Alex Dobrenen is shown while he was building his boat for the 1933 regatta and dreaming of the big race which is visualized above him. This is a typical scene in the manual training shops of the Los Angeles schools, which have turned into miniature shipyards while youths prepare their craft for the Annual Model Yacht Regatta to be held at Echo Park Lake.
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