Sep 16, 2020
(photo and story submitted by Gary Jobson) (photo from 1971. I am standing behind my Finn with all the weight jackets I used to wear) In 1971, at the age of 21, I drove my 1965 Pontiac with a borrowed Finn on a trailer to...
Sep 10, 2020
(story and photo submitted by Robert Vagners) I volunteered to be the parent, chaperone and driver for 4 new sailors from QCYC participating in their first Fall CORK in 2012. It was also my first as a volunteer. The drive to Kingston from Toronto was uneventful,...
Sep 1, 2020
(photos and story submitted by Robert Woodbury) I first attended CORK as an athlete in the OK Dinghy class in 1971. Jim Beckett sailed in that fleet as well if I remember correctly. There were 56 boats (I might have these numbers a bit wrong). Four did not...
Aug 19, 2020
(Photo and Story submitted by Jim Beckett) I arrived in Canada on Friday 13th February 1964, after a crossing delayed 3 days by gales, to take up a post at the Biological Station in St. Andrews. As the weather warmed I learnt that there was no dinghy racing locally....
Aug 9, 2020
TIM IRWIN (1940-2020) It is with great regret that we pass along the news that Tim Irwin passed away early Friday morning at home in Kingston. Tim Irwin was the true heart of CORK. Tim’s volunteer service to CORK...
