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The Boaty ShowThursday B!^#h HikingWe're back! Steph and Jeff are in Houseboat Studios to bring you the best Old Boat Ad EVER: You, your girl, and your ! Jeff tells his story of a day spent boat hitchhiking through the 1000 Islands, we do Boat NAME Of The Week, and more! See The Boaty Show LIVE Saturday August 2nd during Chris Peirce's concert in Thousand Island Park, NY. Get tickets at rivertakemehome.org. Thanks for listening!
2025-07-261h 14
The Boaty ShowMurder FishWe're back! Live from Steph's houseboat! A Whaler, a tall ship, and a Square Beaver walk into a bar to compete for Boat Of The Week, we talk upcoming events, and mildewed mermaids. It's not the best Boaty Show ever but not the worst. Thanks for listening!
2025-06-2532 min
The Boaty ShowChris Craft CavalierA musical rendition of Capt David's Spring Checklist? You got it. Be nice, Steph went out on a limb and sang about engine mounts. Encyclopedia John sends us a really cool 1969 Chris Craft Cavalier for Boat Of The Week, including the original catalog copy for your Old Boat Ad. We had to wrap up and get to a meeting, so this one is short. Thanks for listening! Email theboatyshow@gmail.com, back the Kickstarter if you want an album of original music https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theboatyshow/the-boaty-show-album/
2025-04-0532 min
The Boaty ShowLost Steering!Jeff loses steering and has to limp back to port (literally), Steph relates her experiences with houseboat steering, we review a Grand Banks, Donzi Not-A-Sweet 16, Porsche lookalike runabout, and an abandoned project runabout for Boat Of The Week. Email us at theboatyshow@gmail.com, thanks for listening!
2025-03-2155 min
The Boaty ShowSmooth Straight and FingertipStraight outta Ohio! Steph brings us Heather and Matt Sullivan while visiting the gateway to the Midwest. Boat Of The Week is a giant swarthy on the outside glam on the inside renovated tugboat, we continue drooling over Novas and get steamed up over another magnificent vintage ad. Email us your boaty thoughts at theboatyshow@gmail.com. Check out Matt's music live around Columbus Ohio as Matt Sullivan and His Friends, streaming as Black River Gypsies or Tin Hearts. Thanks for listening!
2025-03-1638 min
The Boaty ShowLive From Mardi Gras!MJ calls in from New Orleans during Mardi Gras with a Love / Boat question: how do you teach your bae, boo, shorty, your main squeeze to drive a boat? Steph answers, Jeff pretends he didn't hear the question. Boat Of The Week brings it: mini picklefork speedboat, 70's Wetbike, Jersey Speed Skiff, and a Nova 24 duke it out. Our Old Boat Ad gets RACY all this and more! Email us theboatyshow@gmail.com. Thanks for listening :-)
2025-03-061h 06
The Boaty ShowThe IceholeBoaty Show Mixologist Marc returns to consult on the "Icehole" cocktail. Steph nails description of the Boat Of The Week contestants - two frozen tour boats locked in their own ice holes in Canada. Old Boat Ad returns with our favorite of all time the 1970 Boston Whaler Menemsha including railings "perfect for casual leaning and gripping." Love / Boat rears its ugly head as Jeff is counseled on being a jerk about weight distribution under way. Email us your own Boat Of The Week, Old Boat Ad, or advice about love and boats at theboatytshow@gmail.com! Thanks for listening!
2025-02-261h 14
The Boaty ShowThe Story Of Captain NervousSteph and Jeff welcome Captain Nervous to the show! Captain Nervous shares cautionary tales to help you stay safe while boating. New music from Jay Nash plays in our newest segment: Old Boat Ads, we review a wildly divergent slate of submissions for Boat Of The Week: a BMW hydrofoil, a low-buck houseboat, and a 90's Donzi Medalion. Email us at theboatyshow@gmail.com, subscribe to the show on your podcast app, follow on social media @theboatyshow. Thanks for listening!
2025-02-121h 15
The Boaty ShowLaying Around LobsterGone to California to make a Boaty Show! Steph and Jeff are joined by JK and Jeremy. We run down a bunch of old business: listener corrections, more on lobster boat racing, JK's expert description of the Jones Act, carvel planking. A completely unfair Boat Of The Week may very well result in a new boat, and This Week In Curling delves into tribology, the study of rubbing. This week on the boaty show you can't make this stuff up! Thank you very much for listening, email us at theboatyshow@gmail.com, follow on social media @theboatyshow.
