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Sailing on Lake Joseph, near Mactier in the Muskoka area, are the crew of the Ojibway, the $3,500 vessel bought for the CNIB's summer camp. Sailing in(...)
Sailing on Lake Joseph, near Mactier in the Muskoka area, are the crew of the Ojibway, the $3,500 vessel bought for the CNIB's summer camp. Sailing in(...)

Sailing on Lake Joseph, near Mactier in the Muskoka area, are the crew of the Ojibway, the $3,500 vessel bought for the CNIB's summer camp. Sailing in(...)

Date7/12/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Sailing on Lake Joseph; near Mactier in the Muskoka area; are the crew of the Ojibway; the $3;500 vessel bought for the CNIB's summer camp. Sailing instructor Brad Holmes said the crew became familiar with the boat by feeling around it inside and out; and after two days they started training in the actual skills of sailing.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0020935F
      If you have the skills, bareboating (chartering a sailing vessel and providing your own crew) is a great adventure
      If you have the skills, bareboating (chartering a sailing vessel and providing your own crew) is a great adventure
      Bryant, George
      7/4/1973
      Uncertain footing: Gladys Duff, 93, fell down the stairs in her new home, two days after she was forced to move from the CNIB's Clarkewood Residence
      Uncertain footing: Gladys Duff, 93, fell down the stairs in her new home, two days after she was forced to move from the CNIB's Clarkewood Residence
      Eglinton, Rick
      11/30/1989
      A yachtsman checks the mast of his sailing vessel at the Burlington Boating and Sailing Club. Burlington, Ontario
      A yachtsman checks the mast of his sailing vessel at the Burlington Boating and Sailing Club. Burlington, Ontario
      Burlington Sailing & Boating Club
      5/19/1982
      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
      A Sailing vessel, especially if it is, as here, a square-rigged wind-jammer, will always be preferred to steam craft by lovers of the picturesque. The(...)
      A Sailing vessel, especially if it is, as here, a square-rigged wind-jammer, will always be preferred to steam craft by lovers of the picturesque. The(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/22/1947
      All set to cast off, Crewman Torfi Thorarinson sets bow lines on the 60-foot brigantine Playfair in Toronto Harbor as the vessel's non-profit sailing program starts a new season
      All set to cast off, Crewman Torfi Thorarinson sets bow lines on the 60-foot brigantine Playfair in Toronto Harbor as the vessel's non-profit sailing program starts a new season
      Eglinton, Rick
      5/10/1990
      Farthest north for a sailing vessel being marked with New Zealand flag by the British Arctic Expedition of the ship Island [Incomplete]
      Farthest north for a sailing vessel being marked with New Zealand flag by the British Arctic Expedition of the ship Island [Incomplete]
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/19/1925
      Learning The Ropes, Student members of the Toronto Brigantine program raise the masts on the Playfair, a square-rigged sailing vessel, in preparation (...)
      Learning The Ropes, Student members of the Toronto Brigantine program raise the masts on the Playfair, a square-rigged sailing vessel, in preparation (...)
      Loek, Dick
      4/19/1992
      God Speed and Fair Sailing. Mrs. F. M. Deans, wife of the mayor, breaks a bottle of champagne over the bow of the corvette. Rev. Canon D. Russell Smith, also shown, formally dedicated the vessel
      God Speed and Fair Sailing. Mrs. F. M. Deans, wife of the mayor, breaks a bottle of champagne over the bow of the corvette. Rev. Canon D. Russell Smith, also shown, formally dedicated the vessel
      George
      11/6/1941
      The boy's own book of boats : including vessels of every rig and size to be found floating on the waters in all parts of the world, together with complete instructions how to make sailing models
      The boy's own book of boats : including vessels of every rig and size to be found floating on the waters in all parts of the world, together with complete instructions how to make sailing models
      Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880
      1868
      Sailing on Lake of Bays in Muskoka, Ont.
      Sailing on Lake of Bays in Muskoka, Ont.
      Ontario Department Travel & Tourism
      5/29/1962
      Five sailboats and a steamship on a lake.
      Skiff sailing, a tipical scene on the Muskoka lakes, Ont. Canada
      Anderson, William Alfred, 1880-1962
      Approximately 1930