All dressed up for the Regatta Ball. Note the A-model Ford peeking out from behind the houses. |
The scene shifts to Elizabeth City and the Pasquotank River Yacht Club, which had Moth fleet Nr 2. Left to right: unknown, Doug Alexander (aka "dog"), Chuck Higgins, Eddie Gasch and Charlie Miller. |
A blurry photograph of Herb Davenport sailing Blackbeard, built by Ernest Sanders. |
Doug Alexander sailing Dopey, an early Dorr Willey-built Moth. |
All I can say right now is, Wow. Let me read again.
ReplyDeleteTake your time--those pix aren't going anywhere. Enjoy!
Deleteif they had to sail with 2 people there is hope for me. LOL
ReplyDeleteBut then you'd have to take a crew as well...
ReplyDeleteHot picts!
ReplyDeleteI took a crew for the first few years I raced a moth starting when I was 8 years old. I weighed in at about 100 lbs when I was 12 and got to a whopping 137 by senior year of college. When not needed for ballast, crews were for good for bailing and getting the dagger board unstuck in the mud, or for conversation.
ReplyDeleteI think old "lovie-duck" had other things in mind when he selected crews.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing these pics and the history. Wonderful.
ReplyDeleteHi Panda: Glad you enjoyed them. It's interesting how such old photos speak to people even if they've never raced a Moth. The old hair and clothing styles, the old cars and background references are universally interesting.
ReplyDeleteHi, thank you for those lovely pictures and wonderful memories From the Mid-1930s and Early 1940s. So wonderful to have 'gone back' there again. Thanks again for sharing with us this wonderful history... New York Sailing
ReplyDeleteWilliam: Glad you enjoyed the trip down memory lane. Did sails Moths in that era?
ReplyDeleteMy mom Rosemary "Skip" Walker raced against Peggy Kammerman when she was 14 and almost won
ReplyDeleteInteresting. I assume that she and perhaps you lived in the south Jersey area during the years Peggy was racing. Do you recall, or better yet have photos of your mother and the boat?
ReplyDeleteGeorge, My name is Stacey Kammerman. We live on Carson Ave in AC and own Kammeman's Marina and what was the Evening Star Yacht Club. I love these pictures you have of Peggy and Madeleine. Is there a way to get a copy of them?
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Hi Stacey: I borrowed the photos from Charlie Miller back in 2013 just long enough to scan them. I'll look to see if I still have them on a thumb drive.
ReplyDeletePS: Someone in the Kammerman tribe should get Peggy's Southern Cross out of that garage and come race at BYC's annual Moth Boat Regatta.
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