Runaway Boat Wrecks Havoc At Glebe Point Races.

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We found this cool front page story in the Northumberland News the other day. YUP!  Runaway Boat Wrecks Havoc.... Have you connected the dots yet? It's okay,  but for me, this might as well have been a winning lottery ticket. Okay not…

South African Runabout Teaser To Torture You Some More

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Fellow Woody Boater Cameron Searle from South Africa was contacted about this boat. Looks like an early 17 Runabout. And is looking for any more info on it. No Hull card yet, but thats easy. What the fellow knows is It’s the original 6…

Vintage Outboard Camp On Beautiful Lake Gonnablowyouup

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Yesterday started out as a bit of a bummer. Lots of work calls. But later in the day, Peale called and wanted to try and get the Sea King started. Well.. That created a small party at HQ, and man oh man, I haven't laughed that hard in a…

Hail Mary Run For The Sea King

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Last week, Loooooooong time fellow Woody Boater John emailed me with a perfect 12hp Sea King he had found in North Carolina. HELL YA! ROAD TRIP. And so it goes. A Classic spontaneous road trip to with Wayne Bomb, and Peale to pick it up.…

Wayne Bomb to the Reputation Rescue

Sorry about the late story today, but we were on a Reputation Rescue mission at 6ishAM. So, The Boatress was going to a great local Cobia Fishing Tournament. The boatress LOOOVES to fish. And was all set on a boat at 5AM.. At 5:45 when I…

The Woody Boater Annual Lily Update. Are We All Really That Old?

If you are a real longtime Woody Boater you no doubt know about Lily. We have grown up with her here, with Chad's family  and from the start, over 15 years ago. Chad restored a wonderful 18 Sportsman and we have been lucky enough to participate…

Happy Birthday Folks

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With all the divisiveness abound, especially on the news, which uses it to drive ratings, and us all nuts. It might be a great moment to reflect on the good of us all. The good of the folks that volunteer to make our lives better. The folks…

A Car Free Day, A Parade, And Lot’s Of Fun, And It’s Not Even The 4th Yet

Today is kinda a Sausage day of sorts. Lots of stuff happened, and it was a full day of Woodyboaterness for sure. The best part of it all though clearly was family and friends and fun. AND NO CAR! Just boat'n …

A No Show On A Big Show Weekend

This weekend there were a ton of cool boat shows around the country, and yet, no reports in. So? Now what? You can go to Facebook? Maybe The ACBS will do some reports? We did get a video from the Michigan Gang, but its not able to be embedded…

Greg And Art Have Loose Screws, But Thats Okay, George Is There To Take Care Of It.

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WARNING: Lots of Screw Jokes here today. But actually the headline will make complete sense once you read through all this, and that of course invites the question. If it makes sense, do you have a loose screw? And if that is correct, then…

Big Winners On Lake Hopatcong By Bob Kays And Some Algonac Heads Up!

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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,…

Woody Boater Global HQ Location For National Geographic Drain The Oceans

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Part of the fun here at HQ is you are never quite sure whats going to happen each day. One moment you are varnishing, then there is a boat sinking, then a wedding, and then, a film location. Such was the case a while back this past year.…

Through The Les Cheneaux Islands In Penn Yans With Old Outboards

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A huge thanks to fellow Woody Boater Mark Schallip for this Sunday Milking! Here is Marks note. "After seeing Alex's beautiful video this morning. It made me think of my son and I when we motored through the Islands to the Hessel show in…

We Found The Cache Issue. So Things Should Be Back To Normal. Whatever Normal Is?

Well, Woody Boater should all be working again, we had some small cache settings that were wonky and Bill went in and reset stuff back to the original settings. So all should????? be normal again.

Mom’s Bring Us All Together

Despite all that seems to separate us all these days, one thing that connects every one of us, and in fact ever living thing on our planet. We all have a mother. And yes, I am also talking about motherhood, and Mother in laws. And of course…

Glitches, Refreshing, And Fiberglass Hell

Over the past week, you may have been having some gitchy refresh issues using WoodyBoater. Like your comment doesn't appear, and then does, or you see yesterdays story today, which is really already yesterdays story but todays story is really…

The Blessing Of The Fleet In Reedville Virginia

Yesterday we celebrated the opening of boating and fishing season here in Reedville with the official Blessing Of The Fleet. This is a wonderful event made up of a parade of boats, combined with a church service and celebration of the season…

Michigan Reporter Checking In! With No Captions. BIG MISTAKE!

