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m10bob -> Trivia:John Wayne' s yacht. (1/15/2015 1:29:22 PM)
Actor John Wayne purchased the old minesweeper YMS 328 and had it converted into a yacht he called the "Wild Goose".. http://megayachtnews.com/2011/08/john-wayne-megayacht-wild-goose/ http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/19328.htm [image]local://upfiles/7909/5E958D522EEA40A2B724023980C19BDF.jpg[/image]

dr.hal -> RE: Trivia:John Wayne' s yacht. (1/15/2015 1:57:37 PM)
He should have replaced the bow deck gun with a big sixshooter!

Symon -> RE: Trivia:John Wayne' s yacht. (1/15/2015 3:36:15 PM)
Very nice Bob. I remember the “Goose”. We would bring the boat up from Dana Point to do the Sunkist Series and would always do the Friday night beercans. The start was at the head of the Bay, by the Rusty Pelican; you reach down to the channel marker at the Corona bend and then beat back. You pass the Goose (Hornblower docks) coming and going, and there was almost always a lift at the Lower Bay corner, at Wayne’s old house. Sad to say, his original, rambling, comfortable, and very pretty, property was sold to a “nouveau” and in 2002, it was demo’d and rebuilt into a typical SoCal, neo-ostentatious, my-dick-is-bigger-than-yours, money temple, travesty; they even took down his flagpole. And totally screwed up the righteous breeze in the corner. But the Goose was still there when I left, and still doing tours.

m10bob -> RE: Trivia:John Wayne' s yacht. (1/15/2015 6:02:31 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Symon Very nice Bob. I remember the “Goose”. We would bring the boat up from Dana Point to do the Sunkist Series and would always do the Friday night beercans. The start was at the head of the Bay, by the Rusty Pelican; you reach down to the channel marker at the Corona bend and then beat back. You pass the Goose (Hornblower docks) coming and going, and there was almost always a lift at the Lower Bay corner, at Wayne’s old house. Sad to say, his original, rambling, comfortable, and very pretty, property was sold to a “nouveau” and in 2002, it was demo’d and rebuilt into a typical SoCal, neo-ostentatious, my-dick-is-bigger-than-yours, money temple, travesty; they even took down his flagpole. And totally screwed up the righteous breeze in the corner. But the Goose was still there when I left, and still doing tours. In the early days of google maps you could still see his old property adjacent to the water...but, yes, I had heard the same as you just stated..Some folks have neither taste nor imagination..That house might have been a money maker...and the current property owner could have still had his overgrown outhouse elsewhere.. More trivia....Eastwood did his film "Bridges Of Madison County" in Winterset Iowa where Duke was born...Clint was a true JW fan, approached Duke once to do a movie with him.. Wayne responded that Clint had already "made his reputation" with bloody movies..(Dirty Harry series), and Wayne felt making a film with Eastwood might make Duke's fans think he was giving approval to the added gore. Here is Duke's old home near where he kept the "Wild Goose" berthed. The film was never made.. [image]local://upfiles/7909/D86D62D0248D456297C0F4EE5F0FE9EA.jpg[/image]

Symon -> RE: Trivia:John Wayne' s yacht. (1/15/2015 7:06:08 PM)
Oh, gosh, my friend. That's the 2002 joke. But they insist on calling it John Wayne's house. The property is, but the house isn't. Here's what it looked like at the time of his death, and for about 19 years after, till the jerk-pimple got hold of it. [image]local://upfiles/43462/55E724342F9849ED9D23768058192E51.jpg[/image] His kids had the house for a while and kept it staffed and maintained. To get the lift, you had to dig deep, scary deep. Couple times there were people on the lawn watching the races that obviously knew about boats and lifts and knocks; we dug in hard and they were going "hoot, hoot, hoot" at us. We went scary deep and then did a perfect snap tack right in front of them. Doff the cap, do a bow, let them see our YC burgee. Life was fun back then.

zuluhour -> RE: Trivia:John Wayne' s yacht. (1/15/2015 11:14:58 PM)
Simple jerk pimple....[:D]

m10bob -> RE: Trivia:John Wayne' s yacht. (1/16/2015 1:13:21 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Symon Oh, gosh, my friend. That's the 2002 joke. But they insist on calling it John Wayne's house. The property is, but the house isn't. Here's what it looked like at the time of his death, and for about 19 years after, till the jerk-pimple got hold of it. [image]local://upfiles/43462/55E724342F9849ED9D23768058192E51.jpg[/image] His kids had the house for a while and kept it staffed and maintained. To get the lift, you had to dig deep, scary deep. Couple times there were people on the lawn watching the races that obviously knew about boats and lifts and knocks; we dug in hard and they were going "hoot, hoot, hoot" at us. We went scary deep and then did a perfect snap tack right in front of them. Doff the cap, do a bow, let them see our YC burgee. Life was fun back then. Thank you John for the correction...This sure looks more like Dukes' home...The one I provided looks more like it was made for some A&P gypsys...LOL

geofflambert -> RE: Trivia:John Wayne' s yacht. (1/16/2015 5:33:43 PM)
Watch this, it's hysterical https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dgm_MQgIUg

1EyedJacks -> RE: Trivia:John Wayne' s yacht. (1/18/2015 2:54:37 AM)
John on the Wild Goose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgdU1bJSq7Y

czert2 -> RE: Trivia:John Wayne' s yacht. (1/23/2015 12:22:38 AM)
edited out.

John 3rd -> RE: Trivia:John Wayne' s yacht. (1/23/2015 11:32:44 PM)
Thanks for Posting this link. I watched the video and then watched 4-5 more with him at the Oscars, with Bob Hope, and a few other interviews just prior to his death.

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