Memorabilia... whattya got?
You do not want to go through my basement.
I am a compulsive pack rat. I've got the hotel bills, gas slips, sailing instuctions and most of the stuff that was handed out in regatta goodie bags from the late '70's onward.
Of course, they are filed chronologically in perfect order (NOT!) <img src=
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Someone tried to sell one of the
Absolut Vodka
glass mugs we got as give-aways at the '85 H-16 Nationals on eBay a while ago.
I've got a couple in my kitchen cabinet that still get used now and then.
I have the same problem as Matt, but it was my wife that saved everything. Some the stuff that may be of interest are:
A January 1979 copy of Life magazine with a two page spread of Paul Ulibarri and my daughter Gina on a H-18 taken at the nationals in Coronado.
A t-shirt from the first H-18 nationals still in the plastic bag.
A picture with yhe 100 plus volunteers from Carlyle Sailing Association When I was the liasion for sailing at the '94 Olympic Festival.
Gordon Isco
A class USA 154
I've got a 2003 Worrell 1000 can huggie. Not a big deal until you think about the year.
I also have a shirt , broken spin pole, and a broken 6.0 dagger board, signed by all the Worrell 1000 folks(teams ,Officials, and support crews)from different years. It'll work out well if I can ever get any of their checkbooks, I'll at least know how to sign their names.;)
no picture - didn't happen....next.
I got a pic and it still didn't happen!
Ooooo...good point!
Webster's defines
Memorabilia
as
Busted boat parts certainly rank high on the events to remember scale. You certainly win bonus points for quantity! If only there were pictures with which to validate your claim, I would have to put you in the lead.
For now Williams edges out Bisesi with a 1996 hat. Lob to Bisesi.
Jake , you got some tough rules. Here's another pic for ya. Am I cool now? The memory attached with the can huggy is not the race that didn't happen, but that Lee Queensberry gave it to me. I miss him.
Todd
p.s. On the Dagger ,Randy Smyth drew a picture of himself in the wheelchair, after his water,staph,infection, deal.Kinda funny.
Todd
p.s. On the Dagger ,Randy Smyth drew a picture of himself in the wheelchair, after his water,staph,infection, deal.Kinda funny.
Smoked 'em. That's going to be tough to beat! Todd in the lead. The Randy Smyth wheel chair and Lee Queensbury memorabilia sealed it. <img src=
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Pat's right. We don't want to challenge Matt.
One thing that I know Matt has, that is also one of my cherished assets, is a PU Class of 1999 hat (I don't have a picture). I had them made for the Hobie RC Seminar that PU gave at the Atlantic Coast Area Championships at Quonset Point. The class flew him in, and he gave a seminar on Friday, and worked RC for the weekend regatta. The ACAC was a one-time event.
There were less than 50 of those hats made, so 20 years from now, they'll be worth something. <img src=
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Mike
There is NO WAY that a hat can top the Dagger Board and rudder with all the teams signing them. I guess it comes down to how much these things mean to each other. So I guess I should retract that first statement. Todd's gets my vote! I hope Team Pirates kept their hull that I mangled last year in the Tybee. I would be happy to come out there and sign it.
Lee/Team Chums N20
Lee/Team Chums N20
You should have left my fingerprint in your hull...I would have been glad to sign that!
Lee/Team Chums N20
Oh yeah, we still got it! Still wondering what its ultimate fate will be (currently upside down underneath an old H-14 on a trailer beside my house). My leading idea is to turn it into an outdoor bar on wheels for after race parties. We'd love to have you sign it! Every once and awhile I look at it and think that anything is repairable...
Yeah, it's going to be tough to top the daggerboard / rudder, Lee. I don't have much stuff
signed
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About the only thing I do is the back of this trophy, signed by the man himself:![[Linked Image]](http://www.tedknowlton.com/div12/matt-hobie.jpg)
That's one ugly trophy - the signature on the back is the only reason it's still on the wall in my office.
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