Line Squaller

An article celebrating Thistlers who have tested their boats' capabilities under bare poles. Features stories of Jack Snell and Stan Bassett's THIS'LL DO #56 in 1946 and Ronnie Small's LYLII #221 caught in a July 4th squall, both handling bare-pole conditions successfully.

This is a summary. The full article text is © the Thistle Class Association — read the original scan via the link above.

• Line Squaller
• bare poles
• squalls
• THIS'LL DO
• LYLII
• Lake Erie
• July 4
• weather