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Sailing's strenuous on a vessel the size of the 60 foot square-rigged, two-masted brigantine, the Playfair especially when it's time to trim the sails(...)
Sailing's strenuous on a vessel the size of the 60 foot square-rigged, two-masted brigantine, the Playfair especially when it's time to trim the sails(...)

Sailing's strenuous on a vessel the size of the 60 foot square-rigged, two-masted brigantine, the Playfair especially when it's time to trim the sails(...)

Date8/4/1977
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  • Sailing's strenuous on a vessel the size of the 60 foot square-rigged; two-masted brigantine; the Playfair especially when it's time to trim the sails. Its crew of 22 girls working on one of its 15 two-week cruises this season included 15-year-old Tricia Martin; in the foreground; and 16-yer-old Barb Booth; heaving on a line.
  • Sailing's strenuous on a vessel the size of the 60 foot square-rigged, two-masted brigantine, the Playfair especially when it's time to trim the sails(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Sailing's strenuous on a vessel the size of the 60 foot square-rigged; two-masted brigantine; the Playfair especially when it's time to trim the sails. Its crew of 22 girls working on one of its 15 two-week cruises this season included 15-year-old Tricia Martin; in the foreground; and 16-yer-old Barb Booth; heaving on a line.
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      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0014348F
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