Sifting through a couple old photos and remembering our Thistle
Posted By RichC on March 26, 2026
Since I’ve been lax on remembering to post something for Throwback Thursday #TBT, here are a couple old photos from my youth — triggered by talking to our beach walking friend, Byron, talking about a few of the cars he owned (very enjoyable conversation).
First up, might be considered Volkswagen related, but really it has more to do with the canoe trips Charlie Matthews and I took when we were in high school – good times. That VW Beetle took us to some amazing headwaters and all points in between (including Florida and the Keys when we were on break from college).
As for our 18’ Thistle sailboat, it was a relic even back in the early 1990s. A wooden mast and heavy fiberglass hull … but a Thistle was the first boat I had a chance to actually sail. Believe it or not, my youth pastor own one and took me sailing on Kiser Lake … it hooked me on sailing and I was able to convince my dad to buy the “Fiberpile.” Charlie and I spent many a days dreaming about sailing to far away tropical places when we were in high school.
18′ Thistle sailboat in our Hudson, Ohio backyard in the early 1990s
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