RE: [Cal_Boats] Re: Some Chesapeake Cal history
Found this photo of Arnie Gay's yard. Note the CAL 25 in the foreground. Gay actually had facilities on both sides of the creek. The Eastport place was only a few hundred feet from where my CAL 25 Chicken Little now lives. Annapolis Yacht Club took over the space.
The old saying was that when Arnie Gay, Bert Jabin, and a few others were sitting together in a bar or restaurant or at AYC, they were recarving Annapolis. They had a lot of power.
Cheers
Charlie
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Paul, that's cool to know that Prim is still around. I remember her from my childhood.
As for Arnie's, it was across the creek from Sarles at the very end of Shipwright Street. It backed up on the St. Mary's Church property, and we used to climb around the fence and cut through to get "downtown" for treats.
Arnie made me my own beach next to the dinghy rack: a big tire on the ground filled with sand. I still have a photo of me standing next to it.
Alfred Poor
1973 Tartan 34C #288 "Jambalaya"
A friend of mine helped deliver Prim back from the BVI's a couple of years ago and I just saw it somewhere myself a few days ago but can't remember where. Was the name of the marina Arnie owned called "Sarles"?
Interesting story, thanks!
Paul