Keaton Gathering
June 29, 2008
at Buckley Cove, Stockton

Here are pictures from the Keaton Gathering held at Buckley Cove in Stockton.
We had about 11 Keaton's show up on a really nice day. Jack drove down
from Sacramento and visited with us.

After we visited and admired the boats on shore we followed Bob Dowling (v-drive owner)
up to the Stockton Water Ski Club island where we had lunch and visited.  The ski club
island is where the next Keaton Gathering on July 20th will be.

At the end of the day we all headed back down the Stockton Deep Water channel
back to Buckley Cove.  On the trip back we passed a cargo ship coming up
the channel. Surprisingly, it put out hardly any wake.

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Joe Balcao Keaton V-drive race boat	Balcao race boat	Balcao race boat	Steering mechanism
Wes Lybrand 1983 Tournament	Dan & Sharon Irwin 1975 18-J	Irwin 18-J	Irwin 18-J
Nicholas Family's 1979 18-J	Nicholas' 18-J	Nicholas' 18-J	Nicholas'  18-J
Joe & Jennifer Blankenship's 1979 18-J	Doug Hindes' 1971 Utility	Jack looking at Rocky Stone's 18-J	Jack looking at the Irwin's 18-J
Randy Sparks 1985 18-J	Sparks' 18-J	Sparks' 18-J	Matt Thurston's 1963 Utility
Taken at the Buckley Cove parking lot	Bob Dowling's Keaton V-drive	Bob's V-drive	Bob's V-drive
Joining up before heading to the Stockton Ski Club Island	Thurston's Utility	Heading out to island
	Ski Club Island	Ski Club Island	Ski Club Island
At the Ski Club Island	Passed this on the way back to Buckley

The following set of pictures were provided by Dan & Sharon Irwin

Jack Keaton, Wes Lybrand and Dan Irwin	Jack, Wes and Dan	Paul Jacobsen's 1990 18-J	Joe & Jennifer Blankenship's 1979 18-J
Paul Jacobsen's 18-J	Russ Hollett's 1985 Tournament	Wes Lybrand's 1983 Tournament	Matt Thurston's 1963 Utility
Randy Sparks' 1985 18-J	Mark Maral's 1976 18-J	Bob Dowling's V-drive	Bob's V-drive
Mark's 18-J	Jeff Nicholas and Family 1979 18-J	Rocky Stone's 1976 18-J	Passing a large cargo ship

The following set of pictures were provided by Russ Hollett

Maral's 1976 18-J	Balcao Keaton V-drive race boat	Wes Lybrand's 1983 Tournament	Wes' Tournament Boat	Wes' Tournament Boat
Russ Hollett's 1985 Tournament Boat	Wes' Tournament Boat	Doug Hindes' 1971 Utility	At Buckley Cove	Dan & Sharon Irwin's 1975 18-J
Irwin's 18-J	Irwin's 18-J	Buckley Cove	Irwin's 18-J	Irwin's 18-J
Buckley Cove	Buckley Cove	Bob Dowling's V-drive	Docked at the Stockton Ski Club	Ski Club
Ski Club	Ski Club	Ski Club	Heading back to Buckley	Heading back to Buckley
		Back at Buckley

This set of pictures were provided by Bob Dowling

Wes Lybrand 1983 Tournament boat	Rocky Stone 1976 18-J	Dan & Sharon Irwin 1975 18-J	The Nicholas Family 1979 18-J	The Sparks Family 1985 18-J
Bob Dowling's Keaton V-drive	Sparks Family	Sparks Family	At the Stockton Ski club island	On the way to Union Point
Union Point