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Goderich Sajli>rg . ,Glob hosted
the second annual Goderich
FirebalL Regatta .with a total of
17 entries taking part ° from
various sailing clubs throughout
' this portion of the province.
K. Sarritts Of the Bronte
Yacht Club emerged the overall
winner as he logged two race
wins. Last year the Sarritts boat
won all three races,
boule Harley of Oakville
captured the second' place
honors as he held that spot in -
the finish of both races' as well.
• Al Schoenborn of The Bronte
Yacht. Club was awarded 'third
fpr his record of a third and
sixth place finish.
Although there were 'to have
been three races, and the
winners selected on the basis ° of
their finishes in these three
competitions,_the classes had to
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weather conditions.
The first race, held at 10:00
a.m. Saturday morning, started ,.
in a thick fog which appeared to
be lifting but conditions were so
poor three boats did not finish.
They could not find . the first
marker in the fog. Winds were
strong for that first race
however.
The,,, °second pompetition
started off in „light breezes but
the wind dropped shortly after
the "start and with time running
outthe committee boat • was
moved up to form the finish line
at the third Marker.,
, The final race, held at 10:00
a.m. Sunday, saw local
fireballer MacEwan Egener get
off to an excellent start but
again to no avail as the winds
dropped and the race had ,to be
cancelled.
—Goderich . zailin _,_:..Club
members placed 'as follows,
George . Penfound, eighth,
Harold Jeffery„ . ninth, ° Wayne
Triety. twelfth, MacEwan
Egener, thirteenth, Russ
Anthony, fourteenth' and- a tie
for seventeenth between Dr.
Mike Watts and John Wray.
Saturday evening a buffet at
Snug Harbour and. dance at the
Maitland ' Country Club was
h for the 'competitors and
other Sailing ' Club, guests.
Following the competition K,
Barr tts s presented with a
Goderich Sailing , Club
Fireballers plaque and second
and third place winners were
presented with Goderich Sailing
Club Burgees.
Despite the generally 'poor
sailing conditions the spirit of
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c m _etiti,Clq y ._remained
undaunted as was demi natrated
by 'Gebrge Penfound and screw
member Paul Carroll who $et
their Spinacher flying;`' They
made: their big .bid for time
during the first race despite the
fact neither had ever used the
tricky sail before. Jima Bowra of*
the Goderich Sailing Club,
crewing for a visiting beat, also
set a Spinacher' flying for ,the
first time,
During the weekend the race
committee, `headed by John
Evans, used walkie talkies to co-
ordinate starts and finishes,
More interclub competition
Will be hosted at the, Goderich
Waterfront this month when the
local club will host the sailors
from Bayfield and Grand Bend
in
competition August, 26 and
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1972
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A look at ourse
It is seldom we have the
opportunity to look at• our
country, and even a part of
ourselves, through the, eyes of a
complete stranger . to 'our land
and our way of life.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Barnett of
RR 2, Goderich had this •
opportunity recently and it was
amplified due to the fact they
were •hosting, visitors at their
home from two widelyy separated
countries, Mexico and Scotland.,
Last week the Barnetts, Who
are frequent travellers to
Mexico,were visited by old
friends from that country,
Enrique Morales Basurto and
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his wife Eulalia ' De Olmos de
Morales.
At the same time they were,
also hosting a friend .,of their
family from Scotland, David
;Gavin. -•
An area manager , at
Guadalajara the largest steel
producing company in Mexico,
Mr. Basurto and his wife are on
their first visit to Canada. Their
impressions of our 'cou'ntry and
Canadians, are almost
'comp'letely positive.
"In Canada even the garbage
-is clean," he mused.
rhe
.'"Everything. here is, orderly. and
I am very impressed by the
large lots houses are built on
with gardens and so on."
"In Canada," he said, ".I see
that cars stop for pedestrians. In
my country things are much
different, we often say the green
light means you drive normal,
yellow means you' go faster and
the red means you have to drive
• like a devil."
Mr. Basurto . observes that
Canada is much like the United
States in many ways, as he had
supposed, but goes on to point
out that even in Toronto the city
q
ugh the eyes o
is cleaner than American cities
like New York and you don't
have -,to watch your wallet so
closely ' on this side of the
border.
One fault'the Mexican visitors
point up however, involves the
almost ' impossibility of
obtaining genuine Canadian
Souvenirs. "We can't find any
souvenirs made in Canada, they
all come from. Japan, Hong
Kong or the' U.S.A.
Canada is not a well known
country in Mexico they explain.
"We hear little Canadian
news," Mr. Basurto explains.
The only ' piece of Canadian
news he can remember being
published in Mexican papers
regarded former French
President Charles De Gaule's
"Vive Quebec Libre" statehient
during Expo 67. 'He had also
heard of present Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau though.
Mr. Basurto's Company
branch handles the equivalent
of about $200,000 per month in
manufactured steel products or
1.0,000,060 pesos. The 'company
is - also the largest in Latin
American . and twenty sixth -in
the world. As a result .he was
greatly interested in hearing
about . the salt mining and
processing operations at
Goderich.
During. his Canadian visit,
which lasted two weeks, Mr.
Basurto also visited Niagara
Falls, Stratford, Toronto,
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only genuine Canadian
souvenirs were samples of Blue
Mountain Pottery, he bought in
the Collingwood area. •
Dave Gavin, a teacher at a
small boarding school attached,
to a monastery in Fort Ausgtus,
Scotland, -was spending three
weeks in Canada on his first
visit as well and was in
agreement with the Mexican
natives on many things about
Canada. Again the outstanding
point in the visitor's mind was
agln the country's .cleanliness.
"Canada is Much better than
I even expected," David
observed. "I was very impressed
by Toronto, everything seems to
happen there. The most
impressive thing about Canada,
he notes, is its "sheer size,
Canada is huge."
"I have never driven, so far
without the scenery changing,"
he also observes. "In Scotland
every few miles there are major
changes in °landscape," he
explains. "Canaaian towns also
cover a large area, there seems
to be a great urban sprawl in
your country." ,
"I am not impressed by the
lack of distinctive character in
your communities however," he
said. "One town or village looks
so much like the next. The
homes here are very fine though,
Canada has so many bonny
houses."
Mr.. Gavin is a Geography
and, Biology teacher so many of
visitor
his impressions 'of this country
fall into these categories. "I
--have neverseen such' a _variety
of wildlife and so many colorful
insects," he said, "of course I
found my visit tp Niagara Falls
Very interesting as well:"
"I have never seen such hot
weather, for so long, in my life,"
he notes• "In Scotland it never
gets hot like here. I • have also
seen more lightning here in the
past two weeks than I have seen
at home in two years.",
After spending some time with
the Barnetts Mr. Gavin •
travelled to Ottawa before •
leaving for home.
•
Visiting Canada has been an
experience for the Basurtos and •
Mr. Gavin that .will I.6hg be
remembered. For the ,Burnetts,
And the others who met these
visitors, their trip will be cause
for 'introspection as Canadians,
and pride that these travellers
found so much to enjoy 'about
Canada.
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with thiir visitors from Scotland, Diva Gavin, his mothir
Molly And aunt°11larr, who all trirvaliad to Canada raCtifftly. Cha
Gavin f ars vary arxclted about gonads and say thiy'anjoyalyd
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