He was always there in times of need and support. He had many who knew his strength, solidarity, love, affection, and kindness. His friends, he had many, you know who you are. His wishes, hopes and dreams left unfinished. At this time, to carry on is almost inconceivable. A void within my heart, so unexpected, and the necessary closure unfulfilled. To end Michael’s life here on earth is so very tragic and emotionally terminal for us all. It is with great difficulty that I write these words. Was planning to be there this weekend but a family emergency has prevented that. He went on to win a championship in NS after only about 4 or 5 years of sailing. ![]() He went in, and before we could get out to him, he was out, came ashore a mile away, and on the side walk of our city park he changed into dry clothes, and at the end o f the day he was the last man off the ice. My thoughts were, Do I roll out on the ice or save my boat!. In Mike's words " I was looking at my sail shape, and looked in front of me and 50 ft ahead there was no ice. ![]() Well turns out that was close to the channel and an oil ship had come in and that ice was gone. Saturday we returned to the harbour to race and Mike was first rigged boat and off he went to yesterday's race site. A couple of years later he was back on PEI, in our Charlottetown Hbr and we had a warm up day of casual racing on Friday. Several years ago he came to PEI and my daughter referred to him as the "noodle man" because he had a very soft mast for a man of his "mass". I met Mike thru iceboating, and from that moment I knew he was a guy that had a great desire to succeed in the sport.
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