Wussername Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 Can you remember that huge plume of water that came from those boats as they passed Everett's Park on the far side. For a young boy, 15 or 16, may be younger, magical nights. Used to walk from Stradbroke Road to watch the racing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emskirocks Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 @dom yes, i certainly did, St John's and Broadland, i left school in 97 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dom Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 54 minutes ago, Emskirocks said: @dom yes, i certainly did, St John's and Broadland, i left school in 97 I did both, with a couple of years at Stalham High in between - but left 10 years before you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dom Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Wussername said: Can you remember that huge plume of water that came from those boats as they passed Everett's Park on the far side. For a young boy, 15 or 16, may be younger, magical nights. Used to walk from Stradbroke Road to watch the racing At that age, I was obsessed with the junior class which was tiny boats crewed by kids around the same age. I can still remember one being called something like Shelley's Welly. I used to hound my dad to fund me having a go, but he was not long divorced and had just bought a Broom 30, so in no position to do so financially. The nearest I ever got was a old rowing dinghy with a seagull outboard, which I used to use to shuttle us back and forth between a swinging mooring and the yacht club during Oulton Week, when we raced cruiser class - actually quite successfully, other than the occasion when my dad tried pushing the boom out to catch the wind, only to be pushed backwards overboard. I think it's fairly safe to say whoever was on safety boat duty that day saved my dad's life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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