Penthouse Pics;
 

Nice Job Gayle, I have a bunch (35mm slides & 8/super 8 movies) I just have to find the time to go threw them.

Extreme sport
 

Tragic fall this past weekend by a former champion in New Zealand, similar to Bill Johnson getting back into downhill skiing. The Winnipesaukee races were a spectacle because of the skill level and fearless nature of the participants. Some of the boats probably made 70-80 mph in stretches. What's more remarkable is the relative lack of safety gear for the skiers and crew. I'm hoping there's enough interest out there to bring a bunch of these boats out for everyone to see next summer.

Respected Hamilton businessman and waterski racing champion Tony van Deursen died on Saturday while waterskiing on Lake Taupo.

The 57-year-old was competing in the Master's Class section of a national waterski racing series - reportedly reaching speeds of 162 kmh - when he fell

RIP, TvD. Sad news.

Below Mr. Cooke's Penthouse
 

Here is our ski boat. I think this is about 1975...

Need an upgrade?
 

Seen a better looking boat? Have a need for speed? How about a Tahiti for the family?

That's a sharp looking boat!

Sweet x 2, Mman. Do you still have this ? Jet ? Motor ? Details mon ! :cool:

Engine looks ok
 

boat's listed in western mass.

More old ski boat pictures
 

Found some old photos from the late 60's or early 70's at Sandy Point.

Sandy Point Ski Boats.....
 

That's My Brother-in-law's green Correct Craft ( V-Drive) 351 ford. Dog getting you out of the water. (had to use 2skis lol) but would do 57/60 mph!Pull a barefooter 55. Big wake.


That Correct Carft was a Torino "Spoiler"

Was that green Correct Craft every on Northeast Pond in Milton? During the 60s, I remember a one named Romademi, guy was always playing Ring of Fire :) Must have come from Ray's Marina?

batboat
 

That green boat is very cool. Reminds me of the batboat with those curved windshields. Never seen something like that before! Any guesses on what the drag boat is?

Drag Boat;
 

Sanger? That's my guess

sanger
 

Nice picture of a Sanger up and running. Early 70's Channel Marine had a bright yellow one up for sale, just like new and absolutely beautiful. I used to wander the storage buildings. At one point they had a beat up Donzi Hornet for next to nothing, imagine what that would go for now.

Road shot gun for him!
 

I road shot gun (observer) for him while he skied. All I know was that when they stopped the water came up over the transom. As I remember the 351 was a Holman Moody built engine...You can say our Star Craft Jet Star on the other side of the dock.

Drag Boat?
 

Rayson Craft?

I'm pretty sure that is BM's Rayson-Craft.

The Green one is a CorrectCraft. JT had a yellow version named Yellow Duck without the Batman canopies.

PHC has skied/footed behind all of em...I think.

I have some pics that would interest you guys, but am having problems with posting pics, for 2 weeks. Help?

Torino Spoiler
 

Your :Dright, it was a Hollman Moody, I loved that boat.

picked up a stray
 

Boat from NH I showed a while back. Needs paint, carpet, seats and gauges. Steering is ok, floor is ok, couple of small spongey spots in the back. Find out in the spring if it runs.

Yellow Duck?
 

Was Yellow Duck a See Ray Pachanga?

I am "pretty sure" YDuck was a Correct-Craft. Somebody will "know" or have a pic. LOVE the old Sea-Ray's Avengers/Pachangas. There is an Avenger fan(atic?) at Production Dock. He has a couple really nice examples. Nice pics GT.

pachanga
 

looks a lot like the sweet 16, this was on the classic fiberglass site.

Mr. Cooke's Last Boat
 

1980 Resorter (John's baby)

1980 resorter
 

Sounds like we all needed a Mr. Cooke ;) This boat spent it's whole life in Alton Bay before I bought it fall of 2010. Check out the horns, the ski pylon, and the pads on the engine cover. Looks from the picture like Mr. Cooke's boat was dark brown, this boat is maroon red now faded. Mr. Cooke's boat doesn't appear to have a swim platform. This one has a mercruiser 350.

John's Baby
 

I took that pic lol.......I loved that boat!:)

Arizona Thanksgiving
 

Blue Water Regatta, 65th annual this year. I don't think they winterize out there ;). Happy Thanksgiving and happy motoring! Anyone remember if Mr. Cooke's Resorter was dark red/maroon or was it brown? Could the one I showed from Alton be the same boat?

Mr Cooke's Boat
 

It did have a swim platform. He use to take it on an off.

