Thistle Garage Art

During the canceled 2020 racing season, John Yingling created garage hangings depicting past Thistle boats his family has owned, starting with #1447 from the late 1960s and growing in size to his current #1619. The project uses triangle plywood sheets from his wife Betsy's geodesic dome construction.

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• Thistle art
• boat history
• garage project