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Subject:Gord Lightfoot
From:Ian Allan
Date:Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:29:32 -0400

Missed my Fryday chance last week.

Re: Gordon Lightfoot.

Golden Goose: The Goose was a masterpiece wood strip plank 39 ft. +/-
sailboat that Lightfoot had built by a master craftsman named Vic
Carpenter at his boatyard in Southern Georgian Bay. Lightfoot does
not refer in song (so long as I remember) to to his sailing interest
except "In the Lee of Christian Island".

Vic Carpenter went on to build some larger wood sailboats culminating
in a 48 +/- sloop named "Passing Wind"

Both of these guys, Carpenter and Lightfoot, should have had a
Westfalia.

Ian Allan

94 Eurovan Westfalia
86 Syncro
85 Westfalia/Bostig
02 Jetta 1.8t
89 Audi 80Q
02 Duramax 2500

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