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PAGE 14--GODERICH SIGNAL -STAN TPtfusDAY. MAY 3, 1973
The first pre -season race of the 1973 season will be held by the Goderich Sailing Club from
Snug Harbair,dn Sunday afternoon. Sailors are presently engaged in their fast minute rush
to prepare their boats for the water and many boats have been put In the water during the
past week. The Sailing Club say they are looking forward to their most active season ever
this year. (staff photo)
Commodore Watts outlines
history of Sailing Club
BY DR. MIKE WATTS
(COMMODORE,
GODERICH SAILING CLUB)
It was in the summer of 1970 .
that sailing small boats for
pleasure really became popular
in Goderich. Prior to this a
small number of people had of
course enjoyed crui'§ing in local
waters, and sailing clubs had
long been established at other
ports along Lake. Huron's.,
eastern shore.
In Goderich in 1970. ,;two
events took place •that were to
lay the foundation for the for-
thcoming surge of local interest
in sailing boats.
The first was that three local
men — Bert Corbett, Harold
Jeffrey and George Robertson
-- decided to build a number of
small sailing boats to form the
nucleus of a future club. The
design they chose was the
"Fireball" a 16 foot .long racing
dinghy which provided -exciting
sailing at relatively low cost,
five of these boats were built
and raced in the informal series
of races held that summer.
The second event was that
George Robertson opened
Huron 'Marine, his sail boat
shop and store ` on . 1 R 5,
providing boats and equipment
for local sailors.
Interest continued to in-
crease with informal meetings
and sailing films during the
winterof 1970/71, so that by the
summer of '71 a full racing
programme was in swing.,
Paul Carroll donated the
Reeve's cup for the best overall
sailboat performance, and a
full weekend regatta was, held
for the Fireball Class dinghies,
with competitions travelling to
Goderich from Hamilton and
Toronto.
By the summer of '72 the
club had expanded to around
40 members. Further trophies
were presented to the club, in-
cluding a Fireball Cup from
Dave Gower and a Daysailor
Class Cup from John Jeffrey
and Son.
Again a very successful
Fireball regatta was organized
by Harold Jeffrey, and
Goderich boats and sailors
competed in the Canada Trust
Ctfp, sailed out of Grand Bend
that July. At this time two new
regattas made -their ap-
pearance—the Dominion -Roads
Regatta to August and the
Roundup Regatta in Septem-
ber,‘ providing some very ex-
citing sailing, and trophies
• were pftesented by D.R.M.CO.
and by Huron Marine respec-
tively.
By the " end of the summer,
club members were venturing
further afield. Bert Corbett set
sail for the Caribbean in his
home — bciilt concrete boat
:'Valkyrie II", and Fred Fester
in "Taurus'' set sail for
Florida.
Other club .members had
been ,touring the North Chan-
nel, and the dinghy sailors had
competed in races at Fanshawe
Lake and Georgian Bay.
In the Fall of '72 the club,
originally loosely known as the
Bluewater Sailing Club, adop-
ted the official title of• the
Goderich Sailing Club and
became fully organized with a
formal constitution and a „full
executive.
Through the winter of '72/'73
regular monthly meetings were
held at 'the Maitland Country
Club, and in addition to films
and discussions two very suc-
cessful half-day seminars on
racing and- sailing --topics -were
held, followed by equally suc-
•cessful -„social evenings. The
club also had a most enjoyable
illustrated talk ' from, Don
Salter of Bayfield on his trans-
Atlantic voyage.
Apart from enjoying sailing,
one of the functions of the
Goderich Sailing Club is to in-
troduce other people, young
and old, to the sport in a safe
and enjoyable way. The club
has been extremely fortunate
this year in having donated to
it four small sailing boats for
training purposes.
These boats de themselves
of interest, being Goderich
designed and _.....'Oerich
produced. Theiare the 2 feet
long "mini -mac” boats from
the Rosny Corporation Ltd.
and are single-sail"e�`It ,' un-
sinkable, fibreglas dinghies.
These boats have been
donated by John Sully, by
Bruce Sully and by George
Robertson, the fourth one join-
tly by Goderich Manufacturing
Co., Upper Lakes Shipping,
Goderich Elevator and Transit
Co. and Domtar Chemicals.
It is hoped to have a full
week's "learning to sail"
school using these boats
sometime in July, and the club
is working on arrangements for
their supervised use at other
times.
This week marks the end of
the Winter season, and the last
of the present series of Thur-
sday night meetings at the
Maitland Country -Club will he
held tonight at 8:00 p.m.
Next Sunday, May 5, the club
hopes to hold its first race of
the summer season, and there
is a full `summer racing
programme including future
Fireball, Dominion Roads and
Rounding Regattas, and 'the
'Canada Trust Cup Race will be
sailed between Bayfield -and
Goderich this year.
A new trophy, the Cruising
Class Cup, has been donated to
the club by Northstar Boats of
Centralia, so that now each
class of boat has its own
trophy. Many new boats will be
on the a scene this summer, in-
cluding potentially 12
Fireballs„ several new_ cruising_
keelboats, and olympic 470, an
International 505 and a Soling.