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Longtime fellow Woody Boater Greg Lewendouski the shameless plugger reports in from Michigan. But he didnt had captions, and you know I cant resist. So here goes. First Gregs note. Oh boy, I may get banned from Michigan now. I aint holding…

Restory A Boat, And Save The Universe From Mass Produced Garbage

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We have invented some terms here over the years, Prestoric, and Dim, etc. But todays word may be the final DNA link between my 40+year carreir as a brand guy, and lifetime passion for boats, cars and homes. I have always loved the stories…

Woody Boater Global HQ Update. The Library & Model Room, Art’s Cushions

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Over the years, magazines, books and models seep to show up at my doorstep, and over the years, they are shoved in boxes, or used as small decretive details. But with the new HQ being dedicated to all that stuff, it all needs a place to…

Some Sunday Spring Sausage.

The weather here in Virginia is wonderful, and I am in the Garage cleaning up. WHAT THE HELL IS THAT ABOUT! Anyway, today a little sausage to get the morning started. Enjoy.  

It’s The Weekend! Get Out There! Woof!

We've waited all winter for days like today. Get that engine started, Okay, first the battery needs charging, and make sure all your fuel lines are secure, and maybe some small varnish touch ups, Oh, and has the bottom been painted. Trailer…

Stolen Holophane Glass Stern Pole Globe, for Chris Craft, Gar Wood, Gravettes, or Dodge Boats.- Please Be On The Lookout.

Theft is such a rare occurrence in this community that when it happens it  kinda is shocking. Like crazy shocking. But yesterday at the Nautical Flea market, an extremely rare, glass globe and pole was stolen from our pals at Classic Boat hardware.…

Quotes From Dora -“Oh Look! A FeatherCraft” “Is It Possible To Overdose On Bacon?” “You Could Carry A Chopped Up Body Through The TSA, But Not Any Seasoning” And “Come Over For Lunch It’s Like A Slaughter House Over Here.

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The Boatress from the back of the truck, HEY! It's a FeatherCraft? What?  16 Years of this may have rubbed off.  What a wonderful way to arrive in FLA. And it just got better and better. The Dora HQ is all set and we are ready to report. The…

Someone Save Syd! 8 Days Til All Is Back To Normal… Kinda, Whatever Normal Is These Days.

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If you are getting a little cabin fever, there is a cure. LAKE DORA in 7 Days! Yes, and if you left now, you could kinda fake it. trust me, folks are having fun there, some cool vintage boat races, and those Jalapeño Poppers are always…

Classic Archive Look Back – Cruisin’ To The Old Club Of Harsens Island

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Today we are rerunning a story from 2012 in Algonac when we made the annual run to the Old Club as a reminder of how special it is to the classic boat community. Note that there are 16 comments from then, and yes Greg is there at 6:25 AM ----the…

Three Weekends Til Dora. Are You Ready?

As usual the Lake Dora thing just happens sooner and sooner each year. It's like Christmas, one moment its summer, and the next you are watching holiday sales, and every year we all say the same thing. It's horrible, they start these sales earlier.…

Behind The Scenes Of The Intro Video

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Today, we thought it would be fun to share some of the behind the scenes action of the New Day HQ video. We also have some fun out takes from the shoot, and a little about how we pulled this off. First and foremost we would like to thank…

A New Day, Okay, The Next Day, Of Many More Days To Come.

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Yesterday around 4 PM the new WoodyBoater went live, and in no time 35 comments. WOW, it's wonderful to know you all are still here. I know Greg needed some shock therapy to stay alive. It's okay Greg,  it was just a long nightmare, Plug…

Welcome To A New Website, And New Day On WoodyBoater, Held Over. Hangover?

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We are thrilled to bring you all, the New WoodyBoater. We had some of our more famous Woody Boaters introduce you all to the new world. If you look around, poke around and try stuff out. Things may break, or not, over the next week, we will…

The Long Wait In The Dark

I am sitting here in internet purgatory. Not live yet, and yet, one more day has gone by while we wait for IT people in some universe flicking switches. All should be running smoothly, but the movers dropped some stuff and are all pointing…

Strangeness In Woodyboaterville.

