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Died. Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, 86, Japan's Ambassador to the U.S. on Dec. 7, 1941, who called on Secretary of State Cordell Hull one hour after Japanese bombs had fallen on Pearl Harbor to deliver a note breaking off peace talks because of "U.S. bad faith"; of a stroke; in Tokyo. At least to Westerners, Nomura will be best remembered for the tongue-lashing administered by Hull: "In my 50 years of public service I have never seen a document more crowded with infamous falsehoods and distortions, on a scale so huge that 1 never imagined until today that...
...There, the 9,800-ton U.S. aircraft-transport ship Card was sinking fast -it touched bottom in just 24 minutes-into the silt of the Saigon River, a 28-ft. by 3-ft. hole ripped in her starboard side. Apparently Viet Cong agents had placed plastic charges on the hull 10 ft. below the water line...
...annual Miami-to-Nassau powerboat race, billed as "the most rugged ocean race in the world," the forecast was for 15-to 22-knot winds and steep seas with 2-ft. to 6-ft. crests. "Good," said Bertram. "In rough weather, everything comes into play-hull design, engines, even the crew. The question is whether the crew can take the pounding...
Deep & Level. The Miami-to-Nassau race is practically a Bertram monopoly. Bertram won it with Moppie in 1960, the first year he ever entered, and his boats have won it each year since. Key to his success is the unique hull design of his boats, brainchild of famed Boston Naval Architect Ray Hunt. Most powerboats are sharply V'd at the bow, but the hull flattens out to provide a smooth "planing" surface near the stern. In the Bertrams, the "deep V" runs all the way aft to the transom, and the smooth sides of their hulls...
...Bertrams were having their own woes. Harold Abbott's Rum Runner developed a 4-ft.-long crack in the cabin; the radio was smashed, and a reinforcing stringer had broken loose from the hull. In Lucky Moppie, every time Bertram tried to switch to his main fuel tank, his engines quit. Then, maneuvering at the check-in station on Cat Cay, Lucky Moppie slammed into another boat, knocking it into a sea wall and out of contention. Miraculously, Lucky Moppie kept going...