My oldest has decided that her favorite water toy is a 1950s “Flying Saucer,” and she is becoming quite the pro.
She has already mastered the 360
and is solid when standing,
but don’t worry, we won’t let her try great-grandpa’s gutsy (yet foolish) trick of setting up a rickety wooden folding chair on the saucer and standing on it. Some things are better left to history. Those guys were a bit nuts back then.
Stay tuned – we will be sharing more boating pictures next week – the Lightning and Babe are both entered in our local antique wooden boat show. Can you tell that our family loves old stuff?
Flying Saucer
Looks like fun!
LOL! Guys are reckless when they’re young, I know because I have two of them (25 and 20). I feel for my oldest child’s wife, she’s very mild-mannered and calm and had no idea what she was getting into. ;) :)
Kudos to your daughter for mastering the flying saucer!
That looks AWESOME!
That looks like great fun! I applaud her for successfully using the Flying Suacer…I am sure I would be in the water in about 2 seconds!
It really is a lot of fun. Unfortunately, I have a lousy back, so I rarely get to ski, but watching her may be just as fun.
That’s my girl.
“Ya did real good kid”
Great picture
This is way out of my comfort zone, so more power to her!
Nice view..
Love to swim
That is awesome. She makes it looks easy. Love the big smile.
Some of those old toys were the best.
I couldn’t agree more!
Where can I find the saucer…I grew up on a 36 and 18 inch saucer and would love to find them
Please send response to my email
Sent you a message Mike.
For anyone else who is curious, I don’t have a source for saucers. Antique stores or e-bay would be my best guess. Sorry!
Ooh, on second thought, maybe a strong saucer shaped sled like this one would work. I’ve never tried it, but it might be worth a shot.