After fifteen years of doing this EVERYDAY, its a very strange feeling not doing a story today. After all we are all in the dark, while the new WoodyBoater home is being saved from needing to be put in a home. On top of all that, I have realized…

The Week Ahead. It’s Okay, Woody Boater May Stop For A Bit

Here in Virginia, it's going to be 80 tomorrow. And in some sort of cruel joke, I have to be in the office earning a living. WHAT? Hey, gotta make the doughnuts. And sometimes the weather and my real job don't get along. With all that said,…

New Feature Coming Soon To The New Woody Boater

Last week we featured a wonderful story that was done over 10 years ago, and it still holds up. Many commented that they had not seen it, and who are some of the folks in the story. In the next week, the new Woody Boater site will go live. Bill…

Tribute Story – Classic Fiberglass Shootout, Two Big Guns From The 70’s – Century Arabian vs Chris-Craft XK-19

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Today as a special tribute to the one and only Raquel, we are re issuing her classic story, and all the comments, sorry , the comments are funny and part of the story, so happy scrolling. And feel free to add to it all. And a huge thanks…

The Number One Best Varnish Lessons On Earth, No Really, He Is From England.

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I know that many of us can go anyplace on youtube and watch any lesson you want on just about any subject. And yes, that includes Varnishing. Not to mention many have talked about it in books, forums and so on. Back in the good old days, the…

How C-C-C-C-Cold Is It? We Have Some Photos To Warm You Up.

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If you live above the Mason Dixon line, today is your chance to brag to us all about how cold it is and make us all happy we dont live on top of a mountain in New Hampshire. Okay, Staib? You alive? Michigan Gang? TROY? We are all wondering?…

We Should Break Woody Boater More Often

If you are just now tuning in, Man oh Manischewitz you missed some fun..ish drama. And we lost a fun story and around 20 comments. Lost at sea one could say. Now things might get out of hand, and fingers are pointing in all sorts of directions.…

Global HQ Updates. Yea Yea, I Know.

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We interrupt yesterdays interruption to get back to the updates at the Railway and possibly a Mr B photo. Get this? I got private comments wanting more Mr B? So, there ya go, different strokes for different folks. We do have more Indian…

We Interrupt The Endless Milking Of Indian Lake For Breaking News.

For the record, this has been the longest milking on record, and to be honest, I am feeling a tad gassy.. Hey! Believe it or not, there is another months worth to go. Greg Wallace is amazing, and the paper trail and photos are insane. But we…

Get Well Troy, And Sandi, Well, Get Yourself A Drink

For those wondering where Troys and his comments have been, he has been getting his heart fixed. it all started when we both got Covid. We still are not sure who to blame. I got better, and Troy kept on coughing, so much so, it caused some…

Today Marks 6,000 Stories. Who Would Have Thunk It Possible?

Today we have reached a milestone of sorts. Todays story is the 6,000th one published. SIX THOUSAND. Not one day missed in over 15 years. Which leads of course to the larger question. WHY? The answer is simple. I don't know. I have never known.…

A New Sponsor – Grundy Classic Boat Insurance

About 6 months ago, there was a ton of chatter in the Classic Boat Community regarding letters from Hagerty Marine Insurance canceling people. Me included. If you read the letter carefully, it was clear that this was some sort of shift in underwriting.…

Ding Dong Dang-it, Where Did All The Warm Weather Come From?

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First off, I am not complaining, and for about 3 or 4 hrs during the day it's t-shirt weather here in Virginia. I will add though, that you go out on the water, and it cools down rather quickly. So its a never ending mind wrestle. Boat ride?…

Ugh! I Over Slept. That’s The Truth.

You know those nights where you can't sleep? Well, I had one of those, and ding dang. Boy that clock flew by and I just let myself stay asleep. I know its a lame excuse. And I am trying right now to start my engine. It's just clicking, and turning…

MEEEERRRRY CHRISTMAAAAAS, And Last Day Of Hanukkah. So Whatcha Get?

Here is to all a joyous day, and togetherness with family and friends. May the holiday spirit overtake you and allow you to act like a child again. Not that yesterday, okay and the entire year are any different. And of course todays tradition…

How Ccccccoooolllld Is It? Can Wood Freeze?

It's so cold you have to open the fridge to heat the house.Okay we got the joke out of the way. The question of the day is. What happens to wood when its this cold? And oh BTW, all our Florida Friends. Shut the hell up! Anyway. According to…

The 2022 Holiday Party Is This Wednesday!

Are you ready for the big holiday party this Wednesday? Actually our 15th one? Yikes, are we all that old? Anywho, all the regulars will be here, and we hope some new friends as well. BTW, you may want to load up on the Pepto Bismal. Just…