is just worn out and just wants to get away. Like Willy Nelson says.”Why is divorce so expensive? Cause its worth it” But when you are still living in the bubble you created in your
Its sweater weather! A couple years ago I found not one, but two of these knitted sweaters. For the life of me I am not sure why? My son has one and we have another here. Why? I still don;t know. But then the other day on ebay, there it was. The pattern! Oh, that’s
Fellow Woody Boater Guy Boucher sent us in some VERY cool shots and a bit of history behind this cool set up. It’s fantastic to see Bills Cobra continue on her life as a jaw dropper and crowd pleasure. Here is Guys note to us! Take it away Guy. I must have looked and talked
Today’s topic is fashion related. Yes, we know that a t shirt and shorts is usually the go to boat attire. But with a classic boat you do have a social responsibility to be part of the scene. Do you really want to be in a day glow neon lime green shirt in a classic
What the heck? Where did winter go? You only have 75 days, or just a little more than two, 2, yes 2 months to get ready! OH GOD! And really if you think about it, its really only 11 weekends! AHHHHHHHHH! Are you ready? Have you made your hotel, house, trailer, campsite reservations? And to
From Spring through Fall we are always so excited to see Fridays and the hope of a perfect weekend of flat waters, bright sun and smiles of family and friends to share the joy of a fantastic woody boat ride. But with weekends like this about to face us here in Virginia and most of
