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Aviation. and. sailing are’ closely fully- -equipped and ‘provisioned: voy-
“Jinked- in North ..Saanich.. This is| age for a matter of days. or weeks,
‘evidenced | by’ the fact: that. of three) the two smaller vessels are offered
“men”: associated “with.” “Joeal - yacht |. on: a..daily.basis for. use around the
: rentals; “Awo, are former .airmen.”: ":|:coast of the: Peninsula. |
‘Offering. a large, sea-going vessel | “Capt. ‘Noble is no newcomer to the
with every facility. is Capt. J.T. coast, although he has been engaged
Noble, who: makes this home aboard| in charter work in the British West
: He is a! indies. for a number of. years. .A
_ former T.C.A. pilot who has operated! native of Victoria, he looked to the
his. own - line .’and looks -back -on:a sea in his early youth and promptly

“stint with the air force when he was | followed: his yen to: the Conway in|

-concerned with : raining : personnel Britain, training: school for many a
“during. the war. =o “| merchant navy officer...

In ‘partnership - for ‘the ‘rental of.a |For. two’ years ‘he, ‘served _ in the
smaller. yacht are: Gray Campbell, Conway, graduating’ at..the. peak of
‘former: “RCMP. ‘officer. and 1a -vet-/ the: depression, when the ‘opportuni-
Ss eran’ of the: RCAF: and Jack. -Rey- ties .of » putting: ‘to use his newly-
“ell, “whose - -wartime experience. was

“fest: possible ‘ebb.
‘While * ‘the ‘Lady. ‘Royal offers a

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‘gained knowledge | were cat. their. Jow- |:

Returning to his native ‘Canada, he

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“was: “John ‘Reynell.

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“tamed his attention’ tu. flying © and |
became one of the earliest: pilots to
serve with T.C.A: He flew with ‘the

The Battle of Britain convinced him
that he should be flying with the air
“force’and he enlisted.” -Alas, ‘for his
hopes!
experience of” instrument. flying be-
yond: that’ of the normal airman, .he
was put to work at a flying training
school and remained. in Canada-as an
instructor until the end of the war.

Followmg tne war he operated his
own small airline’ based “at Tofino.
Operating , as’ Western ‘Air, Trading
Service, he flew in an out.of the up-
island’ airport hauling passengers,
fish and any other cargo available.

The new: line’ was successful : and
the future looked rosy. until 1948 when
‘the: proprietor was victim of a- freak
circumstance. Flying an emergency
trip for ‘a polio patient, within two
weeks he contracted the dread’ dis-|.
ease himself-and was grounded: For
a time his: future was extremely pre-
carious and doctors despaired ‘of his
walking® again. ‘Despite’ their fears
he recovered to the point ‘where a
slight limpt.is his only ‘evident legacy
“from ‘the crippling disease.

.In 1956 he left for the British West|

_air: line until the Second World: War. |:

‘indies where: he. took. over -his: fath-
er’s vessel, the Lady Rose, and oper-
ated -it.on charter. °” v1 .

The’. ship © was already “wortd-re
nowned for ‘its: link with: the ‘mystic!

-who..made - British., “Columbia ~° his:|

“headquarters, Brother | Twelve. Built
A “trained airline pilot: with):

after the First ‘World: ‘War for three
ex-Royal..Navy officers as’ a North
Sea trawler, the yacht had been ac-
quired -by~ the. notorious Brother’
Twelve. and sailed’: west with: the
pseudo- religious’. charlatan - and - his
mistress of the. ‘time.

With the. downfall:
Twelve, the vessel had been acquired |.
“by. Capt; Noble’s father, in 1941.

After operating. the vessel on char-
ter’ in the Caribbean, Capt. -Noble
“returned to Victoria upon his father’s
death. | “Since that -time | he has-been
engaged jn:the: paper, industry until
‘entering the -field of =charter again

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of | Brother ,

from’ his headquar' ters at Shoal Har- |

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“The Lady. Royal. is. a’ ‘sea-going
yesbel which has’ sailed both: the
‘Atlantic. ard the’. Pacific.: ‘She is 70
feet’ in length with-a-beam of 15 -ft.,
six inches. ‘Powered by. a 165. h.p. |-
‘marine diesel engine, she offers lux:

urious accommodation for six people |.

and the crew. ~

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‘It: was ‘his last:
experience’.with ‘the= air: ‘force: unti
military, service, had” faded ‘into the

dim past, Today he. has joine ‘forces’ |

with: a veteran’ of the RCAF, Gray.

. |.Campbell,: to offer ‘a yacht, for hire:

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Both. yachtsmen in the. ‘yental

business. havea colorful career;

While Mr, Reynell Sails from. the

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Two. skippers are seen ‘squinting ° ‘into ‘the sun. as.
they watch the water’ beyond the shoreline.. ’ They:
are John - Reynell, on’ the: left and Gray Campbell.

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ging teams: .up- well ..with..the man’

_two ‘men live. The former mariner
_| with his instinct for suitable winds
and his ‘critical examination of ‘rig-

whose navigation was hitherto con-

| ‘fined to-the air.”

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- their ‘yachts. for.

When in the Orient: he had oc-. |
casion. to .fly regularly from base
to base. During.that time he became
a familiar figure*to the airline per-
sonnel: The . hostess who .served
aboard the plane on: which he: flew.

frequently - at that, time is now. his
wife.)

-Gray. Carapbell, ‘whose writings
‘have appeared on‘ many. occasions in
The Review .. and: who still ..spends

Wednesday, July. 5,, 1961.

Two Skippers Watch Water

“The: two yachtsmen | have set up a_rental service, with.

the benefit: of tourists and visitors

: to Saanich Peninsula,

(-in the attractive home he “purchased:
from Donald: Sparling. ;
We’ re not.out to make a fortune,”
| he explained, “but we can. offer a

verypleasant day’ $- “sailing: to: ‘the
people ‘who have no chance: normally:
“of spending: a. day: under sail

‘much of his‘time at -his typewriter, |.

home: With ‘his: wife, and: four chil-

‘dren he’ reside ‘on’ Madrona Drive

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