Re: First Squash Boat built-Record set!
That Andersen 815 is the Mombert 567.5 of squash..... The two top seeds in
production out there seem to be the Lyons 900.5, and that one, ironically, the
815 was a pumpkin..
Mastrpumkn@aol.com wrote:
> List,
> Joe Goetze's "smaller squash" 798.4lb. first place Big-E Fair winner
> becomes first Squash Boat. Joe had a larger 896.2lb first place Topsfield
> winner Squash, ON THE SAME PLANT! Grown from Chris Anderson's 815lb seed.
> Both pol. with Jim Kuhn's 631lb that grew Joe's 2nd place 1998 Topsfield
> winner 917.2Lb pumpkin last year. The 917.2 was very white. Both his squash
> were very green this year. Joe is obviously doing something right.
> Anyway, I swapped Joe one of my Reynolds Lifting Tarps for his 798.4
> Squash. On Sat. of last week I entered it in a Regatta north of Topsfield Ma.
> A local AG grower held the Regatta to raise money for Parkinson's research. I
> believe he raised several thousand dollars as there was about 100 people on
> the beach at Stiles Pond in Boxford Ma. Pictures were in the Boston Globe
> yesterday, Sunday page B4 or 5.
> I was hoping to set the water speed record in a vegetable. It did not
> happen, I was sponsored by Atlantic Marine Outboards in Westbrook Ct. They
> gave me a brand new 3.2 HP Johnson motor. It was a short shaft motor, it
> needed to be a long shaft motor. The two other Electric powered Pumpkins were
> to fast and beat me badly. They were also several hundred lbs lighter than my
> boat. Still no respect for Squash! I'm getting a long shaft motor this week
> and will attempt the water speed record this week in a local lake in Guilford
> Ct. The police said they would try a radar gun on me to make the speed
> official. Will keep you posted- Green is Beautiful!
>
> Capt. of the Goetze's Missile
> Alan R.
>
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