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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-08-30, Page 7Ma rick R ha G. yob GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY,' AUGUST $0, iP7$ -1�AG onIyt1 t reach Sailors from the Grand Bend Yacht Club swept the 1973 run- ning of the annual Dominion Road Machinery Sailing Regatta out of Goderich harbor on Saturday as they took all of the top three positions. Some' of that glory was taken away however by the. fact that only` four of the 26 boats starting the 24 mile race, finished. Bruce Sully, president of the AVOID Dominion Road Machinery winds at 10 a.M. but after the' Company, presented skipper first 12 mile circuit of the Bud Jones of Grand Bend with course was completed tha•,Jleet the first place trophy and was becalmed:. All but the tour presented pennants to skipper finishing boats eventually Ed Levens for second and skip- gave up and returned to harbor per Tony Webster for third. under power. Mr. Webster narrowly edged - It took the winning boat six Goderich skipper. Don Baxter hours and '38 minutes =ta cop!. for that final positibn, passing plete the race. The third place , him on the last mark. finisher was two hours behind The race started in light that tithe. '15 IU bo 26 boats wnicn started me 24 mite Dominion Road Machinery Corn - Regatta on Saturday morning only four crossed the finish line that ng as offlcial finishers. The other 22 eventually gave up on non existent and returned to harbor under power. It took skipper Bud Jones of Grand bit about boats ry important part of in congested areas is erstanding of signals tween ships. meeting another boat or nearly end ron, in position that at night able to see both his side and green) from right r nearly right ahead, usual action' taken by ipper is to sound one n his horn and alter o -starboard iti;order-ts - other boat on his port wever, if both boats are a position that, if they in their course and they will meet each n their Star'd side, the will sound two -blasts er-course to - port and,— ch other nd,- chother on their star'd� e is. any doubt about al -made by one of the , then_ the other will tele indicate his doubt ding the danger signal onsits of five or more asts. The signals are ated'until all is un- two power boats. are in- a river the boat going,downstream-has t of way over- the up - oat. The downbourider ify the side on which ds to pass by sounding ne or two blasts on his (as explained above) g to which , side he to meet. These signals d by vessels t raversing eat Lakes and on oc- BY SKIPPER WALTER DEE casion may arise when a' ship will give his intentions to you by the use of his whistle. Perhaps the most frequent one used is the danger signal in such cases as a small boat fishing off the dock in which the kvessel intends to berth. This situation may become very dangerous.. since large vessels' are not -able to change their .intentions at the last moment, especially in a strong current or on a windy day. •Again the danger signal consist of five 'or more short blasts' on the whistle. Sailboats should also remem- ber .that they may lose, their wind if caught between a large vessel and its berth: -This can be particularly dangerous. - Certa'inly occasions arise out on the lake where _ if both boaters continue their course they will collide. In this case the boat which has the other on his star_'d side is obliged to keep clear of the other by altering course, reducing sped, .stepping or,Feven going, astern. Similarly, it . is the ; .other's obligation to maintain his - course and speed so as not to confuse the other vessel. A good rhyme to remember if you are obligated to keep clear is "When a red on your right doth appear, tis your duty to alter and keep clear" There are also whistle signals used by vessels overtaking and • by vessels in . fog which will be dealt with in'another, article. . Bend sax hours and 38 minutes to complete the race and third place finisher Tony Webster crossed the tine two hours behind that time. Ed Levens, also of Grand Bend, placed second and the only other boat to complete the race was sailed by Goderich skiPPer Don Baxter. (staff photo) Goderich Police Falcons holding first place After beating Clinton 6-1 and Huron Park /-0 the Goderich Police Falcons have all but wrapped up the Huron Minor Bantam League. They need only one point out of the three remaining games, one being against Clinton and two against Huron Park. The standings are Goderich won 5 lost 0 for 10 points, Clin- ton won 3 lost 3 for 6 points, Huron Park won 0 lost 5 for 0 points. In the game against Clinton, Grant ,Shelton led the scoring with 3 . goals, ably assisted by Mike Andrew 1, Iain Lambert 1, and ..Bi11� Ross. 1: The game at Huron Park was a rough bruising game, but.the boys were not put off.. Pat Conlon grabbed 3• goals, lain Lambert 2, Mike Andrew 1 and Grant Shelton 1. Grant has scored in every game the Falcons have played •so far.' The `Falcons_ will put their unbeaten record on the line this com,ng morttbc; On ".Sept 1st theetl 1.,t� Toronto for a gan a with the .r Scarborough All -Stars. On September 3rd: they play the H.M.S.A. 'coaches. at the Agricultural Park with kick-off being at 6 p.m. Well over half of .these coaches play senior soccer in the London league and are out to beat our Bantam team. On Sept. 5th they have a league game with Clinton and on Sunday Sept. 23rd they are travelling to Sarnia along with 1 Goderich teams in, all of the other age group's: ,,r Finally, on Sept 29th Goderich minor Soccer Club plays host to teams from Hamilton. It is also hoped that our Ban - tams may get games with the London teams one of which, the Viscounts,- is still in the On- tario Bantam Cup. Our Goderich Bantams could he playing the Ontario Cham- pions. DON'T BE DISAPPOINTED! I. CABLE TV IS AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA ORDER TODAY __482=9 233 10 STATIONS OF FM STEREO AVAILABLE • Y IMPORTANT:— To those where Cable TV is NOT YET AVAILABLE As cable TV becomes available your orders will be.clone on _a priority basis. 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