It must be in my blood....

75 Tique wrote: Have you guys seen the movie "Madison" about hydroplane racing in the early 1970s? They were blowing those things up on a pretty regular basis. Good movie

Just watched the movie on ENCLOV, good movie, cool boats! Love to hear the thunder!!

I like the color combo on that center one

wow...cool! gotta be Holiday Lakes. wish the picture was just a little closer...would like to see who that is in the boat. kite on the beach...the Playmate...man this seems like long ago!

gotta admit..that was a sweet lookin' boat!



john

     Here is the only known picture of the 1969 Slickcraft with a 100hp Mercury. Learned to 'foot behind this boat but shortly discovered Correct Crafts and there was no turning back!!

peter1234 wrote: My father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Keuka Lake, NY 1955. Imagine the advancements in the boating world those 3 - 4 actually generations have witnessed .

And even further....my family's been on the lake for 8 generations. The last Indian family in the area lived on my great-great-great-great grandfathers land (vineyards); so I guess we've witnessed advances from the "canoe". My great-grandfather was also a purser on one of the big paddlewheels that used to ply the lake picking up grapes from the vineyards. Then came the inboards.....   

Father and Grandfather sure look alike. Same hair line on them 2 guys. Lucky me and you got Mom's hair..not Dad's!

as to photobucket;



I am not having any trouble getting my pics on but they do seem to be larger than before & I don't know how to resize. Will wait on the Slickcraft pic. Wish I could get the one out of me & you on the Lone Star..its a hoot. Couple of nice pics in that group..one of me, you & Kathie (!) sitting at a picnic table that I have no idea where we were. Early ski club trip I'd guess. But where?

john

Awesome picture Jeff

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Really cool pic Larry!

is there any link or info on those boats built by him?

Jeff, yes there were a lot of Aristocrafts running around "back in the day".
In fact, the first boat I ever skiid behind was an Aristocraft (not the one pictured above). It was Easter weekend on Lanier. An early Easter in late March. I was determined to get on skis. It was COLD....and it was FUN. That hardtop came in handy that cloudy, cold day.
That picture above was taken in the late summer of '76. That is the summer I worked at Lanier Harbor Marina on Lanier. They were a new Correct Craft dealer. Managed by a close family friend. That was my first introduction to Correct Craft and the Ski Nautique. That is when my love affair with these boats began.

the new one is so hard to figure out how to resize photos.

Riley wrote: Really cool picture Larry. Was the boat in your family?

Bruce, I asked my Aunt (my dad's little sister, now 85) If she had any recollections. She thought it was their dad's (my grandfather's) boat and that the picture may have been taken around 1950 in Hollywood florida. I knew my grandparents wintered for years down in florida and that for many of those years he kept a woody inboard down there (I recall some old videos I am going to try to track down.) That looks more like upstate NY than Hollywood FL to me though, so even if they did have their inboard in FL as early as 1950, I am not sure that is what this is of.

I have a very cool photo of me and you in the Lone Star but it is in the book Sharon & you made me from Mom's old pics. Would hate to try to take it out & mess it up. Just went & looked at it again tonight...geez we look young! Know what else I'd like to see? Got a pic scaned of the Slickcraft?
Last time I can remember Dad on skis was..I think..the first time we went to Lake James in 1963. On 2 skis. I remember 'cause we had that light green chevy 4 door. Did you ever pull him?


john

75 Tique wrote: Have you guys seen the movie "Madison" about hydroplane racing in the early 1970s? They were blowing those things up on a pretty regular basis. Good movie. Bruce's story reminds me of other stories told on here that typically have a line something like "hey, hold my beer and watch this."

Well, they did take a lot of poetic license with that movie, but nonetheless it's one of my favorites. One of those that I will have to watch if I find it while flipping channels.

BKH

Man, that picture is so friggin' cool!!!