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What cat is this... circa 50 years ago! #261730
07/25/13 06:48 PM 07/25/13 06:48 PM
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https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/360534697283055616/photo/1

Did they make Aqua cats back then? There was a west coast fleet of sea sprites?? or something like that... Is this one of those?

Who knew that JFK sailed a cat.

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Re: What cat is this... circa 50 years ago! [Re: Mark Schneider] #261732
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Aqua-Cat. Introduced in 1961.
Re: What cat is this... circa 50 years ago! [Re: Mark Schneider] #261733
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Has to be an Aqua Cat.

From Wiki:

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a 1961 boat show in Anaheim, CA which placed Alter in a booth selling surfboards, next to Art Javes, the designer of the new (1961) AQUA CAT 12

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Re: What cat is this... circa 50 years ago! [Re: mmiller] #261734
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Dang it... was looking for proof and Matt beat me!

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Re: What cat is this... circa 50 years ago! [Re: Mark Schneider] #261996
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The pic just shows JFK checking out the boat. We don't know if he ever sailed a cat. I saw a picture of him sailing I think it was a Sunfish.
Re: What cat is this... circa 50 years ago! [Re: Mark Schneider] #261999
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Re: What cat is this... circa 50 years ago! [Re: Mark Schneider] #262000
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I would guess he probably did sail it, there is tons of pictures of him sailing all kinds of boats.

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