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Quaint tale about kids and hydroplanes.


Oh Chuck! Ditto, grew up in WS, lived and breathed hydros. My grandfather,
who was a talented craftsman, once made me a beautiful mahogany hydro. I
was towing it behind a boat through the Ship Canal - string broke. Too much
traffic to go back for it. Arggggggggh. I only hope it's sitting on
someone's mantle today. BTW, I never got over losing that hydro. :{(
Definitely one of the top bummers of my life.

We were at the Rock 'N Roll hall of fame in Cleveland. Among the
memorabilia from Jimi Hendrix were some pictures he drew when he was a kid.
You guessed it: hydroplanes racing on the lake.

Unc