Word: helmsmanship
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...real disappointment was Ted Hood's Nefertiti. Glamour boat of the 1962 trials, the beamy Marblehead yacht got all the way to the finals before losing out to Weatherly, and many experts felt that Nefertiti was the better boat, credited Weatherly's victory mostly to the remarkable helmsmanship of Skipper Bus Mosbacher...
...Hood's record was roughly equivalent to a rookie batting .425 in the majors. What made the feat even more outstanding was the fact that Robin was the first boat he had ever designed. Hood was known for canny helmsmanship, learned in a lifetime of small-boat racing ("I've always sailed. I guess") that made him North American sailing champion in 1956. More important, he was famed for setting up a sailmaking business at the age of 22. He developed and wove his own brand of tough fabric from Dacron, which proved so successful that last year...
...Good helmsmanship by Captain David Noyes and his fellow skipper Roger Putnam gave the Crimson second honors with 69 points in the first division of the Regatta which was raced in two parts. The first division was topped by the crew of Emil Mosbacher and Warner Willcox of Dartmouth, who garnered 78 points...