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E scow off Santa Monica-1961

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E scow off Santa Monica-1961

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Ok-Following4310@reddit

That’s super cool! There was a guy at CYC in the 90s, wish I could remember his name, but he had a scow and kept it in the dry storage there and raced it extensively. Think he had some run ins with the local PHRF board 😂
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johnbro27@reddit

We sailed lakes in KY and TN in the 60s and those scows always got my attention. They were FAST.
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sheeeeiiiiiitttt@reddit

AI slop
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skyzac@reddit (OP)

Original photo https://preview.redd.it/m5ba50mmyd3h1.jpeg?width=3057&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=522c3a9c027432c68d8823792f4549f19997ae6f
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the-montser@reddit

Why didn’t you just post that? It’s way better.
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sean_ocean@reddit

Love scows. I hear they are so easy to plane.
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Blue_foot@reddit

An E on a close reach is lots of fun. I have never seen one with a bowsprit. I’m surprised that little bit of wood is enough.
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the-montser@reddit

Every modern E scow has a bowsprit
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BaggyLarjjj@reddit

Easy to submarine also. I always thought these were inland lakes only.
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hypnotoad23@reddit

They basically are. Anything offshore in them is asking for a wet day
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oogaboogaman_3@reddit

Someone did the race to Mackinac unofficially in an A-scow back in the day. Madness
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_Schrodingers_Gat_@reddit

I knew about the R boat that got grandfathered in a few years ago… but a scow is a bit nuts.
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hypnotoad23@reddit

Their balls are much bigger than mine
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MoonJr77@reddit

curious to see one with a bow sprit abs a ballast board. I grew up crewing on E's.
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skyzac@reddit (OP)

My dad wanted the fastest sloop at the Santa Monica pier. This is pre-Marina del Rey days.
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primeight1@reddit

He docked it at the pier?
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cleverpunnyname@reddit

How was this photo taken?
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Sailing-Hiking77@reddit

Scows are so beautiful! Already filled more than 20 years on my bucket list to sail one, since I read about scows in the magazine 'classic boat'.
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SkiDaderino@reddit

My perspective was horribly out of whack with this at first glance.
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