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2025-01-15 Alison Booz - The Magic of Haida Gwaii
Alison Booz visited the Shellback Club and shared her adventures and wonderful pictures taken during a magical expedition to unforgettable Haida Gwaii, BC, known as the Galapagos of the North. Highlights include Haida village sites with the UNESCO World Heritage site, SGand Gwaay (Ninstints) where ancient poles still stand. Also there are remote beaches, ancient rainforests, whales, and lots of other wildlife.
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2024-12-04 Melodie Schaffer - Technology of Whiskey Jack Class 40
มุมมอง 172หลายเดือนก่อน
Melodie returned to the Shellback Club to describe the features and technology found on her Class 40 racing sailboat, Whiskey Jack. She has raced Whiskey Jack extensively across the oceans and around the world, placing very highly in extremely competitive fleets. The Shellback Club members were fascinated to see what a top level ocean raceing boat has, including navigational technology, advance...
2024-11-27 Bill McNaughton - Antarctic Delivery on Seabourn Venture
มุมมอง 11หลายเดือนก่อน
Bill McNaughton described his trip on the cruise ship Seabourn Venture, Polar Class 6. Leaving from Ushuaia the ship visited the Falklands Islands, South Georgia, St Helena, Tristan da Cunha, and Ascension, following the chain of mid Atlantic volcanic islands.
2024-11-20 Lawrence Rennie & Phil Dawson - P&O and Princess Lines Part 3
มุมมอง 192 หลายเดือนก่อน
Lawrence Rennie & Phil Dawson returned to the Shellback Club to continue their presentation on the history and travels on the cruise liners in the P&O and Princess lines in the 1950s and 1960s.
2024-11-06 Katrin Faridani - Interconnected: The Toronto Wastewater System
มุมมอง 252 หลายเดือนก่อน
Katrin Faridani presented her photography and investigation of the Toronto wastewater system, focusing on her personal use of the system, and the connections to water processing at the R.C. Harris, Ashbridges Bay, and Toronto Island water processing plants.
2024-10-23 Tom Garner - Welland Canal: Beaverdams -- The Lost Creek
มุมมอง 72 หลายเดือนก่อน
Tom Garner returned to the Shellback Club to continue his exploration of the Welland Canal, past and present. Tom traces the old routes of the various iterations of the Welland Canal, finding features and clues in the modern landscape.
2024-09-25 April Engelberg John Lorinc - Island Access
มุมมอง 182 หลายเดือนก่อน
April Engelberg and John Lorinc joined the Waterfront for All Speaker Series to discuss access options to the Toronto Islands.
2024-10-16 Paul Lamont - Sailing in India
มุมมอง 113 หลายเดือนก่อน
Paul Lamont returned to the Shellback Club to describe his experiences boating on Vembanad Lake in Kerala province in India. He described the accommodations aboard and the operation of this style of ship, as well as the many other various types of watercraft on this body of water, the largest in India.
2024-04-09 Sanford Borins - It's Time to Talk About the Island Airport Lands
มุมมอง 387 หลายเดือนก่อน
Guest speaker Sanford Borins, accompanied by Waterfront for All presenters Ron Jenkins, Brian Iler, Ed Hore, and Edward Nixon discussed the uses of what are now the lands occupied by the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. This survey of uses goes back to early uses by the indigenous residents of the area, and extends through the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, eventually looking to future uses.
2023-11-07 Chris Glaisek Ed Hore - The Changing Waterfront Updates from Waterfront Toronto
มุมมอง 1117 หลายเดือนก่อน
Chris Glaisek of Waterfront Toronto and Ed Hore of Waterfront for All discuss changes on the Toronto, focusing on changes in the Port Lands.
2024-05-21 Villiers Island - Hang On A Minute!
มุมมอง 2917 หลายเดือนก่อน
A Waterfront for All panel presentation and Question and Answer session on the Waterfront Toronto planning for the Toronto Port Lands development, Villiers Island. Speakers Norm di Pasquale, Eric Lombardi, Mark Richardson, and Blair Scorgie offered analysis and critique of the current precinct pla
2024-03-20 Tom Garner - The Welland Canal Now and Then
มุมมอง 308 หลายเดือนก่อน
Since retiring Tom Garner has worked on the Welland Canals and Waters Project. He commented on the website: “If you ride your bike around the eastern Niagara Peninsula, around the Welland Canal, you see things that make you think ";Hmmmmm". The Welland Canals and Waters Project records my amateur investigation into the current (Fourth) and historical (Second and Third) Welland Canals, and the n...
