10, ENTERTAINMENT, THE HERALD, Wed. Apr. 13, 1977

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ROAM AT HOME

A TRAVEL BRITISH COLUMBIA FEATURE

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FROSTBITING: season with early spring
THE WINTER SAILORS r *,

Photo-story by JamesA. In all the organized
MeVie events, a fleet of rescue

Just about every com-

boats stand by to pull the
frostbite enthusiasts from
the cold water and to tow

Geel small sailing d
= Sabots, El Toro’s, Mintos, along the Gorge, whose
E. Davidsons and Lasers. Big water flow is dominated by

munity in British Columbia overturned dinghies to
that has a navigable body of safety.

water also has its ownbrand A rare breed of Dinghy
of frostbite sallor. During Driving Daredevi) has been
the fall and winter months, developed on Vancouver
sailors in every age group Island, where, every mid-
can be found launching their March, winter sailors from
car-top dinghies, hoisting the Esquimalt Squadron of
multicoloured nylon sails the Canadian Forces Sailing

‘and playing the seasonal— Association tackle the
winds

. Gorge, dodging rocks and
With one of every three rapids from a starting point
families boat owners in the near their headquarters to'
rovince, it is estimated Victoria’s Inner Harbour.
ere are 5,000 skippers of The four-mile (6.5
nghies: kilometre) course heads

boats are to be found racin

m in organized weeken
tal international fleet tackled

schedules around coas

« and interior yacht clubs.

While the major activities
are centered in Vancouver,
Victoria, Nanalmo, Duncan,
Comox, Kelowna and
Penticton, winter-racin

m dinghies will be foun
m wherever open water is

available. Some areas have
international Frostbite
Regattas and cham-
pionships, while com-
munities like Elk Lake on

S Vancouver Island and in the

7 fleets of these eight to tide conditions — making
f iwelve foot (2,5 to 3.5 metre)

for an extremely active
reversible waterfall. .
Since 1970, when the first

the course, spectators have
crammed the rails of the

bridge across the Gorge and
the surround banks to
watch the sai action.

What they see contirms that
ra the rapids in El Toro
dinghies must be madness:
the event must be the closest
to unique in the world of
race sailing.
(This Hoam at Home
article is one of a series
rovided by Tourism British.

Okanagan wind up the Columbia.)

Look-alike contest
on Beachcombers.

A “flying” boat stmt and
a man who looks like Bruno
Gerussi pre two of the
ingredien an upcom
Beachcombers episode. The
stunt is sending a jet boat

“flying”? over’ eight boats
tied beam to hea.

“That's easy compared to
finding someone who looks

_ like Bruno Gerussi”, says

executive producer Hugh
Beard. “So we're running a
contest — the Bruno Gerussi

* Look-Alike Contest. The

winner will be flown to
Gibsons for a part opposite
Bruno in the each-
combers”'.

The contest runs until
May 1, 1977. Send a good
likeness, snapshot or
polaroid will do, to: Bruno
Gerussi, Look-Alike Con-
test, Molly’s Reach, Gib-
sons, B.C. Entries must be

postmarked no later than

y 1. Photos submitted
eannot be returned.
Decision of the contest
Judge Nancy Morrison and
Bruno Gerussi, star of
Beachcombers and
Celebrity Cooks, is final.
Winner must be available
for filming latter part of
May. For further in-
formation, call The Beach-
combers - 1-604-896-7811.

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