2025-02-051h 00
The Boaty ShowLobster Boat RacingSteph and Jeff review a classic Mastercraft waterski boat, Rasputin's wierd monoski air boat, and a souped up racing lobster boat named RIP SNORTER for Boat Of The Week. Steph presents This Week In Curling, and in our new segment Old Boaty Book Jeff shares the Martha's Vinyard No Man's Land boat design. A cat-ketch double ender written up in a neat book called Good Boats while Steph shares a meditation from her favorite book Pleasure Boating on the similarities between propellers and sails. This week in boaty history, we learn about the oldest message in a bottle ever f...
2025-01-291h 04
The Boaty ShowFisherman CoreWe're in person! Jeff journeys North to do boat pose at River Yoga, battery maintenance and a show in Steph's living room. We spin up on propeller performance data shared by a listener, two freighters and a Bertram Baron 20 go head to head in Boat Of The Week, Jeff fumbles the Jones Act, we get hooked on the hottest trend to land in acquatic fashion, stories of Canadian canal adventures, Missy goes corn nuts, all on this week's Boaty Show! Email us at theboatyshow@gmail.com especially if you know what the heck the Jones Act is. Follow @theboatyshow on...
2025-01-221h 07
The Boaty ShowCanadian Super ScooperOur hearts go out to our fellow citizens in Los Angeles. God bless you. Steph briefs us on Canadian Super Scooper firefighting amphibious planes dumping tons of seawater on the fires, we run down a dozen LA Fire Boats from the last one hundred and twenty years, big-hair-don't-care on the curling ice, artificial intelligence and marine radar, an unbelievable Chris Craft 32 Runabout for Boat Of The Week, Jeff digs into his Yacht Rock aversion for the Yacht Rock Dockumentary all on this week's Boaty Show! email your Boat Of The Week submission to theboatyshow@gmail.com, check out pictures...
2025-01-151h 12
The Boaty ShowInternational IncidentHappy New Year! Steph is on the mic! We both went to Quebec over the break, but to different places. I reminisce about a 2022 trip down the Richeleau River that drains Lake Champlain... to the NORTH. Steph briefs us on the Boundary Waters Treaty and the International Joint Commission. Steph reviews Yacht Rock: a Dockumentary and I blow her mind with the Williams 28 Bass Boat for Boat Of The Week! Send your Boat Of The Week nominations to theboatyshow@gmail.com, subscribe to the podcast, check us out on all social media @theboatyshow and thanks for listening!
2025-01-0856 min
The Boaty ShowChristmas Locktail PartyLike three kings, rather two queens and a king we bring you gifts this Christmas Day! Steph, Missy, and Jeff take your listener corrections, sing boaty Christmas carols, float through the earl history of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, and wrap up a massive Boat Of The Week like a present just for you! Our second boaty kiddie ride, a Vanquish, metal flake midlife crisis, hot little wooden boat roadster, mysterious commercial fishing vessel, Chris Craft flybridge cruiser, and a polished aluminum tumblehome double cockpit runabout go toerail to toerail for the coveted win. Recorded live in the bed of a p...
2024-12-251h 11
The Boaty ShowTreble DamagesThis week we record live in a Whaler! Missy co-hosts while Steph is out of town helping a friend. We recap on a big part of what makes boating special - clean water. Missy weighs in on The Oil Exclusion and the US Environmental Protection Agency's Leaking Underground Storage Tank (yes, L.U.S.T) program. Jeff seeks forgiveness for dissing Whalers, and a nice little Boat Of The Week with the very first boat kiddie ride entry! Keep in touch, thanks for listening, you're the best! T-shirts, temporary tatoos, stickers and more at https://www.stickermule.com/theboatyshow. Foll...
2024-12-1847 min
The Boaty ShowBearing Buddy BraSteph is alive! We're joined by Younger Demographic Liasons MJ and Hannah. Hanna spots a boat food truck, MJ and Steph plot a hot dog boat empire, Bearing Buddies get on the mic, we officially announce a special musical project. A drool-worthy Boat Of The Week docks for the second week in a row. Happy Thanksgiving if you're in the States! All that and more on this week's Boaty Show. Email us at theboatyshow@gmail.com, follow the podcast and @theboatyshow on instagram/facebook/youtube. Thank you so much for listening, we're grateful for YOU.
