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Charlie's Boat Sails Again
Article about the restoration of historic Thistle #668 ("Sea Sarah"), originally owned by Charles Wardwell who served as Thistle Class President in 1974. The piece traces the boat's racing history back to 1967, chronicles Wardwell's distinguished military service as a B-17 pilot in WWII, and describes the loving restoration efforts by Paul Nelson before the boat's return to racing.
View original on Google Drive · page 10
The scanned issue opens in Google Drive; turn to page 10.
This is a summary. The full article text is © the Thistle Class Association — read the original scan via the link above.