Too read more about my uncle Lyle, written by his long
time friend Morry Edwards click the link below:
"What an honor it was to work with and learn from my
uncle Lyle", I do miss him
"Michael J Hess  2003"
My uncle Lyle ( left ) at his boat yard just
before the launching of Westward Ho in 1946
Lady Elizabeth being built at the L.A. boat
yard, which my uncle Lyle founded in 1946 in
Harbour City,Ca.
From the left: Yard partner Roy Barteaux,
Technicolor movie pioneer Ernest Palmer
"Lady Elizabeth's" owner, and my uncle Lyle
in 1948
Renegade was designed in 1954  for Hale Field of
Newport Beach,Ca.
My uncle Lyle sailing his Balboa 20
My uncle Lyle and Larry Pardey