The really "Old School" boating thread

[Sharp shooter]

[Sharp shooter]

[GotHalos]

Rad

[RyanPartridge]

The #96 is a center-steer, long-deck Mandella of Jake and Jerry Gilbreath, almost a twin to the #99 "Rawhide" of Lou Brummett. Wonder what ever happened to that boat?

That's a good question.

I believe it was called "Gil-T".

[Havasuing]

Hi Ryan -- I think you're right, Jake Gilbreath still called his #96 Mandella "Gil-T" -- the first "Gil-T" was also a Mandella (back in the mid-1960s when Jake was still a Fire Captain in El Monte and running his custom gas tank business out of his garage at home) but it was all-white with orange accent trim and was originally #26 (and just standard ski-boat cockpit configuration -- not a long deck center steer). Also like the shot of Bill Muncey in the Miss Atlas Van Lines unlimited. Bill was a very good friend and a great teammate (we drove together for Team Evinrude and Glastron Carlson in many endurance races back in the late 1970s). Someday I need to tell the story about going to lunch with Bill and finding out what it was really like to be a professional boat racer. It wasn't nearly as glamorous as most people think.

[Sharp shooter]

[tpltrbl303]

1964

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That was my father in laws company, I have about 20 of those skis in my garage. I have actually met several of the people who's name is on those skis


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[iBoat]

what happened to all the big players dumping money into experimental boats those were the days

[2manymustangs]

1975

sighhhhhhhh........

[doubleeagle]

Now thats what I call a cleat