Word: bertrand
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...Island Sound. The longest winning streak in sport history--132 years--was ended, and with Australia II's secret keel, the victors from down under had audaciously out-teched the Yanks. But what really steamed some of the bluer-blooded Newport yachting crowd was when the winning skipper, John Bertrand, taunted during the races that the next Cup competition would be sailed out of the mostly working-class port of Fremantle in the sun- drenched Indian Ocean. "It's absolutely glorious," he told anybody who cared to listen. "It is probably the most perfect 12-meter sailing ground...
Having traveled halfway around the globe to race on Bertrand's home turf, the better part of the world sailing establishment is now prepared to dispute his claim. For seven days ending last week, 14 brightly colored 12-meter yachts, representing eleven America's Cup syndicates from six countries, plowed the boisterous waters off Western Australia in a pre-Cup sparring match called the 12-Meter World Championship. When the last sails were furled, the visitors had taken a belting, both from the sea and from the home team. A 20- knot wind, known locally as the Fremantle Doctor, frequently...
...Charles' valet of twelve years, left to write what was billed as a tell-all book about his years with the prince. The book, Royal Service, disproved the adage that no man is a hero to his valet by depicting Charles as a cross between Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Bertrand Russell...
...John Bertrand...
...Sept. 26, 1983, the 12-meter yacht Australia II crossed the finish line off Newport, R.I., capturing the America's Cup and ending 132 years of U.S. sailing supremacy. Americans were astonished when John Bertrand, an unknown naval engineer, steered his boat to victory. But those familiar with the Melbourne skipper were not surprised: Bertrand's great-grandfather had helped build Sir Thomas Lipton's towering boats for early 20th century America's Cup competitions. As Bertrand admits in Born to Win, he relied as much on gamesmanship as yachtsmanship. He called the boat's new forward-slanted keel...