Recent content by Theinbaugh

Looking thru old photos and I had to laugh. Red and white sail on Dad's old boat too. Dad and grandson Zack who grew up to be a Y Flyer Nationals crew for Chet Turner. Silhouette of Lighting mast on the pier.

No Sunfish related. https://www.pbs.org/video/surveying-and-sailing-tkxjdj/ Chet and my brother Steve on Old Red at 17 minutes in the clip.

One day, before the move from Mattoon to Decatur IL., Dad asked if I would like to go to sail at Mattoon lake. A school friend was there and asked at go along and we headed to the lake. We were on a reach, heading towards the bridge when Dad calls, ready about and pushes the rudder hard left...

Didn't think it would fit on a car that small. Scion IQ driver @ 10' long.

BTW, Serial puts it mid 66 strip was probably add on deck repaint. Don't believe 66 was striped.

Screw that hold bottom latch for rudder.

Thanks Charlie. Funny, I've been out of the boat about as long as that boat set in a shed, about 20 years. Only issue was the screw, 1/4" x 20 bronze self tapper, threads were gone. Couldn't get a replacement and it should be a flat head if I recall correctly. The one I took out was a pan head...

My brother Steve was getting Y Flyer Old Red ready for the Rivera Regatta on Mattoon lake one year, sanding and polishing the bottom. I asked about racing but knew he and Chet were a team and he suggested going to the clubhouse. Some time you can catch a ride with a crewless Captain, which I...

Mid 66 boat and shake down. 20 years to forget the finer points lol.

Had to hitch a ride myself!

Home sweet home!

Preparing to go to the lake and 1st time out.

I was in my mid teens when my father, come to find out an avid sailor, asked mother if they could afford a sailboat. Being a central Illinois conference minister they barely made ends meet with 7 child's still home. Mom agreed to got to look at it and agreed to work it in the budget. They piled...