2024-11-271h 19
The Boaty ShowHot MouthSteph is BACK! Rejoice! A massive Boat Of The Week - thank you Ryan, Patrick, Captain David, Anne! Jeff wants to know what's up with entry level boats, or the lack thereof? We go deep on sight-unseen internet hookups... of trailers on the boat you just bought and now have to get home. Younger Demographic Liason crew MJ, Malia, Alexa, and more tackle the big issue of the day: seasickness and more. YouTube videos of the Brooklin Boat Yard episodes are up now @theboatyshow on YouTube. email us at theboatyshow@gmail.com with your BOTW, questions, and get well miss...
2024-11-201h 01
The Boaty ShowBrooklin Boat Yard Part Four - A Long Winter's NapHi Friends! Final episode from our first visit to Brooklin Boat Yard: a tour of the winter storage sheds where so many cool boats gather for their long winter's nap. John and Sarah Maxwell take us through a collection of saling and motor yachts big and small, old and new. We go through two big barns, you'll hear the gravel floor crunching under our feet as John tells us the story of classic sailing yachts and restored lobster boats. We climb aboard two stunning fifty foot motor yachts, including SYNTAX, launched by BBY just this past summer. Steph will r...
2024-11-1329 min
The Boaty ShowPostcard from IcelandJeff shares maritime history from Iceland from settlement up through the Cod Wars. Steph reviews her experience aboard the Foot Ferry (Pedestrian Ferry System) in New York City. Two restored Starcraft, a Hinkley Picnic Boat, an electric catamaran, and a gorgeous Limestone 24 all compete for Boat Of The Week! Email your BOTW submissions to theboatyshow@gmail.com, follow the show and comment on Spotify, check us out on social media @theboatyshow on all platforms. Thanks so much for listening!
2024-10-091h 04
The Boaty ShowDock FitBack at the boat yenta game with Patrick and Blake who each do a "Why Chart"TM (callback to Walker's Pie Chart of what's important in a boat). Before Boat Of The Week, Steph goes dating game on the results, major surgical engine swap between a Limestone and a Hiliner, propeller selection advice, we all agree bucket seats on boats are no bueno, we review the Formula Junior, Amphibious RIB, and an out-of-nowhere Mako center console for BOTW. Please leave a review, follow on Spotify or Apple podcasts, and check out @theboatyshow on InstaBookTube. Submit your BOTW contestants at the...
2024-09-251h 19
The Boaty ShowTwo Stroke Wizard and Stock Outboard Racer Scott SmithYou have a long Labor Day Road trip so we made you a two hour episode! First up, Steph and Jeff get philosophical, "tumblehome" is defined by a listener in a sophisticated Boat Of The Week contest, the secret to winning said contest is revealed. Next Jeff chats with Scott Smith, former Canadian stock outboard boat racing champion, two stroke motor wizard, fountain of boaty knowledge, and River Rat extraordinairre. Enjoy! We love you for listening! New show every Wednesday. Email us at theboatyshow@gmail.com, follow on Instagram and Facebook @theboatyshow. Thanks so much for listening!
2024-08-282h 07
The Boaty ShowScavenger Hunt!It's the most wonderful time of the year: 1000 Islands Scavenger Hunt! Oh what a day what a glorious day. We recap from Steph's houseboat joined by Jay, Julia, and the Hot Admin. More on the 1981 Cobalt (hint: she's a runner) including first impressions of driving this 24 degree deep vee 80's smoke show in some sloppy conditions. After a brief intermission due to the dock breaking a shackle on a mooring chain Boat Of The Week returns from a one week hiatus Email is still down so please reach out via Instagram @theboatyshow, new show every Wednesday. Thanks so much fo...
2024-08-1447 min
The Boaty ShowSmokin' and Drankin'This episode was brought to you straight outta the 80's recorded live from a baby blue 1981 Cobalt 18DV. Walkthrough on Youtube. Yacht rock come to life with wall-to-wall carpet including the engine compartment of a MINT Mercruiser 485 224 cubic inch / 3.7L straight four making 185 hp and a ton of torque. Younger Demographic Liason Toby sheds light on mysteries of the youths, we discuss the Cobalt's extensive cigarette lighter, ashtray, and cupholder amenities, and Steph processes her boating mayhem of the past week. Our Gmail account got shut down for spamming (??) so BOTW remains on hiatus until we figure out Plan...
