Our condolences to the Boston family on the passing of William “Spike” Boston. Obituary
Spike was part of iceboating’s well-known Boston family of sailmakers, long connected to the sport. In the 1950s, his family built a scaled-down skeeter called PINK PINK. It wasn’t a toy, but a real iceboat, proportioned like the big boats. It wasn’t a full-sized racer, but one of the most memorable Skeeters of its time.
The short clip above shows him as a boy with the boat at the 1952 Northwest regatta sailed on Lake Monona. The photos that follow place it in context. Pink Pink alongside Ferdinand the Bull, the big stern steerer. The boat at the 1952 Northwest Regatta. And Spike standing with the winners, small among them.
