Early Spring Sailing on the Sprog Dinghy

 

Early spring 1966. My dad and I are rigging my Sprog Sailboat. Alongside the Sprog is “The Bote” our 24 foot Bugeye Ketch.. We launch the boat and raised the sails. I should have sailed by the jib and let out the main to raise it. The Sprog is a South African design. Jack Manderville made a fleet of them to teach sailing at LBC. Sadly he died just after he retired. I am thirteen years old, my first sailboat. We had bought the Sprog for forty dollars. I remember this day like yesterday.

The Piver Nugget 1001

 

I imagine that this is 1966. This is the Piver Nugget, a 24 foot plywood trimaran. Longueuil was a hotbed for trimaran building and design. The Chevalier brothers Jean, Normand and Pierre built several along with their uncle Emile Chevalier. This one was  built by  Geoffrion.

Greeting & Escorting Bluenose II

 

We greet and escort Bluenose II. We sailed down river from our club in Longueuil to escort the Bluenose with our 24 foot ketch. We were the only sail boat although there were a couple of motor cruisers.

Moth Dinghy