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These two pictures - left and next below -
are of a fish class boat belonging to the St. Petersburg Yacht Club.
They were taken about 1944. Left - Miles in Navy uniform. |
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Left - Sailing with my mother on Tampa Bay. |
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On the left is Dr. Bill Jennings' 42-foot schooner "Mistress." The small boat being towed is the pram that I built. "Doc Jennings" later became Commodore of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club. |
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Dr. Jennings at the helm of the same boat, and I am at his right. We were returning from a Coast Guard Auxiliary exercise where we had to navigate to find an object in the water. About 1942. |
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Building my own boat in Savannah, Georgia, about 1960. |
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That same boat on Lake Thomas in west Texas. |
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Left - Miles in a Sunfish belonging to the Navy Orlando Sailing Club. About 1975. This was after I had retired from the Air Force. |
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Left - The lineup for a regatta at Disney World. The Sunfish is the most popular sailboat in the world. At that event I qualified to enter the world championship competition in Venezuela, but I knew I was too small to have a chance of winning. In strong winds a person needs to weigh close to 165 pounds for optimum weight in this boat. |
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Left - My son, Lloyd (looking toward man in
white shirt) at the same Disney regatta. These Sunfish pictures were all taken in the years 1970-75. We had our own two Sunfish boats, and we garnered trophies in regattas throughout Florida. |
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Left - Lineup for a regatta at Navy Orlando. |
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Miles hoists the pennant for Navy Orlando Sailing Club at beginning of a regatta. Miles was "Commodore" of the Club. |