Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Before the series, the competitors will have to dig out their 12-foot Inter-Club dinghies, which the recent blizzard allegedly buried under more than a foot of snow. It will be a test of sorts at least for the boats--a class that the yacht club has been considering...
The most notable members of the Marblehead outfit will not take to the water: U.S. 5.5 meter Olympic champion George O'Day and sailmaker Ted Hood. The Crimson's chief threat will probably be low visibility and freezing spray.
The series itself will consist of five races. The winner must take three; to the loser will go a hot fire.
And, like the mailmen, the Crimson skippers reportedly will sail despite most of the forces of chaos. "The only thing that will stop us is wind over 35 knots," said Carter Ford.
MUSEUM OF FINE ART "Americans and other Foreigners Japanese Prints." Commemorate 100th anniversary of first Japanese American Treaty. Views on late treaty should be particularly amusing Through Dec. 31.