[Alberg30] Gord Proctor

[Gordon LACO]

on 12/5/02 3:43 PM, Marianne King-Wilson at addvalue at zeuter.com wrote:

> I have just learned through another list of the passing of Gord
> Proctor,  known as "Mr Alberg" in Toronto.  He attributed a significant
> part of his success in racing to usually being the first to reduce sail
> in a rising wind.
> Gord was well into his 80s--he cut a dashing figure with his plaid hat
> and white hair and beard.
> He died at a Shellbacks luncheon, a meeting of enthusiastic sailors held
> every week through the winter aboard a ship moored in Toronto Harbour.
> I was privileged to meet him a few years ago at Shellbacks, and we
> enjoyed several lunch-time conversations together. He was loved and
> respected in that company.
> Despite the attendance of 9 emergency personnel in response to the 911
> call, he could not be saved.  I am told he died 'without pain among
> friends'.
> 
> Marianne King-Wilson
> #369
> Windward
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Hello all,

I am very sad to hear of Gordon Proctor's passing.  I raced against him in
the old days - and am a Shellback myself.

Gord Laco
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