found it while sifting through some old family pics.
I was 3 years old when it was taken....and all three of the vehicles in the photo had just finished driving from Seattle, WA to Virginia Beach, VA. The Audi towing the 19' sailboat with my 1-year-old brother in the back seat and dad driving, and the GT6 with mom driving and me (3 yrs old) sitting in the passenger seat.
Amazingly, the GT6 and boat are still in the family. I have the car, my brother is refurbishing the boat 
What kind of 19ft boat?
I predict a Flying Scot
jrw1621 wrote: What kind of 19ft boat? I predict a Flying Scot
Good call......you would have been right if I had accurately typed the length. It's actually a 17' now that I think about it.
But you're almost right anyways, because the same guy designed the Flying Scot about a decade later.
1955 Thistle.
When I thought to myself, "what trailer boat is so good you would keep the same one for 30+ years?" The first thing that came to mind was a Thistle but the length was wrong so I picked it's cousin.
A friend of mine has an all wood Thistle that I have competed aboard. In 1955 they were likely to just be starting with fiberglass. Not the most comfortable hiking position but boy is it a fun boat to get up on plane!
Thistles are tough on the back of your knees!
Cool picture. So what year exactly would that be and is the house still in the family?
In reply to Feedyurhed:
hmm...well that must have been around 1979 give or take. We lived in the house for 3 years before we moved again (military), and then my grandparents lived there until 1998 or so, when my parents sold it (and their other house in Norfolk) and bought a marina as their "retirement activity"
Ironically, in 1995 or so, after my freshman year in college, I lived there for the summer (parents were overseas) and the car I was driving......that same yellow GT6. Much rustier and worse for wear. Back then I had no money, so my "restoration" of the car that summer consisted mostly of taking off rusty parts, cleaning them up, and painting them silver. And installing both a tape deck AND a CD player in-dash, lol. Also managed to smash the hatch glass (it was fun finding another one). Two years after that the car went into storage again (needed something more reliable for college, got an 87 integra) for a decade. In 2008 I pulled it out again and did a full ground-up restore. And yesterday...it went into winter storage at my current home
In reply to jrw1621:
yep, it's an early fiberglass model, still with wood gunwales, boom, crossmembers, centerboard, tiller, and rudder. Definitely a handful to sail, and I haven't personally sailed it in nearly 20 years.....I used to race mostly Lasers and 420s myself....now I prefer to take my POS 24' center console with the 225 Suzuki on the back. Less work and the marina really isn't much of a sailing area.
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