Clutch and Release is the eighth episode of The Amazing Race Canada 1.
Story[]
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Route Markers[]
The order of departure from Frobisher Inn as follows:
- Jody & Cory (11:39 am)
- Tim Sr. & Tim Jr. (11:53 am)
- Jet & Dave (11:55 am)
- Vanessa & Celina (11:57 am)
Teams must fly to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Upon arrival Halifax Stanfield International Airport, teams must find a marked Chevrolet Sonic to grab their next clue.
Teams must have to find a USB drive inside to contain a message that teams had to play on the car's MyLink video system, that would lead them to Pier 21. When Pier 21 opened the following morning, they must have to enter the Immigration Centre and received a passport, where they had to find seven different stamp kiosks and ink them onto the passport in order to receive their next clue.
Teams must make their way to St. James' Anglican Church at Mahone Bay for their next clue.
"Who wants to find their long-lost twin?"
The assigned team member must have to search for the scarecrow pictured on a BlackBerry Z10. Once they found the scarecrow, they had to bring it to a gazebo, where they had to build a copy of it using the provided items. When they were ready for inspection, they had to take a photograph of the scarecrow and hand it to a scarecrow expert. If the expert was satisfied, he gave teams their next clue.
The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:
Teams must make their way to the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic in Lunenburg for their next clue.
Choice A: Surf
Teams must make their way to Lunenburg Harbour, where they had to board a lobster fishing boat and pull six lobster traps from the sea. They then had to band the claws of each lobster and then deliver them to Chef Nick Sanders at the Grand Banker Seafood Bar & Grill in order to receive their next clue.
Jet & Dave and Jody & Cory teams chose this task.
Choice B: Turf
Teams must make their way to make their way to Boscawen Inn, where they were presented with samples of 12 different kinds of sausages and had to memorize their German names. They then had to run to Zwicker Wharf and identify the 12 sausages from an unlabeled set of samples in order to receive their next clue.
Tim Sr. & Tim Jr. and Vanessa & Celina chose this task.Teams must make their way to St. John's Anglican Church and had to find a Canadian dime for their next clue.
At St. John's Anglican Church, teams would have the option to U-Turn a team, with two slots available. None of the teams opted to use the U-Turn.
Teams received their clue to figure out from the dime – featuring the Bluenose sailing ship on its reverse – to make their way to its successor, the Bluenose II to check in.
For coming in first place, Jody & Cory won two round trip plane tickets to anywhere in South America, provided by Air Canada.
Leaderboard[]
First Place • Eliminated • Last placer on a Non-Elimination Leg or continue racing on a No-Rest Leg • Season winner • Season 2nd place • Season 3rd place • ϵ Used the Express Pass• ⊂ User of the first Double U-Turn slot • ⊃ Recipient of the first Double U-Turn slot • ⋐ User of the second Double U-Turn slot • ⋑ Recipient of the second Double U-Turn slot
Jody & Cory
Brothers |
Tim & Tim
Father & Son |
Jet & Dave
Best Friends |
Vanessa & Celina
Sisters |
Trivia[]
- This episode's title was said by Vanessa Morgan to Celina Mziray, who had great difficulty driving stick.
- A Double U-Turn was aired on this episode despite no team choosing to use it.
References[]
The Amazing Race Canada 1 Episodes |
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"Where in the World Is Ogopogo?" · "Se Hou Leng" · "Hoodoos & Hoodonts" · "Grab a 'Nug" · "Death by Lentils" · "Check the Cannons!" · "We Don't Have Time for the Bathroom" · "Clutch and Release" · "Ah-mazing" · "The Family Race Off" |