2024-08-0752 min
The Boaty ShowBonehead Scuba StudentIt's dock 'o clock as we listen to big block powerboats zoom past while answering your question "what boat should i buy for my kid?" Relatedly, Jeff discusses his favorite boat (hint: it's not a Donzi). We read everyone's favorite Cargo The Boardgame shipwreck disaster cards and try to pretend like we're good people. Steph shares plans for a houseboat cruise, Jeff shares plans for the latest addition to the fleet. Big news about Boat Of The Week, sometimes we run out of gas, and much more on this week's The Boaty Show! Thanks so much for listening.
2024-07-311h 04
The Boaty ShowBikini Ready GoPort Dunsel Yacht Club hosts The Boaty Show! Pictures, links in episode notes at www.theboatyshow.com. Peak geek week as we delve deep into metallurgy, marine gas, propeller design, two stroke vs four stroke motors, and metal machining. Steph drops chemistry knowledge, Jeff nearly strokes out from laughing, Kim gives a lesson on the Cow Tunnels of Tennis Island (dead ass), and Patrick is field-promoted from Rear Admiral For The Day to Honorary Co-Host. We hit Boat Of The Week hard with five submissions, including from our youngest ever. All that and more on this week's Boaty Show! Listen...
2024-07-101h 37
The Boaty ShowAmish CuriousKick off Summer 2024 on the deck of Steph's houseboat! Two boat reviews - Regulator and Ski Nautique. Osprey, ducks, caspian terns interrrupt discussion of wake boat propeller innovation and Steph's Amish boat canvas maker neighbor. We meander into old business with San Francisco Bay open water swimming and getting passed by a one-legged cyclist. A truly innovative Boat Of The Week segment surprises all with a contender we've never seen before but hope to see again. New show every Wednesday! Email your Boat Of The Week to theboatyshow@gmail.com, like, leave a review, and follow @theboatyshow on facebook a...
2024-06-2656 min
The Boaty ShowBoat AND Float Of The WeekSteph and Jeff break down five floaty toys, three boat reviews, two mink stories, and one geeked out discussion of thermoclines. George Clooney and Sophia Loren join our imaginations from Lake Como, boats made in Idaho have heaters who knew, and we're psyched that this'll be our last remote recording for a while. Listen every Wednesday and sometimes other days, email us your high score in Balls and your boat of the week submissions at theboatyshow@gmail.com, Thanks so much for listening! Boat Of The Week links: https://stancraftboats.com/inventory/2013-360-rivelle/
2024-06-1944 min
The Boaty ShowFried Eels and Sarasota BaySteph reports live from the houseboat in a thunderstorm as a mama merganzer catches a fish for her babies, and we review an honest to pete narrowboat cookbook. It's better than it sounds. Jeff recaps a trip to Sarasota FL and a sea life tour of the bay complete with mermaids. Or manatees. Five boats of the week contend for the title, two sweep us off our feet. Post-outro shout out to Christine at the Old Salty Dog on City Island in Saraasota F. L. A! Email your boat of the week nomination, questions, and eel recipes to theboatyshow@gm...
2024-06-121h 10
The Boaty ShowFans of Missy Rejoice and Our First Book ReviewSteph is sick, we wish her well, and reliever Missy steps up to the microphone. Up front? Corrections and an apology for blatant nepotism and self-dealing. We discuss Outlander, boat scents or lack thereof, dogs on boats, a stop by the OPP, Missy's attraction to big block boat motor startups. We do a rundown of the artists we love and support, who now include April "AP" Davis aka Pinkietoons and debut author Will Sterling with his book Fame By Misadventure. Check them out! Two very different boats contend for Boat Of The Week - a modern houseboat and a cla...
2024-06-051h 04
The Boaty ShowWe Laugh, Cry and Circumnavigate ManhattanNo sleep 'til Brooklyn! We meet up in The City for an epic boat trip around the isle of Manhattan thanks to dear friends Julia and Rich. We hang out in their Brooklyn back yard to recap and share a bit of our recording from the boat in this episode, more will come in an upcoming bonus feature. A big Boat Of The Week featuring six submissions, the first from someone neither of us knows! Captain David's Kady Krogan 36! Also included are the Doug Zurn Shelter Island Runabout, Ouid Huyxler 480, Maxima 720 Retro, Candy Paula lobster boat, and a surprise su...
