Sailing....

We all watched Mr. Kenny working on his sailboat. He started with a big block of wood, and used an axe to cut it down some, then a chisel to smooth it off here and there. This was all at the Scout Hall, in the summer time. He spent a lot of time designing the sails. The sail boat he built was about a foot long and with the sails at least a foot high as well. Mr. Kenny is from Newfoundland.

After he finished the sailboat, he brought it down to the dock and we all watched him launch it. It was a windy day with a lot of big waves on the lake. He let it go and it immediately took off heading toward the shore bobbing up and down amidst all the waves. After some time it finally made it to shore then got stuck in amongst the trees there and so one of the boys had to go over there and we all watched from the dock as he used a long stick to poke it loose. It came back outwards and towards where we were standing, then watched as it sailed right by us on the dock. We stood there....on the dock....and watched....until finally after some time it disappeared somewhere on the lake. That was in June. Photo by Jim Callanan, edited by Verne Solonas