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Roger LaLonde Staff Members of the Ladies Sailing Class fly on the water during an on-water exercise.

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Roger LaLonde Staff Members of the Ladies Sailing Class fly on the water during an on-water exercise.

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  • Roger LaLonde Staff Members of the Ladies Sailing Class fly on the water during an on-water exercise.
  • M. A. Kline Eagle i Contributor Instructor Lois Dixon, demonstrates to students on shore how to get a boat upright in a capsized boat drill which was part of the Ladies Sailing Class in conjunction with the City Parks & Rec and the Marco Island Yacht Club.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff Members of the Ladies Sailing Course, in conjunction with the City Parks & Rec and the Marco Island Yacht Club, just before they take sail. From left, Terry Naylon, volunteer, Ileana Bogaert, Meredith Downton, Kathy Lopas, Juliette Nixon, Lois Dixon, instructor and M.A. Kline, student and commodore for the Yacht Club.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff Instructor Lois Dixon looks over a question on sailing with Meredith Downton, a student in the Ladies Sailing Class.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff M.A. Kline, commodore of the Marco Island Yacht Club, finds a challenge in sailing a smaller boat in the Ladies Sailing Course, in conjunction with the Yacht Club and the City Parks & Rec.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff A marker is about to be dropped in the water for a target for women in the Ladies Sailing Course to sail around in their on-water education.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff Members of the Ladies Sailing Class race back to shore at the end of a sail-training session. From left, Kathy Lopas, Ileana Bogaert and Merdith Downton. Bogaert caught one more puff than the other two to land first.
  • Juliette Noens works on her sailing knowledge during a quiz in the Marco Ladies Sailing Class.
  • Kathy Lopas, left and Meredith Downton, celebrate after completing Ladies Sailing Class.

There was dead silence, unless a small groan was heard, as five women poured over a U.S. Sailing certification test at the Marco Island Yacht Club. The women were part of the Ladies Sailing Class, in conjunction with the Yacht Club and the City Parks & Rec Department.

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