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Some lessons are a breeze, Boats of the Albacore class across Toronto harbor with their crews balancing them
Some lessons are a breeze, Boats of the Albacore class across Toronto harbor with their crews balancing them

Some lessons are a breeze, Boats of the Albacore class across Toronto harbor with their crews balancing them

Date7/5/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Some lessons are a breeze; Boats of the Albacore class across Toronto harbor with their crews balancing them. The young sailor are members of the Junior Club of the Island Yacht Club who are taking sailing lessons which; somehow; are more popular then any taught in school. The thermometer was in mid-90s yesterday.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0097237F
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