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Sports and Leisure - Water Sports (11)

Sailing (3)

  • The Boat that Ian Built
    The Boat that Ian Built
    Andy Thomson 1974 28 min
    The amazing success story of the Laser, a thirteen-foot sailboat built by Ian Bruce of Pointe Claire, Québec, and of Performance Sailcraft, the company he formed to produce and market it. Simply designed, durably built of fiberglass, it is a pleasure craft that has brought summer sailing within everyone's reach on coastal and inland waters around the world.
  • Distant Islands
    Distant Islands
    Bettina Maylone 1981 6 min
    This short animation uses appliqué and embroidered tapestries to recall a young girl's happy summers spent sailing with her family off the coast of British Columbia. Each tapestry, meticulously stitched by hand with brightly coloured yarns, evokes the memory of leisurely days at sea, drifting among the islands.
  • Singlehanders
    Singlehanders
    Shelagh Mackenzie  &  Kent Nason 1982 49 min
    Follow 2 Canadians, Bob Lush and Mike Birch, aboard their yachts during the 1980 Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic Race. More than a record of this prestigious international sailing event, the resulting film is the starting point for an epic of challenge and determination.

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