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...sail on a beamy (11 ft.) Fiberglas hull, Chris-Craft's "sail yacht" is powered by a hefty 60-h.p. engine that gives it a cruising speed of six or seven knots. In cabins finished in maple paneling, it sleeps six comfortably (two in a bridal suite aft of the cockpit) and sports two heads, one with a shower. Price: $24,495. This comfortable concession to the growing popularity of sail is echoed in a 31-ft. economy model by the Sumner Boat Co., which provides a cutter rig and a 108-h.p. Ford diesel motor...
...romance was consummated only aft er the boss male's attention strayed, and then the boss female kept the other females from mating with either male...
Sharing the Plunger. The most conspicuous greeter, as Kennedy arrived at California's Castle Air Force Base, was Democratic Governor Pat Brown, who needs all the help he can get from all the Kennedys he can lure West in his re-election fight against Richard Nixon. Aft er an overnight stay in Yosemite National Park, the President ignited explosives to break ground for a dam and reservoir in the $500 million San Luis water project in the San Joaquin Valley - a vital link in Brown's plan to meet the multiplying water needs of Southern California...
Following films of the '58 race, maker Ted Hood, who designed and now skippers the Boston yacht, described innovations in design Nefertiti. The boat, he said, is what shorter and wider than there twelves, with her mast stepped somewhat aft to allow for the use of a larger Genoa...
...renowned Marblehead sailmaker. Built in secrecy at a cost of $300,000, she is what her builders call a "beamy cutter," shaped like a wine glass and 1½ ft. wider than normal for 12-meter yachts. Like Gretel she has a divided cockpit, but the helmsman stands far aft, instead of forward, to be out of the work area. For extra speed she has a long, flat run, a stubby, reverse transom, and at 57,500 lbs., she is fully...