2024-04-10 Peter Rowe - The Batshit Antics of the Early Explorers
มุมมอง 338 หลายเดือนก่อน
Peter Rowe presented his new book: Out There: The Batshit Antics of the World’s Great Explorers. A panel of Shellbacks joined Peter to discuss his new book. What followed was a lively discussion, with many pictures and comments from renowned author and film-maker, Peter Rowe.
2024-04-17 Dianne Leggatt - Shellback Club 90th Anniversary History Review
มุมมอง 88 หลายเดือนก่อน
Shellback Club Skipper Dianne Leggatt presented a comprehensive slideshow of the Shellback Club history over the past 90 years, reviewing skippers, locations, speakers, participants, and excursions.
2024-04-03 Dianne Leggatt - Flotilla to Newfoundland
มุมมอง 678 หลายเดือนก่อน
Dianne Leggatt, and Noel and Sally Lien looked back at the 97 Flotilla from Toronto to Bonavista. On May 10th, 1997, 75 boats left under great fanfare from Ontario Place in Toronto to sail to Bonavista, NL to meet the Matthew, a replica ship of that sailed by John Cabot in 1497. The ship was welcomed to Bonavista by the crews of the 75 boats and the Queen on June 24th , 1997.
202-02-28 Wayne Parker - MCC Race to Kingston
มุมมอง 1910 หลายเดือนก่อน
202-02-28 Wayne Parker - MCC Race to Kingston
2024-02-07 Ross Noel - Stonehookers of Port Credit
มุมมอง 2511 หลายเดือนก่อน
2024-02-07 Ross Noel - Stonehookers of Port Credit
2024-01-31 Sally & Noel Lien - Iceland to Canada
มุมมอง 2411 หลายเดือนก่อน
2024-01-31 Sally & Noel Lien - Iceland to Canada
2024-01-25 Lawrence Rennie and Phil Dawson - Behind the Scenes on Cruise Ships P&O and Princess
มุมมอง 31ปีที่แล้ว
2024-01-25 Lawrence Rennie and Phil Dawson - Behind the Scenes on Cruise Ships P&O and Princess
2024-01-17 Ron Jenkins - A Tour on the Rideau Canal
มุมมอง 49ปีที่แล้ว
2024-01-17 Ron Jenkins - A Tour on the Rideau Canal
How to Register and Access Shellbacks Toronto ZOOM Sessions V01
มุมมอง 50ปีที่แล้ว
How to Register and Access Shellbacks Toronto ZOOM Sessions V01
2023-12-12 Waterfront for All Round Table & AGM
มุมมอง 12ปีที่แล้ว
2023-12-12 Waterfront for All Round Table & AGM
2023-12-06 Ray Peacock - Prisoner of War Models of the Bismarck
มุมมอง 28ปีที่แล้ว
2023-12-06 Ray Peacock - Prisoner of War Models of the Bismarck
2023-11-29 Brian Monrad & Cathie Macdonald - Electric Nonsuch on the Trent Canal
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2023-11-29 Brian Monrad & Cathie Macdonald - Electric Nonsuch on the Trent Canal
2023-11-22 Michael Cane - My Odyssey from the Log of The Lady Asta
มุมมอง 12ปีที่แล้ว
2023-11-22 Michael Cane - My Odyssey from the Log of The Lady Asta
2023-11-15 Melodie Schaffer - Globe 40 Round the World Race
มุมมอง 164ปีที่แล้ว
2023-11-15 Melodie Schaffer - Globe 40 Round the World Race
2023-10-25 Lawrence Rennie and Phil Dawson - Behind the Scenes on Cruise Ships - Slide show and Q&A
มุมมอง 38ปีที่แล้ว
2023-10-25 Lawrence Rennie and Phil Dawson - Behind the Scenes on Cruise Ships - Slide show and Q&A
2023-10-25 Lawrence Rennie & Phil Dawson - Behind the Scenes on Cruise Ships - P&O and Princess
มุมมอง 31ปีที่แล้ว
2023-10-25 Lawrence Rennie & Phil Dawson - Behind the Scenes on Cruise Ships - P&O and Princess
2023-03-29 Sally & Noel Lien - Chatham to New Ross via Stornoway
มุมมอง 40ปีที่แล้ว
2023-03-29 Sally & Noel Lien - Chatham to New Ross via Stornoway
2023-03-22 John Rakos - Sailing Life in Australia
มุมมอง 11ปีที่แล้ว
2023-03-22 John Rakos - Sailing Life in Australia