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They're getting a new slant on sailing, Instructor Bill Wakeline shows Kim Llewellyn, 14, and Karen Thacker, 14, how a boat heels over in the wind dur(...)
They're getting a new slant on sailing, Instructor Bill Wakeline shows Kim Llewellyn, 14, and Karen Thacker, 14, how a boat heels over in the wind dur(...)

They're getting a new slant on sailing, Instructor Bill Wakeline shows Kim Llewellyn, 14, and Karen Thacker, 14, how a boat heels over in the wind dur(...)

Date10/7/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: They're getting a new slant on sailing; Instructor Bill Wakeline shows Kim Llewellyn; 14; and Karen Thacker; 14; how a boat heels over in the wind during a demonstration at Ontario Place. Wakeline teaches sailing to Grade 9 students from Wood-bine Junior High. For $2.75 the students get one period of instruction and two days of sailing. The school says the course ties in with such subjects as physics; math; meteorology and physical education.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0097218F
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