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Brigantine Playfair
Brigantine Playfair

Brigantine Playfair

Date6/10/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Brigantine Playfair
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0014349F
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(...)
Beaty, Keith
8/4/1977
Lake Ontario beauty sails past, Under full sail, the 60-foot brigantine Playfair passes Toronto Island's Western Gap with 25 students aboard. The twin(...)
Lake Ontario beauty sails past, Under full sail, the 60-foot brigantine Playfair passes Toronto Island's Western Gap with 25 students aboard. The twin(...)
Loek, Dick
6/10/1975
Fair winds for metro. Manned by Metro Council members, the Playfair tacks home winner in Brigantine Challenge Race yesterday. Somewhere behind them in(...)
Fair winds for metro. Manned by Metro Council members, the Playfair tacks home winner in Brigantine Challenge Race yesterday. Somewhere behind them in(...)
Loek, Dick
5/27/1977
Watch out, It looked like a near thing but the brigantine Pathfinder (left) was only changing course, not attempting to ram the Playfair. The two vess(...)
Watch out, It looked like a near thing but the brigantine Pathfinder (left) was only changing course, not attempting to ram the Playfair. The two vess(...)
Combs, Erin
7/4/1980
New ship of old style, A 60-foot brigantine, the Playfair, is commissioned at York Quay of Harborfront yesterday with flags flying. The ship, a studen(...)
New ship of old style, A 60-foot brigantine, the Playfair, is commissioned at York Quay of Harborfront yesterday with flags flying. The ship, a studen(...)
Loek, Dick
7/3/1974
Ships - Playfair
Ships - Playfair
McConnell, Colin
5/24/1994
Ships - Playfair
Ships - Playfair
Spremo, Boris
6/2/1997
Winter vacation, The 25-ton brigantine Pathfinder is hoisted out of Lake Ontario by a 50-ton crane to dry dock at Port Credit Marina. The 60-foot squa(...)
Winter vacation, The 25-ton brigantine Pathfinder is hoisted out of Lake Ontario by a 50-ton crane to dry dock at Port Credit Marina. The 60-foot squa(...)
Spremo, Boris
11/30/1978
Setting sail for spring, Taking a spring flier, Dean Pawell swings in the breeze as he prepares the brigantine Pathfinder for a new sailing season. Pa(...)
Setting sail for spring, Taking a spring flier, Dean Pawell swings in the breeze as he prepares the brigantine Pathfinder for a new sailing season. Pa(...)
Spremo, Boris
4/8/1975
Sailing majestically from Toronto Harbor, the brigantine Pathfinder sets out for a cruise on Lake Ontario, carrying most of its 22,000 square yards of sail. She cost $150,000 seven years ago
Sailing majestically from Toronto Harbor, the brigantine Pathfinder sets out for a cruise on Lake Ontario, carrying most of its 22,000 square yards of sail. She cost $150,000 seven years ago
Bezant, Graham
7/27/1970
Better late I, Tall ship Ciudad de Inca, a square-rigged brigantine built in 1858, arrived a little late for the sailpast at Harborfront last week. On(...)
Better late I, Tall ship Ciudad de Inca, a square-rigged brigantine built in 1858, arrived a little late for the sailpast at Harborfront last week. On(...)
Griffin, Doug
7/9/1984
The days of sail live on, Two officers of the training brigantine Pathfinder, moored in Harborfront near York St
The days of sail live on, Two officers of the training brigantine Pathfinder, moored in Harborfront near York St
Bezant, Graham
1/1/1974