Tag Archive for: Reedville virginia

The Woody Wedding Sausage, Bratwurst?

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The milking of the Woody Wedding is coming to an end. And the Sausage part of any milking is a great way to conclude it all. For those of you new readers, Milking is the term for turning one story into many, and sausage is the collection…

The Wedding Night At Global HQ

For the record, the wedding ended around 2:30 AM and so I suppose we all were there on the wedding night. I mean it was night time, and there was a wedding, and well. YOU ALL ARE JUST SICK! Okay, maybe just a couple of you, and maybe some…

Global HQ Is Ready For 2022

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It's been about a year and a half, and yesterday, all the small projects were finished. Is there still more? Yes, but nothing that should stop us now. The good news is that HQ is ready for fun. And being able to focus back on family and…

Global HQ Ready For Frank Fifes Memorial Service

It's been a hard 24/7 at Global HQ getting the Railway ready for Franks family and friends to have a gathering space to say go by to a fantastic guy. Tomorrow the Railway will host around, around, I have no idea how many folks will show…

The Global HQ Updates.

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Yesterday we shared some of the bootyness scored at the shows and so on, today we show some updates on the Railway that have been underway since its kinda warmed up. Things are kinda starting to take shape with smaller details starting to…

Global HQ Get’s It’s Own Home Online. It’s Complicated.

One of the good things about ice cold days is I am trapped inside and can focus on all the personal work that I ignore all year. Personal work as in marketing stuff for personal use. This past week, its been websites. 3 websites in one week.…

HQ Sunrise, Trailer Fitting, And Life In The Past Lane

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Yesterday was one of those days that just started out with a sunrise to beat all sunrises. I showed up to "the office" to get the day going early before all the Zoom calls and interruptions and rain. The good news is I brought my iphone…

Electrifying Railway Update

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First, I hope I spelled electrifying right? It's just an "r" away from being so more than a typo. ELECTRICFrYING.....Wow, a typo joke... Anyway, after waiting for months for an electrician to show up, Suzy2's father Martin is here for a…

Butler Built Boats – The Boats

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What a wonderful portfolio of some of the nicest boats on the bay. And they all came from one place, one family, and one soul. The Butlers. This family has had generations of craftsmen and simple humility all designed and built into timeless…

Old Photos Of The New HQ. Reedville Marine Railway

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One of the joys of this project is finding history and preserving it, as well as treat it with respect and frame it as art. It's a fine line, of cleaning up, while keeping the haphazardness that time evolves into a patina of harmony. And…

Reedville Marine Railway Preservation. Get Used To It. Hey!

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You want more Bruiser photos? Didn't think so. Sausage? Some. Railway before and afters is what we got in the kitchen, so that's what we got! Mountains of it. I have a back log of fun Railway stuff to use until it gets warm enough…

Perfect Weather, Perfect Boats, Perfect Smiles – Reedville Classic Was Perfect.

A huge thanks to all the great folks that came out and shared your hello's and good wishes at this years Reedville Classic Event. The entire town was busy, restaurants full, and the weather did not disappoint as predicted. Heck, even Dorian…

A Wood Trawler For Christmas Dear… Dear.. Honey.. Sweety Pie… Dear.. Hello.. Wait, Come Back..

In what has to be the boldest WoodyBoater move of all time, I just gave the Boatress a wood 40 ft boat for Christmas / Anniversary. Yes, I did. I did that, uh huh, yup. I went there and went all in. Jewelry? HA, that's for rookies. We even…

Not So Gasp! It’s Still Woody Boating Weather.

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Mother of all Natures, man oh man did she deliver big time in Virginia yesterday. All my travels around the planet, and here right at home in little Reedville VA, we got eh day of days. Wecatchem ran like a sewing machine. A big block sewing…

Reedville Show Breaks Record!

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Well, well, we cannot claim the smallest show in the universe anymore. After doing some Gozintas, were came to the bold number of around 50 boats at the show. Dang! When and how did that happen. There was even a crowd there. This…

Racine Or Reedville?

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Many of the citizens are headed to Racine Wisconsin for the big ACBS International Show this weekend.  One of the largest shows of the year, where all the big fancy boats come out, and the little ones as well. It's really a week long last…

Stinky’s First Last Gasp! Chris-Craft 16′ Special Racer Photos

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Yesterday turned out to be a spectacular day here in Reedville Virginia in the 70's. Fellow Woody Boater and pal Clif Aimes came buy and helped me install new points and other stuff on Stinky. By the way those old small distributors are…