Classic Boats

Life After Death For Your Classic Cruiser!

Thanks to Chad Durren for sending us in today’s story idea! Don’t burn them, re purpose them.. Bill boards, bars, playgrounds, the ideas go on and on, send us yours.. Maybe we can inspire folks out there to still have

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A Memorable Mormorial Day Weekend In Woodyboaterville.

80 degrees and balmy here in Reedville Va on the Northern Neck of Virginia. Perfect puffy clouds and lots of great folks out on the water enjoying life. Even Fellow Woody Boater Clif Aimes was out on his new..to him..…

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Sverige – The Meanest Dog In Sweden Is Alive And Ready To Rumble!

Last January, with help from fellow Woody Boater Anders Værnéus in Sweden, we reported on the progress of a very impressive wooden race boat that was being built in Holmsund, Sweden – named “Sverige”. In early 1929, some very wealthy

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Classic Boat Roadside Art – Sorry No Velvet Elvis’s


We love it when fellow Woody Boaters find fun stuff on the road less traveled and share with all of us. Thanks to Paul Poledink and the Cobourg-Kid who did just that. Here are their two reports..
First one is

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More Images And History From The Martin Smith Collection.

Here is an update on the Martin Smith Collection from the wonderful folks at St. Lawrence Restoration who have been digging into the collections history and background. The site has many new images and articles of various boats construction and…

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My Dinner With Dave Kinney. A Hagerty Classic Boat Price Guide Conversation.

As many of you have already noticed, the Hagerty Classic Boat Value Guide …was released a couple weeks ago. This value guide is a huge step in helping the Classic Boat world. It’s a guide for folks thinking of buying

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The Raising and Restoration of the “Wa Chee We” – The Original Written Story

On Friday we featured a very cool video on the raising and restoration of “Wa Chee We” a beautiful 1923 Ditchburn Fisher-Allison Class Race Boat which is now in the final stages of restoration by Gary Clark of Clark Wood

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The Raising And Restoration Of “Wa Chee We” – An Amazing 1923 Ditchburn Class Racer


And now for something completely different. It’s Friday, and if you love wooden boats – you need to take 21:59 minutes out of your busy schedule today, grab a fresh cup of coffee (or beverage of choice), sit back and

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The Woody Boater Lifestyle Is Alive And Well In Michigan!

I am looking forward to my trip in June to Algonac for the big show.…  for many reasons. One, is just to bask in the glory of all the rich history of the area and Wooden Motor boats. That

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“The Center Of The Wood-Motorboat Universe: Woody Boater.”

Recently they discovered water on mars. Well, if there is water, there are  boats, and if that’s the case, we are apparently there. At least according to The Continuous Lean… a leading blog on men’s coolness. Regarding a story on

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