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...winds were again around 20 knots for the second race. Just before the start, as Australia II jibed to block Liberty, a 24.6-knot gust smacked the challenger, snapping a pin that holds the mainsail to the halyard and dropping the sail 18 in. Despite this handicap, Bertrand beat the U.S. yacht on the first upwind leg by 50 sec., a remarkable margin that displayed his boat's inherent speed. Unable to match his opponent in tacking duels, Bertrand decided to go off in search of a breeze. Left alone, it was Conner who found the wind...
...stiff breeze, the skipper stays tucked inside the cockpit in roughly the position of someone sitting on a chaise longue. He steers the boat with a foot bar. In addition, the mini-12s boast more sails and ways to adjust them than most small boats. Besides carrying a mainsail and a Genoa jib, a mini-12 can hoist a spinnaker, those colorful parachute-like sails flown when a ship sails downwind...
...greatest living hero of the sea, 70-year-old Sir Francis Chichester sailed slowly back toward England under foresails and mizzen, his mainsail furled -out of the 54-ship transatlantic race that began June 17. So weak from a blood disease that he had been virtually carried on board the 57-ft. Gipsy Moth V, Sir Francis was out of radio contact for several days. An R.A.F. search plane, which finally spotted him off the Spanish coast some 600 miles south of England, queried by blinker light if he needed help, and the old sailor flashed back: "I have been...
...midway through the opening, windward leg, a 12-ft. Beetle Cat boat piloted by two youths capsized directly in the path of the onrushing Intrepid. Mosbacher had to veer off sharply; in the process, Intrepid caught a blast of air from a Coast Guard rescue helicopter that wrapped her mainsail around the backstay, cost her more than 30 sec. of racing time. She still beat Dame Pattie to the first mark...
...that he has achieved a "major breakthrough" in hull design. Built at a cost of $500,000, the Dame has a radical rudder (broad at the top, tapering sharply at the foot) and a 92-ft. aluminum mast that is built in sections for extra flexibility-to keep the mainsail flatter while beating to windward. She also has Jock Sturrock at the helm. In unofficial competition with Gretel, Dame Pattie has been spectacular. Last week Skipper Sturrock spotted Gretel a full minute, was ahead by 6 min. 45 sec. after 15 miles...