One of the coolest parts of the Lake Dora Show for us here at Woody Boater is watching the YNOT Yacht gang out on the water ripping through the wakes and running all the winter blues away! This year they ramped it up by bringing an amazing…

Thanks...again to fellow Woody boater Jm Frechette for bringing some fun new stuff to the party. Each year Jim brings something fun and this year he delivered big time with this little Putt Putt. Named on her Hull card Alice K II. Jim found…

Those of us that are lucky enough to know Terry, all know this is a well deserved honor. Personaly, I can not tell you how welcome he can make you feel, all while telling you to move your boat, do this, and do that. That's what makes great…

After a nice warm drive, we arrived at Lake Dora yesterday around 4 PM. The good news is the bottom had closed up a bit just in the humidity of Florida, and once in the water behaved like she always had. So hopefully that drama is past us. She…

Are the Florida Gods trying to tell Troy something?

It's a cold Sunday and you might be looking around for some drama on Netflix and already seen everything. So here it is, High drama, and a new ish Chris Craft has the heat to do the job!

Fellow Woody Boater and reporter Julie Bacon, Yes M-fine her last name is really Bacon, was headed north through Grantsville PA and at a Days Inn and ran into another Woody Boater John, headed South from Ottawa! What a fun small world we…

Over the past couple weeks there has been a nice spike in people signing up for the Big lake Dora show, says Terry Fiest Show Chairman. This is fantastic news! Over the past couple years we had noticed that numbers were either flat, or less. The…

This past weeks sad story on the 18 Sportsman that looks like something went wrong with her first soaking after a while is a cold reminder of how quick stuff can go wrong. Its not uncommon at lake Dora to see boats taking on water and bilges…

The new coffee cups/mugs are in and they are cool as all get out. We made this years cups much larger and are designed like an old enamel cup. But are Microwave safe! Cool. We are sadly all sold out of the Marine Finish cups, and won't have…

Imagine yourself at a fancy pants classic boat show, now imagine that your perfect 100pt boat is up against another 100pt boat. And you have this set of parts sitting in a storage area on the boat. It's not a point maker, but it could be a tie…

The "BUT" is a big Bertha Butt Boogie But BTW! Now, first know that we here at Woody Boater are HUGE fans of the 18 Sportsman, and just a month ago featured a dream restoration one which sold for close to 7K with an original trailer and…

We may not want to admit it, but our love for classic boats is in a way a fashion trend. Yes, I am sure there is a rational reason out there in the universe to own a classic boat. But if you are really honest with yourself, you own one because…

It's that time of year when we all focus on the guts we have built up over the cold winter. Well, Fellow Woody Boater Mark Setterholm has decided that he needs to drop some Lbs. Oh, wait, not because he wants to be healthy.. See Mark got…

One of the giants of the boating world is 95 young years old today. Carlo Riva the master of Riva is still going strong and can brighten up anyone that is around him. So if we can from all over the planet. Wish Carlo a Buon Compleano! …

In the "what could go wrong " category here is a cool, or hot Schyling Vintage Tin Boat on ebay that runs on fuel. Yes, You light it. Can you see this being sold today. All over the box it says NOT FOR CHILDREN, yet who else plays with these…

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…

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.…

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…

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,…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…