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This sailor relies on hearing to make her way over the waves, Sue Pavlicic is blind but she's learning to sail a Laser, thanks to a buoy designed at S(...)
This sailor relies on hearing to make her way over the waves, Sue Pavlicic is blind but she's learning to sail a Laser, thanks to a buoy designed at S(...)

This sailor relies on hearing to make her way over the waves, Sue Pavlicic is blind but she's learning to sail a Laser, thanks to a buoy designed at S(...)

Date7/3/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: This sailor relies on hearing to make her way over the waves; Sue Pavlicic is blind but she's learning to sail a Laser; thanks to a buoy designed at Sheridan College and to a special school run by the Bronte Harbor Yacht Club. Tony Waldegrave; head of the sailing school; hopes eventually to have blind sailors competing in the Special Olympics.
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Object NumberTSPA_0097190F
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