Pauly-Banana before decals

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   My first look at a Correct Craft came in 1952 at the East Side Lake in Austin, Minnesota during the Tommy Bartlett traveling road show.  After the show one of the inboards hit the tail end of the jump.  I and others jumped into the water and helped get the tow boat out of the water.  I was only 12 years old and heard more swear words that night then I had ever heard before.  The prop shaft was bent and hitting the bottom of the boat.  On every spin of the prop it gauged into the bottom of the boat which was made of wood!  Several years later while visiting Wisconsin Dells and the Tommy Bartlett's show, I started thinking about buying an inboard.  At the time, Rob Shirley and His wife were skiers for Tommy and discussed with me about buying one of his boats that he would soon have into production.  

I decided to buy a Correct Craft because I could order it that fall.  The Mastercraft were not ready yet!  I had not seen many inboards, in fact my 1968 was the first around the Rockford area!  I had never seen a Mastercraft in or out of the water.

Here are some pictures of my 1968 after having the sides were painted in the classic mid 1970's Ski Nautique!  This was in front of my home. 

Here is an interior shot!  Notice the huge mirror off a semi-truck!  The bigger the better!

Here are some pictures of my 1968 at the Dells's.  My buddy Orin is at the wheel!

Here is the 1968 running full out!

Here is our dog Sam in the Judges chair behind the drivers seat.  He took the job very seriously!

Here is my 1968 parked next to Orin's 1972 across from the Bartlett show!  Notice the green junk in the water.  We had huge issues with all the little green things getting into the water pumps.  Our engines started to over heat!  We always hated to see that stuff!

Here is a picture of my 1968 next to my new 1983.  This picture was taken just before selling my 1968.  The guy in the window of the 1968 bought the boat.  

Front picture of the 1968 and 1983 in my garage.

Here is a picture of the 1983 at Wisconsin Dells.  Less than 7 hours on the boat and already we had a handle go through the wind shield.  Skierbrant and Skierox were pulling the announcer from the Tommy Bartlett show on a slalom ski.  When the announcer fell, the handle snapped back through the glass.  Luckly the handle went right down the middle.  Skierox and Skierbrant were stunned by what had just happened.  Here are pictures of the clean-up.

I kept my cool and let the pro's handle this!

Here is a picture of a much happier day for me at one of Tommy's show reunions!  I am the one in the bib overalls with a red and white shirt and hat!  Being able to ski in the show was a blast!

Pauly-Banana before decals

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