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DS turns 60

PostPosted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 3:14 pm
by Baysailer
I was doing some web sailing on this cold January day (about 8 degrees here) and read the write up in the sailing hall of fame for the daysailer, which was inducted in 2003. The article showed the DS first released in 1958 meaning our DS is 60 years old this year and looking at pictures over the years greatly unchanged.

http://www.sailamerica.com/halloffame/daysailer.asp

Re: DS turns 60

PostPosted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 7:28 pm
by TIM WEBB
Baysailer wrote:I was doing some web sailing on this cold January day (about 8 degrees here) and read the write up in the sailing hall of fame for the daysailer, which was inducted in 2003. The article showed the DS first released in 1958 meaning our DS is 60 years old this year and looking at pictures over the years greatly unchanged.

http://www.sailamerica.com/halloffame/daysailer.asp

Wow, that's right, it was 1958! Amazing run for an amazing boat.

Oh, BTW, the link doesn't work - says page not found ...

Re: DS turns 60

PostPosted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 11:01 pm
by Baysailer
Unfortunately the sailboat hall of fame is aged out links so I had to go tot he wayback to find it, don't know how it popped yesterday.

https://web.archive.org/web/20130212101 ... sailer.asp

Fred

Re: DS turns 60

PostPosted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 11:39 pm
by TIM WEBB
That link works! Nice write up.

Re: DS turns 60

PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 6:54 pm
by K.C. Walker
That's very cool Fred! 1958 is about when I started first lusting after a sailboat. My best friend's dad would take us out on Lake Washington on their Blanchard 24. He was a good teacher and even at that young age would have us sailing the boat. My boat's a youngster at 45!