Woodie or Glass?

Historical research article about identifying wooden versus fiberglass Thistle hulls, noting the class did not maintain accurate records after approving fiberglass construction in 1961, with a list of skippers and boats in the ambiguous hull number range that may be either wood or glass.

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

• wooden boats
• fiberglass
• hull identification
• Scott Latham
• D&M
• history