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They can be found in almost any yacht harbor-the boats that always look as if they are ready to leave. Out among the perky day-sailors, the fuel-hungry motor yachts, the tall and graceful "gold-platers" of the racing fleet, they bob impatiently at their moorings. They want to be gone...
Several times a year the two men go on fishing trips aboard Abplanalp's 55-ft. yacht, often taking along their mutual friend, Bebe Rebozo. Sometimes their families join in. Abplanalp met his wife Josephine when she worked for one of his suppliers of plastics. They have two teen-age children, John and Marie. Describing his family, Abplanalp says: "I found a beautiful broad who's a great mother-and I've got two kids...
...relaxed, informal yacht trips, says Abplanalp, the men rarely talk politics, but the cruises offer Nixon a chance to swap fishing and sports stories with his friends. Since Nixon took office, Abplanalp's two-story, eight-bed room house on Grand Cay has been refurbished and enlarged. The President uses the master suite while there and often works during the early morning hours in the attached private study. Besides fishing, Nixon rides around the 125-acre island on a golf cart, and swims in the shark-filled waters-always, of course, under close watch by Secret Service agents...
...Nixon statement was hammered together, in an atmosphere of increasing urgency, over a week's time. The first strategy discussions were held on the presidential yacht Sequoia as Nixon, his new Chief of Staff General Alexander Haig Jr. and Press Secretary Ronald
This year the Middle Atlantic Division for Women's Intercollegiate Sailing is hosting the nationals. The meet will have entries from all the regional conferences across the U.S. Last year the Harvard Yacht Club hosted the coast-to-coast competition...