On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 11:31:03 -0800 (PST), "John H."
wrote:

On Friday, November 21, 2014 12:07:55 PM UTC-5, F*O*A*D wrote:
...from eons ago:

http://tinyurl.com/mrk33zt

First to finish in Class III river motorboat race.

Middletown to Hartford and Return...

1948.

Barbour brand boat with Evinrude motor.

He raced the Albany to NYC competition a few times, and also raced on
or near Lakes Zoar and Candlewood in Connecticut, and at the base of the
Lake Zoar dam.

I do have at least one memory of when I was a wee lad of watching my dad
win a motorboat race.

In the 1950s, he crossed the Atlantic in Swedish-made outboard cruiser
powered by two Evinrude outboards. They traveled in the lee of a
freighter, and fuel and supplies were passed down to them from that
freighter. He was the co-pilot and mechanic on the trip, and it was the
second time that trip was accomplished successfully. My dad was the New
York/New England importer for that brand of boat at the time.


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Just because you are opposed to abortion makes you pro-baby.

Gosh, all that publicity in Motorboating for a 42 mile race, and no mention anywhere of an ocean-crossing trip with a fireboat welcome in New York City. You'd think that'd be pretty big news, wouldn't you?

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Even without an ocean crossing I'd guess that Harry's father was
probably a man of integrity and personal responsibility.

Sometimes those qualities skip a generation. I'm sure Harry must have
been a great disappointment to him.