Mr. Cooke's Last Boat
 

The 1980 Resorter that John Cooke owned was dark green with a saddle colored interior. It also had a Mercruiser 350. The swim platform was teak and got bleached to a silvery gray over the years, he added a flip down ladder to the platform in 1981. He bought it at Channel Marine and stored it there during the winter. The first few years he borrowed someone's trailer to take it to and from Channel, but in 1985 bought a matching dark green trailer (from Penn Yan, NY). I probably have a picture of that too somewhere. John had me take pictures of the boat and trailer for his insurance company and for registering the trailer at home in CT. The boat got sold in early 1998 as part of his estate, and for a few years I did see it occasionally in Alton Bay. Channel Marine took care of the sale. I miss that boat (and the captain too)!

1986 20' Eliminator Liberty
 

I bought this boat in 2005, We placed 3rd with it, in the Winnipesaukee Ski Marathon this past summer, the snow on the dock is a nice touch.

Rogue Water Ski
 

This is the ski I used, when we raced on Winnisquam

"...Winnipesaukee Ski Marathon this summer..." I was not aware we still had ski races here ? Please enlighten me. Feeling quite out of the loop. :laugh:

Very nice piece of Eliminator history right there Jess. Was that a "John Stoker" Eliminator ? Couple things about that boat make me think so. Great ride.:cool:

Winnisquam Boat & Ski Club
 

Saw BroadHopper's post. I remember the Winnisquam Boat & Ski Club from the mid-1960s. My Dad was President for at least one summer. Meetings were held at the Winnisquam Firehouse, just up the hill for Mersky's General Store and the Mosquito bridge (when it had real character and was not just a road over the lake). My Dad still has the "logo" they designed for the club the year he was President. It's an Indian on two skis holding the handle to the tow rope in one hand and a tomahawk in the other. He's got a big toothy smile. I was a pre-teen, but have great memories. The ski racing big rivalry on the Lake at the time was between Wadleigh's Marine and Jay's Marine. Wadleigh's sold Johnson motors and Jay's sold Mercury. All outboard engines. This was before Mercury came to dominate the market and there was no such thing as in I/O. 100 horsepower was a huge engine. My older sister and brother skied for Richard Wadleigh and must have won most of the races, because we had a lot of trophies in the house. Eddie Lang was the arch rival from Jay's. I remember at the end of one summer I huge bonfire where a wooden version of Eddie's boat "Wild Thing" topped the pile. One year we built the ski jump that was used for many years. In addition to ski races and jumping there were slalom competitions and some fun races where a motorized boat would pull you a row boat in one direction and the row boat had to drag to motorized boat back the other direction. That was great summer fun!

Welcome Aboard Steve. Glad you posted.

86 Eliminator
 

I don't know John Stoker, please enlighten me, and more to come on the 2011 Winnipesaukee Ski Marathon

Mr Cooke's Boat
 

I tried to buy the boat from the estate(I think you remember Gail ) but no. Channel Marine sold it (out of my price range at the time). Not happy about it, I would have keep that boat forever.:(

Resorter trailer
 

Found a picture from Sept. 1985 when the new trailer arrived. It was custom made by Chariot of Penn Yan, NY to fit the Resorter and to match the Century dark green color. Also found a picture of the "Penthouse" around the same era. Hasn't changed much since all the teenagers stayed there to ski on weekends.

Postcards that never were....
 

When cleaning out the Penthouse, I not only found pictures of the gang skiing which I previously posted, but there were 2 transparencies given to John by a photographer who was taking pictures to create postcards for Sandy Point. These photos never became postcards, but show skiers on the front beach. In the 1st photo, there are 3 boats, John's Chris Craft + 2 Starcraft outboards owned by Eric Jordan & Bill Hayes. The 2nd shows 5 skiers behind John's boat. Recently, I had a friend who is a professional photographer make prints of these transparencies. The color is a little off as these were taken in the mid 1960's and sat in an envelope since then. Sure looked nice with all the cabins and motels painted white with aqua trim.

Mr Cooke's pic;
 

Great pic's Gail.....brings back alot of great memories, can't make out all the skiers. Paul Belkas, Dan Rossie, Jack Rossie?That would be my best guess:liplick:

Northland Custom Slalom
 

This is the Slalom Ski I used. I painted the bottom of mine bright red with a white stripe down the middle. We skied from Tucker Shore on the lower end of Winnisquam in the 1970s behind a green and white Glastron with a 55 HP Johnson motor. Prior to that (late 60s) we had an a red and white MFG with a 40 HP Johnson. My friend Tommy skied on Taperflex Slalom. His Dad pulled us behind a large purple Dorset with a 100 HP Mercury engine. He pulled 5 of us behind it one day.

More Winni and Winnisquam Water Ski Race pictures
 

I bought this boat in in 1979 to race on Winnisquam, I believe Dwayne Champoux or another club member lent me their 85 HP merc, and while practicing on Winnipesaukee, I ripped the transom off the boat. That ended this boats life of racing