Speedboat racing on the Liffey Boxing day 1963

fergal.b

If anyone has more photos I'd love to see them
This one is of Glyn Morris in a Toby 15 he had a boatyard in Dun Laoghaire back in the 60's.

JamesM

I don't have any photos, although I have seen some. I think that Hector Newenham, who died in September, raced at that event. Hector was famous for bringing waterskiing to Ireland.
I think that they found that racing on the Liffey was too dangerous because of the backwash from the walls.
Jim.

neris

Try that now and get stoned out of it by the lovely dublin scumbags and knackers

fergal.b

JamesM wrote: »

I don't have any photos, although I have seen some. I think that Hector Newenham, who died in September, raced at that event. Hector was famous for bringing waterskiing to Ireland.
I think that they found that racing on the Liffey was too dangerous because of the backwash from the walls.
Jim.

I think Hector was based in killaloe in the 50's and sixty's where they had a ski ramp it was the place to be back then "so I'm told"

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fergal.b

neris wrote: »

Try that now and get stoned out of it by the lovely dublin scumbags and knackers

To be fair I have never had a problem going up the Liffey We had to cancel our run last week because of the bad weather but we will be back.

Steve

neris wrote: »

Try that now and get stoned out of it by the lovely dublin scumbags and knackers

All you had to worry about back then was not getting a mouthful of raw sewage... :pac:

JamesM

Hector part owned and managed the Lakeside Hotel in Killaloe. He was introduced to waterskiing on holiday in the Med and got it going in Killaloe and eventully organised internation events here. I remember him giving waterskiing lessons to my father in the late 50s. He also owned or worked for Limerick Motor Works and successfully raced cars at that time.
Jim.

fergal.b

JamesM wrote: »

Hector part owned and managed the Lakeside Hotel in Killaloe. He was introduced to waterskiing on holiday in the Med and got it going in Killaloe and eventully organised internation events here. I remember him giving waterskiing lessons to my father in the late 50s. He also owned or worked for Limerick Motor Works and successfully raced cars at that time.
Jim.

They also owned an old steam yacht called Phoenix.





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JamesM

John Lefroy now owns Phoenix and she is often used as committee boat for sailing events on Lough Derg.
Jim.

fergal.b

JamesM wrote: »

John Lefroy now owns Phoenix and she is often used as committee boat for sailing events on Lough Derg.
Jim.

I have just been reading up about her It's hard to imagine she was built 40 years before the Titanic sank and is still going.





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tin79

neris wrote: »

Try that now and get stoned out of it by the lovely dublin scumbags and knackers

I have been up the liffey many times, its grand. There is also not exactly a ready supply of stones along the walls so unless they bring their own you would be ok.

pedroeibar1

fergal.b wrote: »

If anyone has more photos I'd love to see them
This one is of Glyn Morris in a Toby 15 he had a boatyard in Dun Laoghaire back in the 60's.

I was only a kid but I rememember a boatyard that I think was run by him - it was in a laneway off York Road, rear of shops on Georges St. They built only hard chine boats and were not very good at it. The company folded late 60's and was taken over and run for a short while by a guy named McGovern.