Vintage Yacht Share Launches Site! Woohooo, Were Going Big Woody Boat'n

Quit snickering. Big Woody may be an unfortunate term, but both meanings here actually ring true. Nothing will put that feeling back in your life like being behind the wheel of 60 feet of wood.. There is nothing like a nice weekend on a vintage…
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Sylvia Lives! 1941 Barrel Back Is Back!

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.…
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Chris Craft Antique Boat Club In Cedar Rapids Spared. But There's More To The Story..

The Chris Craft Antique Boat Club Headquarters has survived the flood waters in Cedar Rapids. But just by the skin of its chiny chin chin. You can read the day to day drama with photos from Bill Basler of the Club on the Boat Buzz. But not getting…
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200th Posting Of Woody Boater Stories. Wooohoooo!

Today is the big 200th Posting, with now over 27,000 page views since October 2007. With folks from every state in the U.S. EXCEPT for Wyoming. Not one! Virginia leads the list with over 2000, California is second. With FLA and NY in a dead…
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Why Are The Posting All So Screwed Up?

Sorry we are having strange internet issues and I am posting when I have small windows of internet. Oh the havoc a router can make. We also are planning to do the destination tomorrow, so I could get the sale of Sylvia up. Once I made the choice…
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Antique Marina, Fun Forum For Classic Boat Fans

As many of you know I am very much a fan of the Chris Craft Boat Forum, known as the boat buzz. But if you are into other types of boats. or have an odd ball one off, it's sometimes hard to have a conversation regarding only one brand. There…
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Sylvia Sinking? Tune In Monday.

The story on two over sized clamps and some very wet pants.
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It's that time of year. You drive over a bridge or down a road near water and it hits you. I need a boat. You come up with a ton of rational reasons why it makes sense and you set out to chase that dream. But what sort of boat. There are thousands…
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It's Spring Time, That Can Mean Only One Thing. It's Head Torquing Wheather.

I swear these boats are like humans. Shrinking, swelling, have Gas, and every now and then you need to make sure your head is screwed on right. Yup, the good news is that you don't need to pay a therapist to do it. Just a torque wrench. I have…
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Woody Boat Of The Week. 1966 Century Coronado. And It's On eBay!

If you are looking for your own Boat Pope Mobile, this is it. The Century Coronado. Even after the Pope has left town you will still be the coolest Woody Boater on the water. The mid 60's were not kind to Woody Boats, but Century clearly was…
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Late Posting.Sorry.

Got the boat running. Humming..... but... OK this is lame, but, I had to do yard work...ahhhhh! I got the darn thing running and had to weed for guests coming. I am so paying for those 4 days in FLA....I have snuck away during dinner prep to…
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Here Is My Classic Boat Post For The Day.

#&*/#*! Engine.... Thats it. Short and to the point. Update on monday.
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Chris Craft Cobra On eBay, This may Be Your Big Chance.

No matter how hard I work on Sylvia, no matter how faithful I am to her, I still have a wondering eye. Bingo! Very original 1955 Chris Craft Cobra, no reserve. Owner claims it has been out of the water since 1977. I think I recall this boat…
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16 Days til MT Dora. With That Extra Hour Of Daylight, We May Just Make It.

On a three year project like this there are times were you just sit back and wonder. Will I make it. Will this darn thing ever get done. Then you look around, see the countless folks that are doing it. You get on the forums and phone. Thank…
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The Chris Craft Cobra. Try And Not Drool On The Varnish Please.

Before Carol Shelby took a turn on the track in a AC Bristol, the fellows at Chris Craft were hard at work. Always marketing leaders, they came up with what has to be the coolest boat on the water. The 1955 Cobra. Available in 17 and 21 feet.…
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Ned Craft Classic Boats. Aluminium & Wood=Holy & Cow!

There is something very dramatic about varnished wood. No one denies that. Add some nice chrome and KAPOW! Now, why stop there, add some more metal and you have a masterpiece of art, and machine. Thunderbird in lake Tahoe is a prime example…
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The Brat Pack Of Antique & Classic Boating. Restoring, Restoration.

Classic Boating magazine just came out with a very interesting article called Preservation Vs Restoration Page 24 of the March-April Issue. What was interesting was not that I disagreed with many of the points in it. I was surprised though…
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WoodyBoater Celebrates It's 100th Posting.

With this post we have just hit 100 postings in just 5 months. When we set out to create a new way of delivering information on Antique & Classic boats, we thought that it might be fun to update every week. But the demand has been such,…
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Is it 1938, or 2008? Your Classic Boat Won't Tell.

When taking your antique woody boat out for a spin, it's fun to imagine that you have traveled back in time. That the world is all OK. Then you see a bad condo high rise and reality slaps you hard in the face. Well, there are still places that…
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It's 30 Days til Mt.Dora. It's 30 Degrees Outside. And It's Muskrat For Dinner Tonight!

The top photo says it all. For some of you, 30 degrees may be warm. But for us with thinner skin it's way to cold. Even all bundled up. Stuff just does not dry fast enough. Add to that a flu bug that is ripping through us and things can slow…
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Woody Boater Hits 10,000 Page Views. WoooHooo!

Woody Boater is proud to announce several milestones. We have hit our 10,000th page view. Also, we are now averaging close to 200 page views a day. And are about to post our 100th posting since October. Who would have thought there would be…
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37 Days, And Just One More Coat of Varnish til the Mt Dora Show in Florida. Ok, Maybe 2…

Everything except the interior is marching forward. We are in the varnish doldrums. Sand, coat, sand, coat..... You would think that after coat 8 it could not get any better. Well. It does, each coat looks better than the next. I can see me…
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They Don't Build Them The Way They Used To?

Well, they don't. Thank god. Most of these old woody's were built to last up to 6 years. And in many cases they lived up to there task. You can here old Mr So and So back in 1950 complaining about how things are not built the way they used to.…
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I Swore I Would Not Get Caught Up In This. But.

While Sylvia's hull is being polished and primped, her interior is with Rod Souza in Petaluma. He is working his magic. The issue of interior color has come up. According to the build sheet made available from the maritime museum in Newport…
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Over 5000 Photo's of Classic Boats, With Just A Click.

If you can't wait til MT. Dora to go to a great boat show. Or you are just trying to see if your boat is not the only one out there. Than do we have a treat for you. The Classic Boathouse www.theclassicboathouse.com is a mother load of images.…
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Introduce your kids to Classic Boating.

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…
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