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I am not sure what the perfect curse word is, since we used all of them. But.. Since owning Sweet Pea, we have known she needs a new cutless bearing. It wasn’t all that bad, but over time had worked some leaks in the hull near her keel. Now, replacing a cutlass bearing on a
... Read more.Longtime fellow Woody Boater Andy in Middletown helped out with a great story. Wow, Kidney Stones is a little extreme to ask for stories, but whatever works I guess. Ugh. many of you know Andy in the comment section, and now.. Here he is, in all his vacation glory! Take it away! For several years
... Read more.Yesterdays story regarding the Chris Craft Club evoked some passionate comments. Actually attacks on certain people. BTW, the number one thing that violates our policies. No cursing, or personal attacks. We deleted all the comments regarding that one whopper by “George” BTW, George is not George, he is…… Well Joe Martell. Now, I am loose
... Read more.One of the side effects of being in an endless summer like we are this year, is now weekend is special anymore. It’s just all one more day mushed up in warm days, sunny days, cool days and so on. And now well, if you watch the news, or don’t watch the news. You no
... Read more.One of the great details of classic boating, is how flags make the look complete. Somehow on a pontoon boat or center console they look strange. But on a classic boat, the flag pole and look are seriously considered in the initial design. So you know what to do today! Show us your flags.
... Read more.Today we are going to talk chrome. Oh, not just any chrome.. But Graves Chrome.. And a new concept by the WoodyBoater Labs. First Graves Plating in Alabama is amazing. This place crafts out the top chrome and metal plating in the universe. No really, have you tried the chrome plating on Mars? See! Jupiters
... Read more.You know how much I love to make up captions for photos from shows sent in. Well, today on ebay we have a wonderful set of slides from the early 60’s. The slides, the people are well, also in the 60’s. Anyway, there is no story about these, and I love old slides because they
... Read more.One of the great joys of not giving a crap about spelling is you get to make up your own words. Sausage Sunday didnt seem right for today’s story on two shows that happened yesterday, and trying to do one without the other seemed like I had to pick favorites. So.. I made a smash
... Read more.I noticed the other day that somehow I own 4 decades of boats. As in a 1968, 1958, 1948, and 1937 but they made the same boat in 1938. Would have been cool if it was a 1938.. It’s interesting to see the evolution and enjoyment that each bring. We refer to our boats as
... Read more.When you think you have seen it all, of course, the eBay gods plop this boat on you. Thanks to Loooongtime WoodyBoater Don Ploetner for sending us this cool boat. Now, what really makes this cool, other than its quite possibly the only survivor, is the trailer set up. There is no trailer. The wheels
... Read more.Pre-War, Post War, in our passion is a defining period that separates the way our boats were made, sold and designed. Today we take a moment to stop and think about the insanity of it all. And remember those that have given everything they have for us to be able to enjoy the freedoms that
... Read more.I thought this may happen, had to work a bit and then we rebuilt the water pump…three times. Thanks to Dave Van Ness who over the phone while driving home explained the right way. Man oh man, the guy can coach you over the phone and guess what? It worked. Like gold. We made it
... Read more.This weekend as many of you know we are prepping the Baby Barrel Back Barn Find, AKA 4Bs to get ready for her public debut at the big Smith Mountain Lake Show next week. As we are plowing through a list of countless little things, I realized that the best and most fun part of
... Read more.It’s been several weeks now and still no name. And trust us, we have tried. ALOT. By the way thanks Dan Nelson of Nelson Boat Works for stealing the best name ever. “OLD GLORY” for the little racer you restored a couple years ago. But we need to move on. Below is a short list
... Read more.American industrialist Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, developed and manufactured the first automobile that many middle class Americans could afford. In doing so, Ford converted the automobile from an expensive curiosity into a practical conveyance that would profoundly impact the landscape of the twentieth century. His introduction of the Model T
... Read more.One of the surprising parts of living in Washington DC is that we often forget that there is an amazing river running right next to it. Honestly I feel like a fool, since I am 4th generation from here. Yes, I knew it was here, even learned to sail on the Potomac near National Airport
... Read more.The last day of “Oldies Week” is today (at least for now), and the response from the Woody Boater community was fantastic. It was great to see all the vintage photos and stories from the good old days of classic boating when wooden boats were the norm, not the exception. In fact, this morning as
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