Word: upwind
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...device is effective only when operated into the wind. Carried by the leading man in a patrol, for example, the E63 will pick up the odor of patrol members themselves if the wind is at their backs. But it is sensitive enough to pick out an upwind enemy sniper lying in ambush at distances greater than the range of most rifles. "There's no question about it now," says Lieut. Colonel Alvin Hylton, chemical officer of the 1st Infantry Division. "It works...
...this time Eagle made it exciting. As usual, Cox won the start for Eagle, defended masterfully through a series of furious tacking duels, and led Bavier's Constellation around all five marks of the 24.3-mile Olympic course. Turning the final buoy for the 4½-mile upwind beat to the finish, Cox had a 22-sec. lead. Then Bavier set a new jib on Constellation and launched an exhausting short-tacking drive; 17 times in 15 minutes he put about, gaining a precious second or two on each tack. At last, on the 17th try, Bavier cleared Constellation...
...course was a windward-leeward twice-around variety, and two spinnaker sets were necessary in each race. At no time did the Crimson reach the upwind mark in better than third place, but Ford took the downwind stretches at speeds up to 13 knots, assuring a high finish in each race...
...puff of wind hit the boat as Ford was attempting to jibe around the first leeward marker in the fourth race, and the sail ended up wrapped around the spreaders. As Ford lost precious moments clearing the Crimson sails, the Coast Guard and BU rounded the mark and started upwind with about a 50 yard lead...