2024-05-2958 min
The Boaty ShowLife on a Submarine with Arny StankusFormer US Navy Officer Arny Stankus tells of his service aboard the SSN Toledo Los Angeles class fast attack submarine. 110 crew sharing the square footage of a three bedroom house for two months continously under water! Remarkable service to the security of our country and allies. Plus! Steph reports from the wheel of her houseboat the MUSKRAT. Three listeners sent the same Boat Of The Week, everyone wins yay Hippie Rules! Missy takes us out with the most enthusiastic endorsement of a mundane product imaginable on this week's Boaty Show! Listen every Wednesday, like, follow, leave a review. Connect with u...
2024-05-221h 21
The Boaty ShowSummer Of Chicken Salad and Elite Rower Audrey BoersonJeff interviews elite rower Audrey Boerson (26:50) about training for international competition leading up to the World Championships. Steph scrapes mussels off her houseboat for Mothers Day, a major update on the "battery situation", dialectric grease, rowing is complicated, talking about trailer equipment is awkward, Audi fails at the most basic function of a vehicle which is towing a boat, five (five!) entries for Boat Of The Week and more. New show every Wednesday! Like, subscribe, and leave a review!
2024-05-151h 30
The Boaty ShowMore is More Jay NashSteph visits Philly and goes to rowing practice! We talk crew, our day at the office, paddleboard commuting. You want wooden boats? Ok. Let's get low down with composer, producer, performer, Boaty Show Original Music Director and wood boat enthusiast Jay Nash. Of course Boat Of The Week and more!
2024-05-011h 28
The Boaty ShowHot Tub BoatsSteph and Jeff this week bring you boaty news from the Bay Area, why Jeff is so down on Boston Whalers, Steph shares how a ferry ride and a Coast Guard Whaler convinced her to leave California for the 1000 Islands, and Jay Nash's sweet sweet yacht rock number lifts Boat Of The Week like a rising tide.
2024-04-2452 min
The Boaty ShowDock Lines and White LinesWe break out the yacht rock in a very special way with new original music from Jay Nash to introduce a big 'ol Boat Of The Week. First, Steph reports on her eclipse experience all on the water as she launched her boat for the season! Mixologist Marc Izzon joins again this week, shares version 2 of the Boaty Show cocktail recipe. New show every Wednesday, thanks for listening!
2024-04-171h 02
The Boaty ShowI Yenta'd MyselfBoat matchmaking! Aaron and Flavia want to get into boating in South Carolina on Lake Hartwell. We learn Boat Math, work the ups and downs of various boats, drool over Glasstrons and Chris Crafts, and ultimately convince Steph she needs another boat! We waited to look up what yenta actually means after recording the episode. Turns out it means nosy and meddling not matchmaker which actually works way better.
2024-04-1057 min
The Boaty ShowAint No Party Like A Boaty Show PartyThe Boaty Show Intro gets a remix by DJ Eurotrash Jay Nash, Brian Danforth reports from Stuart Florida, the Groverbuilt recreational lobsterboat story, we face a crisis of our own making in Boat Of The Week, Steph tests her original Eclipse Mimosa recipe, and more! Please tag your boaty pics with #theboatyshow on Instagram and follow the hashtag so we can share the fun... Tune in every Wednesday, thanks for listening!
2024-04-031h 07
The Boaty ShowEpisode 5 - Alligator TumblehomeSteph reports on Lone Stars and dock bars from Lake Dora, Jeff gets caught in alligator mating season and geeks out on fiberglass boat building, the Jersey Shore doesn't disappoint, we review your Float Of The Week submissions to pick a winner, and more on this week's Boaty Show!
2024-03-2055 min
The Boaty ShowEpisode 4 - Gin 'n Juice 'n LancersSteph's in Burlington Vermont with guests Jen and Jen on Lake Champlain. We talk Chris Craft Lancers, why 1995 is a pivotal year in boats, hear from our Younger Demographic Liason Luke about restoring a 1950's Cadillac skiff, do a big 'ol Boat Of The Week and more!
2024-03-131h 02