Friday Dec 11, 2015
A visit to Butson Boats; Bracebridge, Ontario The Butson family has a storied history of boat building and restoration in Muskoka. Tim Butson’s Bracebridge shop currently houses vessels in for...
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Monday December 14, 2015
Our newest listing: a reasonably priced Greavette dual cockpit runabout. This 15 ft. rebuilt vintage woody would be a wonderful Christmas gift for the wooden boat lover in your family! Santa approved!...
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Thursday November 13, 2015
The ultimate Torpedo stern classic For those of us already dreaming of the 2016 boating season, there’s nothing like a bit of wooden “eye candy” to whet our woody appetites. This Earl Barnes torpedo...
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Tuesday November 17, 2015
Wooden boats needed for Toronto movie set! Calling all “woody boaters’. Kari, from Maple Cage Productions, is desperately seeking boats that can be used on set for the film “xXx 3: The Return of Xander...
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Monday, November 23, 2015
Power Boat Television to air wooden classic boat segment in the new year. Boating continues into late fall as we hit the water in Muskoka, Ontario this morning to film this 1931 Ditchburn Rainbow...
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Unique 38 foot Ditchburn, 1926, arrives at Mike Windsor’s Gravenhurst, Ontario facility for a (mainly) cosmetic make-over “Blythewood”, a magnificent sedan cruiser, originally built for Sam McLaughlin,...
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How to create a piece of boat hardware from a photograph! In this video, Mike Windsor of Windsor Boat Works Ltd, explains how he fabricated a silicon bronze vent for his historic launch “Bimbi”,...
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Thursday December 17, 2015
Our newest listing: something out of the ordinary: “Miss Vernors” vintage hydroplane: 26 ft, restored 2008 Miss Vernors u64 is for sale. Last raced by Fred Alter. The boat ran in 2009 nd 2010 at the...
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A visit to Curtis Hillman’s boat shop, November, 2015 Curtis is a well respected Muskoka wooden boat builder and restorer. His current projects include two vintage Shepherds and a 1950’s kit boat...
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A visit to Stan Hunter, Boat Builder. We continue our late fall tour of Muskoka boat builders/restorers with a visit to Stan Hunter’s shop in Milford Bay, Lake Muskoka. Stan has a charming Grew...
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Thursday December 24, 2015
Seasons greetings and best wishes for the holidays to our viewers and subscribers…from Port Carling Boats. May 2016 be a banner year for you!
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A visit to Duke Boats and Tom Adams Boat Builder in Port Carling, Ontario. Wooden boat restoration is alive and well in Muskoka, Ontario. Just ask the staff at Duke Boats, who are engaged in a major...
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Thursday, December 31, 2015
We’ll pull the curtains on 2015 with our newest listing: a fully restored Peterborough cedar-strip speedboat prototype: 17 ft 1951 This prototype boat offers a very unique opportunity to acquire a...
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“Corral” this Palomino at a very reasonable price!
Our newest listing: a fully professionally restored Century Palomino, 15 ft, 1963; complete with Gator trailer. Price: $5,500 CDN. WOW! This is a fully restored original Century Palomino with all the...
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Drastic price reduction on Chris-Craft Sea Skiff
This consistently maintained 24 ft. 1964 Chris-Craft Sea Skiff offers a lot of boat for the money. Ideal for big lake fishing, touring and diving, the price of the boat has been reduced from $16,000 to...
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Toronto International Boat Show Hosts Eye-Catching Display of Vintage Boats
The Toronto Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society is out in full force with a wonderful display at the entrance of the 2016 Toronto International Boat Show. In conjunction with this year’s...
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Rare Greavette Streamliner for sale
Our newest listing: A RARE Greavette Streamliner; 24 ft, 1939. “Miss London II” is an extremely rare, 1939 24 ft. Greavette. She features a triple cockpit with the raised aft deck and external rudder....
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Newer Kid on the block…Sirens Boat Works
Congratulations to owner Andrew Lee and his staff at Sirens Boat Works in Merrickville, Ontario. This company was off our radar until a recent tip alerted us to yet another quality boat restorer. The...
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Thursday December 24, 2015
Seasons greetings and best wishes for the holidays to our viewers and subscribers…from Port Carling Boats. May 2016 be a banner year for you!
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Sirens Boat Works continued
As well as a huge Elco cabin cruiser squeezed into the shop, the staff at Sirens Boat Works have several other projects on the go: a 1930’s Chris-Craft cabin cruiser sporting a new transom, a 1960’s...
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