Mr. McWilliams, a neighbour I have mentioned already, was initially inclined to think that Mr. Park had built a boat in the garage at Bluestones in the early to mid 1970's rather than the late 1970's. However, he was cross-examined about that and said he could not remember whether the boat building had happened before Carol's disappearance for the last time. He said he did remember that boat being transported on a trailer and being sailed at Coniston and at Rowe Island.
Mrs. Farmer, the college friend of Carol's, also told us a little bit of what she remembered about boats. She said she last saw Carol Park in 1973 or 1974, no doubt before her longish separation from the defendant. She said she had been to Bluestones about four or five times after leaving college and before she last saw Carol. She recalled Mr. Park's sailing hobby and said that she saw a dinghy on Bluestones on a trailer, but she could not remember whether she saw the boat once or more than once.
Kay Gardener, the Price's daughter, told us a little bit about this. She had sailed with her cousins. She said that she had been into the garage at Bluestones. When she was asked what was in the garage, all she could remember was a big chest freezer. She made no mention of a boat being there. As far as the sailing was concerned, she only remembered one boat. She remembered sailing to an island and having picnics. She also remembered going down what appeared to be a narrow river at the end of the lake. Mr. Edis put it to Kay that this was consistent with islands on Windermere and the river effect at the South end of the lake at Newby Bridge, and Mrs. Gardener said well, she knew Newby Bridge, but was unable to say whether or not it was there that they had sailed.