This is a artist rough work in progress Chris Craft celebrity Herb Pocklington was addressing a large boating symposium in Seattle in April and learned that their generation was extremely interested in preserving and honoring the life and work of Christopher Columbus Smith, and his friend, racing history’s best remembered figure, Gar Wood. Herb got
Here I am cruising eBay for some innocent Classic Boat stuff, and I come across this listing…. As I looked through the listing it started just getting stranger and stranger… Is it just me and my sick mind? If you want to add some music to the story line.. click here
Enjoy. Christmas Cards that you can email to a fellow Woody Boater. Just click and drag.
Fellow Woody Boater Paul Harrison and roving Reporter Texx share this cool story. In what now looks like the beginning of Barn Find week here at WoodyBoater…..I first saw the boat on Woodyboater in the summer of 2009, in a submission of photographs by the intrepid roving reporter Texx, documenting the Big Sky ACBS Chapter
This is a Woody Boater exclusive! These very rare one of a kind On Golden Pond Treasures are about to be put on eBay. About to be is the key phrase here. The propeller used in the film that was damaged… Signed by Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn. By the way, this may be one
Only on eBay. This Duck Decoy, wait…. the seller of this Duck Decoy claims to have been made by the Chris Craft plant during WWII. So, is it a pre-war or post war duck decoy? And does it have a new bottom… Is that apple green I see, did they use flat head or reed
Sorry Craig, we are talking about your boat and truck! Craig’s very very rare 1942 16 foot Chris Craft Barrel Back Hydro has been at the Lake Dora show before. But this year it was the package deal that made my week. Craig had a nice truck lined up with a restored trailer and spare
There were about 100 of them. Chris Craft was very careful to find nice wholesome girls to make a boat be more than just a boat. Thank god! Enjoy.
egh! Drama on the high seas of eBay! Last night at 10:12 pm Thayer IV SOLD for a nice $47,000. With over 31 bids, and 11,783 hits. The winner f**1(0) I wonder if he is kin to the f**1’s of Toledo? What has been interesting about this sale has been the price. A couple of
Here we go again you say. Here it is Click here…Another one. But this one seems like it might be a real one if what the guy says checks out. See below…Subtle things, deck vent… very odd, The set shots have the vent near the windshield and on this boat the vent is on the
I found this decal on the web. Somehow I made a connection. Sometimes while writing this journal I feel like this guy. Racing through the hobby, creating havoc in my wake of rants and comments. For the record. I love it. This hobby needs a place that it can express it’s point of view, good
I have been on the phone with many of the big brokers, and watched on eBay as well as done some good inner soul searching. And here is what I have found. Rust, Rot, Sun, Neglect, Salt Water, all combined do less damage than just plain old fear does to your Antique or Classic boat.
What a great week. No internet. No Cell Phone. No TV, Cable, Ipods, spam, twittering, Wifi, NOTHING, but family and friends. Funny thing, I actually spoke to my children and wife for the first time in a while. mmm, I actually like them, should talk more often…But we are now back … I am webbing,
OK cramming a 1000 lb flat head down the stinker may be a tough thing to do, but if you don’t keep it cleaned out the right way you may think that’s your only option. I have learned this the hard way. I always knew this was the process, but short cuts and thinking it
Funny thing about dogs and what your expectations are. We have several dogs. My wife has a little scrappy Maltese mix mut thing and I have a nice Portuguese water dog. OK, they are the families dogs… but we identify with each dog differently, and well so do they… The thing is, I am not
Well here they are. Sylvia’s debut glamor shots.. Sylvia has now been christened, following all the correct prayers. Her carb has been tweaked to perfection. Interior is tight, head torqued for the 3rd…4th..5th time and stuffing box adjusted. She runs like a kitten when idling around and a tiger..grrrr, at a good 40 or so
We had one of those mornings that made any shot look good. Here is a tease. More to follow on Monday. You can click on the shot and it will make it larger, drag to your desktop and make it a nice peaceful screen saver… Then as you are looking at it, you notice no
New leather interior is in. Countless little bugs worked out. All that was left was nice weather. BINGO! What a nice weekend for boating. We also got Little Suzy out, a 1947 Trojan Hot Shot Cottage Racer.. What a site on the water that was. The marine police even came out for a look. Thank
I was recently asked to participate in an Antique Blog, on well…antiques. www.hrantiques.com At first I thought, heck that would be easy, and fun and a great way to promote the passion of Antique & Classic boating. That was a month ago. And to date I have not done one posting. The difficulty has been
What a day. Chris Smith, Grandson of Chris Smith the father of Chris Craft, came by and we had a great conversation, he officially christened Sylvia with his touch and signature on the dash. What a great way to re introduce Sylvia to the world. We also were able to get a shot of the
No one has done more to move the Antique & Classic boat community to action more than Joe Martell this month. He has brought a behind the scenes ugly argument in the Antique & Classic boat community to the for front. Joe is the DB Cooper of the Classic Boating world. The mystery of him
Just like Steve Martin in the movie the Jerk regarding his first time being published in the phone book. We are somebody. I am so happy to see this months Brass Bell. We are in it. More than just gigabytes floating in space looking for a warm body at a key board. We are in
It all started out as an article in the latest issue of Classic Boating. Preservation vs Restoration Page 24. March – April issue. A very well written article, with lots of knowledgeable information. The story would have stayed in the background like most of these inside baseball stories do except for two tiny things. One,
We live in an area that has many shallow patches. It’s why pirates loved the area. They could dart in and out of the coast line safely. It’s also why there are so many darn Jet Ski’s in the area. Jet Ski’s going 30 knots with 10 year olds driving them. For my two sons,
In a desperate attempt to gather readers I have resorted to nudity. Here is Sylvia, my 1941 Chris Craft Stripped to her bones. Since starting Woody Blogger we have seen a nice growth inreaders. Thanks and keep reading. But we need more and more feedback and comments. It’s what keeps this all alive. We wantto
Lets face it, there is no rational reason to own or use a woody boat. It’s all emotion. Other than the sheer beauty of seeing one live, is seeing one in an ad or poster. In fact all the art that surrounded these crafts is done in a light hearted fun way. It’s a collective
It all started one rainy winter day. I found this boat online. I already owned a very nice show quality 1949 Deluxe runabout. I loved that boat. I purposefully did not even call the broker. I was fearful of getting sucked in. Which of course I did. I made the call and was told she
What a find. Found in a boat house in New Hampshire by Mitch LaPointe www.classicboat.com. Never touched Varnished. Nothing. A true treasure. No lives in the North west. Seen at the big shows and an amazing resource. I had the good fortune to drive down to Fla to the MT. Dora show 2 years ago
The newest member of the family. A 1947 Trojan Hot shot Cottage racer.This is a very rare boat made in Troy NY not Lancaster. I have found an ad showing the boat in 1948. The owner I got it from said it was in NY though and the paper trail says 1947. Trojan in Troy
This Columbus Day I spent in Columbus Ohio. I was delivering a boat I sold on ebay to a wonderful couple from Chicago. It is a 12 foot 1958 Whirlwind JR. A incredible little boat. I loved this boat. But got board of it. I was torn as to sell it or not. But the
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