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Old 11-03-2008, 08:06 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by skprbob View Post
Great find!

Back at Camp Idlewild, there was a vintage ChrisCraft (don't know the exact year) called the "Riot" which was often used for rides for the campers. It was also used every day at morning and afternoon free swims to tow an "aquaplane". That went on right up the the camp's closing in 1975. I believe the "Riot" still exists and is still in the former camp owner's family, but I think the aquaplane is long gone - sad.
Bill Marriott has Riot in his boat house. I was giving a tour of the lake to a family friend who grew up on the lake. When I was showing him the new houses the Marriott's had build. He started to tell a story how he went to camp with a Marriott and they had a wooden boat called Riot. That they skied behind. Before he could finish the story I said hey look that wooden Boat there boathouse has the name Riot on the back. Sure enough it was the same boat...
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