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North End Fastball League Champions 1962

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Smooth Sailing for Stormont Yacht Club

By Gisèle Grignon in the market to buy a boat,” laughs geared to encourage more women to that sailing is a “snob’s sport,” one
MacKenzie. The friend soon joined crew Mackenzie is quick to debunk. “We
“It was all my wife’s fault,” claims the Stormont Yacht Club, followed by Every Sunday until Oct. 5th, the kind of tease people sometimes (about
Doug MacKenzie. “ We were walking MacKenzie. “That just gave me the bug club hosts a race. And every year, the that elitist pre-conception). One of the
down the shore in Point Claire one day, again, and I bought my own boat.” club, along with the Ontario Sailing guys in my crew, a former commodore
near Lake St. Louis, and I said, “You The Stormont Yacht Club, which has Federation, holds two one-week at the club, he showed up at one of the
know that looks like fun.” been around for half a century, caters sessions for kids who want to learn to club functions in a blue blazer and grey
“That,” was sailing. to a range of sailing interests and skills. sail. flannels. And we said, “Geez, you’re

The next thing he knows, MacKenzie “We have a good blend of people, Another popular event, A Fleet really dogging it up in this outfi t.” So
is opening up a birthday gift from his those who race, some who just day Captain’s Brunch, closes the season he rolled up one pant leg and strutted
wife: a week’s sailing lessons at the sail and others who cruise. There some (Oct.5th). around like that for the entire evening.
Pointe Claire Yacht Club. But because pretty serious people who go really These and other events and efforts, Nobody takes it too seriously.”
at that the time he was working full- long distances in their boat. It’s a very have helped the Stormont Yacht Asked if the rolled up pant leg
time he says the opportunities to “cash friendly club, very approachable.” Club sail to new membership heights revealed a peg leg, MacKenzie chuckles:
in” on that gift were “few and far Among the more popular club recently, says MacKenzie whose “No, we don’t have any pirates here
between.” events is the “Ladies’ Day,” held in wife Judy also sails. “We’re getting yet,” much to the disappointment of a
But a move to Glen Norman, near early September, and which features close to the maximum boats we can neighbour’s seven-year-old grandson.
Alexandria, and a call from a neighbour the men “doing every thing, including handle, about 83. It’s a great club, run “I took the boy out sailing and he loved
changed all that. “Out of the clear meal preparation for the female club by volunteers, which keeps our costs it...and he came dressed as a pirate.”
blue my friend calls and asks if I sail, members. ”There’s also a White Sail down.” His only complaint: Mackenzie’s
because the friend didn’t …and he was scheduled that day, and which is now Which leads us to a long-held notion boat didn’t feature cannons.