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Originally Posted by Mr Cooke's Crew
I grew up spending my summers @ Sandy Point..(.those were the days) Every morning we would barefoot untill the lake got rough and then go fill up Mr Cooke"s Chris Craft @ Downings an then stop at Victoria pier....  |
We used to ski off the bandstand every weekend. Several of the guys went barefoot. It would have been about 1970 to 1975. The boats were the flatbottoms with big V8's with the straight chrome pipes over the transom. A foot gas pedal and no reverse, just an in and out (of gear) box. Tough ride on a rough day but boy were they fast! Somewhere I have a picture of 5 of those boats pulled up on the sand at the Alton town beach. (before they put in the retaining wall)