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...winner Constellation. In a pinch, Constellation might get a second call. Though she is now owned by The Netherlands' Pierre Goemans, she has been leased as a "trial horse" by the Intrepid syndicate, and can thus fly the U.S. flag. The Aussies may have the jump on U.S. yachtsmen, but it is still a long reach from here to September...
...years, the Harvard sailors have borrowed the facilities of the M.I.T. Nautical Association. Until 1962, they also used the M.I.T. boats. Since then, the yachtsmen have bought 15 Interclub and six Finn Olympic Monotype dinghies...
Senior Ben Emory skippered a crew of seven Harvard yachtsmen to a fifth place finish in the two-day McMillan Cup Regatta at Annapolis, Md., over the weekend. The Naval Academy invited ten colleges, including six from the Ivy League, to race its fleet of 44-foot yawls in the Regatta's 38th running...
...between wind and water -a day in 1961 when everything went right, a day in 1956 when everything went wrong, a long warm summer's sail among the shining isles of Greece. Much of his time is spent making crusty pronouncements from the poop ("A marina is the yachtsmen's slum"), and there is nothing here for people who think port is something that comes in a bottle. But anybody who can tell a top carling from a garboard strake will want a copy of Spring Tides in his dunnage the next time he does a windward dozen...
...communications, many never even leave the dock, preferring to remain permanently plugged in. Many just like to go down to their boats on a hot summer night, and sit on the stern deck for a quiet, cool drink and a chat with friends. Yacht clubs, which usually let visiting yachtsmen plug in free of charge, are not much happier. Said Ted Tolson, vice commodore of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club: "They hook up on our docks and blow all the fuses in the circuit. Then they holler like hell because the power...