The object of the Goderich
Sailing Club is, according to its
constitution, to promote and
develop the sport of sailing in
the Goderich area. The club is
nbt just for those people who
own boats, nor is it just for
sailors who want to race. It is
open to anyone of any age who
is in any way interested ib
sailing, and new members are
very very welcome. -
Mr. Toad, in Kenneth
Grahame's story of the Wind in
the Willows, said "Believe me,
my young friend, there is
nothing — absolutely nothing
— half so much worth doing as
simply messing about in
boats."
Well, a large number of
people in Goderich would agree
with him — why not come
along and join them?
Sailing is in!
1'
Just 20 more need
Sailing school just about possible
If Recreation Director Mike
Dymond can round up another
20 interested persons Goderich
will have a special five day
sailing instruction school
sometime during the months of
July or August.
The On,I rio Sailing
Association's instruction
program is being put on wheels
this summer and if enough
people are interested Mr.
Dymond says arrangements. can
be made to have it visit
Goderich.
Benson and Hedges
(Canada) Ltd., the tobacco
company, is underwriting the
cost of four mobile sailing
schools which will tour the
province during June , July and
August.
The largest part of the
$50,000 budget will come from
the Ontario Governments sport
and recreation branch which
will provide salaries and meal
and travel expenses for the in-
structors. About one third of
the total .
The plan is to furnish. four
vans with living accom-
modation for two instructors
each, a crash boat ar d, a
trailer carrying five sailats
and their equipment.
Each mobile school will be
allocated 12 Ontario
municipalities to visit between
June 4 and August 31. A unit
will ,stay in town for five days
and run three, three hour
programs, each day teaching
the basics of sailing. There will
be morning sessions an after-
noon session and an evening
session.
Even if the school -does not
come to Goderich, because the
minimum of 60 persons can not
be gathered, Mr. Dymond ex-
" plains that through the co-
operation of the local Sailing
Club some course would
still be offered.
Pre -registration to date has
shown the interest of 13 adults
and 25 juniors (those under 18
years of age). Since those
figures were drawn up however
Gocierich,yoihs in OraIFrench contest
Oral French speaking contests were held at South Huron
District High School for Huron last week with students from
all the Secondary Schools in the County taking part. Those
taking top honors were, left to right, John Denlaw, Wingham,
Jimmy, .the Ward E. budgie, at the Goderich Psychiatric
Hospital,'has gone to his last reward but he will not be easily
forgotten by ,patients and staff, Alike at the hospital.
According to those -who worked where Jimmy made his home -
the bird was among_ the friendliest budgies ever and was much
loved by the patients.
Shown in the photo Jimmy sleeps:on the hand of a patient,
one of his favorite pastimes. Tho patient holding Jimmy was
particularly attached to the little bird and .Jimmy showed every
••indication of being just as attached to the resident.
Shortly after Jimmy's{, death his close friend also passed
away. —
Jimmy was laid to rest on the grounds of the hospital and his
grave marked so all could recall the little feathered friend.
Jamie'McEwan, Wingham, Rob Shrier, Goderich, Larry York,
Goderich, Cathy, Dejong,„South Huron, Ben Miltenberg,
Wingham, Tony Kyle,South Huron. and Chris Cann, South
Huron. Exeter T.A. photo. rq.
Mr. Dymond said he hes
number of phone calla
people seeking further
'nation and is hopeful d
final registration then ,
60 persons or more will
up.
Those wishing to re
the program are urge
tact the Recreation Dir.
office. at 524-8373 as
500
possible so the direr
arrange dates for the .,
visit. Registration for
published in the Sigma
nal
Jack's
Jottings ,,,
Continued from page 3
retaining walls, dikes, ho
waters and other struct
designed for the rehabilita
and protection of property
water where shores have
damaged or eroded by
elements. James So
Minister of Government
vices, said it will also inc
repairs to any building or
structure damaged by h
water levels, ice or erosion
the shore.
Ontario is going to step
the protection its citizens
against snoopers who gather
formation for personal or
purposes. The bill-introdu
by Hon. John Clements
require all investigators
consumer reporting agencies
be registered by the Gov
ment. It will make age
send out corrections to
customers if the contents of
file are shown' to be a
The public will have then
to sue for damages if they
-been harmed by the conte
Clement said the inttodu
of this bill would lead tohi
''''stantl'ards of conduct in
area.
Phosphates,
for teeth
Phosphates chewed 01
teeth more decay protec
than if the chemical is
digested into the blood sire
The importance of the
high phosphate (nods
determined by experime
with rats t hat were surgi°
rained alt the intestine: and
omens
The , t Ont inning experim
erre also expected to helpde
scientists. studying how
tibiotics and other drugs
mouthwashes would pro
teet h :end' unls from dise
The surgery was done
microscopes to rats that
not vet grown teeth. S
feeders allowed the' animal
t he right to •feed only from
right feeder and its arti
twin tet. feed from the left.
One rat from each pair
fed a diet containing a hi
purified phosphate. The 0
"twin” received the same'
but without the- phosP
But anuilatls, due to
joined digestive systems.a
bed the _.stile diet into
blood st reams, vet the
chewing the phosphate -had
detav than their twins. F
high in phosphorous incl
egg yolk. ,.hoose, milk.
grain c0realz and meats.
Ot her research project
shown t ht' protective chi
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