Model railroad, sailing, and sundry items.
1February 25, 201716' x 22' layout. Photographs taken +/- halfway in the buildng. 1/64 S scale/gauge. Layout is at 42" height.
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12February 25, 2017Yes, I did play professional tennis, mid-'70s to early '80s.
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15February 25, 2017Leaving the Pointe-Claire Yacht Club. The name of my boat , a Mirage 30, is "TOPSPIN"; my ability to deliver such spin on tennis balls is, in good part, how I paid for her.
16February 25, 2017I had to bring a friend to be able to get through the two downstream Saint-Lawrence Seaway locks, as lockmasters do not allow solo sailers through.
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24February 25, 2017Offshore from Tadoussac, Quebec. My son visited for two days, and took this photograph. The name of my dingy: "DROPSHOT".
25February 25, 2017A humback whale in fog.
26February 25, 2017Granite coast of Labrador.
27February 25, 2017Safe harbour, Cap-à-l'Aigle, qubec.
28February 25, 2017The forest fire only burnt half that hillside. Upstream by dinghy on the Sainte-Anne River.
29February 25, 2017Canadian Coast Guard helicopter with seized barrel of hashish, Anticosti Island.
30February 25, 2017My darling bride in the main cabin.
31February 25, 2017Definately not solo: the newlyweds on the start of our honeymoon, leaving from the dock of the lakeside restaurant where we had our wedding reception after church.
32February 25, 2017Not part of my solo trip: Ice Storm of 1998.
33February 25, 2017OK, not on my solo trip. Christmas in July sailpast, Royal Saint-Lawrence Yacht Club. Running all those X-mas lights (120v) off of my generator.
34February 25, 2017Anticosti approach in mercifully dissipating fog.
35February 25, 2017Lighthouse at Pointe-des-Monts. I left my boat on three anchors offshore and used my dinghy to gety ashore. Note the wall of fog over the Gulf of Saint-Lawrence, a frequent occurence.
36February 25, 201730/40 foot swells off Anticosti. The sailboat to my port was from France, on its return journey.
37February 25, 2017The wreck of the Wilcox, Anticosti Island. The Canadian Coast Guard officer who allowed me to climb on its foredeck took the photograph.
38February 25, 2017Playing tennis in Saigon, 1996.
39February 25, 2017So my ricksaw driver was not the best photograph in Saigon, 1996.
40February 25, 2017That famous CIA buildding, Saigon.
41February 25, 2017CIA building in 1996. My ricksaw driver taking a break.
42February 25, 2017Yes, that famous ladder.
43February 25, 2017Lost the leadership race of the Equalty Party of Quebec by five (!!!!!) votes to the most insipid and conceited (in my view) character, who promply destroyed the Party. Got that, Keith?
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This album contains photographs of my S-scale (1/64) model railroad (American Flyer and after-market rolling stock and locomotive), and some other "things" I have done before becoming fuly handicapped in 2011, at the age of 60.