Friday, January 27, 2012

Two other pics of Roger Welsh and his Schock Kirby 3

Two other pictures of Roger Welsh and the Schock Kirby 3. The assumption is #835 was the first Kirby 3 out of Schock's molds.

The first one is the ad for 1968 Nationals held at Alamitos Bay, which Roger won. This is from the July 1968 issue of OTP.


The second one looks to be from the ocean course off Alamitos Bay. I'm not sure if this was from the 68 Nationals. This is from October 1968 issue of OTP.



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  1. Tom Schock was my Racing Instructor, after I bought my first boat, a Fiberglass International 14, made by Tom's Dad, at Schock Boats. I had crewed for Tom earlier, when he had won the Thistle Championships in San Diego. He didn't smoke, but always had a pack of cigarettes, to check which way the wind was blowing, for one...

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