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from young race horses to old boats

people use the word “vintage” a lot these days. i just think old stuff is cooler than new stuff. (i think a “cooler” is a place to stock beer, but….)

  as silly as it may sound, it felt bittersweet walking amongst these retired boats. i guess you could say they are dead because this place is more like a cemetery, lined up like burial stones. they have stories to tell but no one to listen. speed and wakes, good times and relaxation, being passed along like foster children from family to family, person to person. now their time is done. they are not welcome in their natural habitat, the dock, but rather lifted and left on stacked wood in a field. rows and rows of boats. some of great character, others not so much. still they are cool to me. i have respect for things and people that have been there and done that. lessons live within the old. there is something about a wooden boat versus what is popular now. it’s not about the boat anymore.

i will go back again sometime to see what’s new. or in this case, what’s old.

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tracey - What a super cool place! The colors, the texture. I’d go crazy their with my camera too. I feel like Instagram has stolen me away from visiting blogs. Then I come here and I can see all of these photos together in context together and see the story of them. Love that.May 15, 2013 – 1:58 pm

Greg Netter - GREAT PICTURES !!!

I am Kelsey’s uncle, and the Commodore of the Lyman Boat Owners Association. We have 900 members in North America, dedicated to preserving these great boats.

Where did you take these pictures? the Car Hauler company NE of Louisville? Interested in allowing us to use any in our Clinker (quarterly magazine)? with credits of course, etc.

http://www.lboa.net is our website… and if you like, I’d be happy to send you the next Clinker edition so you can see some of what we are doing to preserve the heritate of the Lyman Boat Works.

If you would like to see these boats in restored condition, venture up to Lake Erie this summer and check out one of our Regatta’s – 50 to 100 beautiful Lymans in the water.

Thanks for your appreciation of these boats!

Greg Netter , 419-351-4357; gnetter@netair.bizMay 7, 2013 – 9:18 pm

Laura - not at all kelsey! share away. thanks for the comment. :) May 7, 2013 – 1:00 pm

Kelsey - This is so cool! I hope you don’t mind I shared it with my family. They love old boats and especially Lyman’s and Sea Rays :) May 7, 2013 – 12:40 pm

churchill downs- the backside 2013

just a few from my morning and afternoon at churchill downs derby week. the horses here are some of the contenders, along with trainers and owners.

D. Wayne Lucas and Oxbow

Palace Malice owner

Palace Malice

Verrezano, Todd Pletcher trainer (not pictured)

Goldencents

Golden Soul

Revolutionary

Overanalyze

Itsmyluckyday

Charming Kitten

Ron Turcotte, Secretariat’s jockey

front side/sippin on sunshine and taking it all in with two of my favorite people, my sister and dawn.

pictured here, with joy, is an active duty military volunteer. lets just say security is tight after the boston bombings and it’s these guys who will be protecting everyone and providing freedom and fun during the next few days.

thanks dawn for the new tradition!

taking it in……

to the paddock they go…..

iphone outtakes

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tracey - Oh man, how I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to be there with you. Looks like such a wonderful day. Someday…
p.s. love that one photo where you are looking down and you caught the horse and trainer walking underneath you.May 15, 2013 – 2:00 pm

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