Word: bavier
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...years ago with Southern Cross, Australian Real Estate Developer Alan Bond and his team have apparently not yet caught up with the Americans in the complex art of designing, outfitting and sailing the 12-meter thoroughbreds that now vie for the America's Cup. Former U.S. Cupper Bob Bavier, who skippered Constellation to victory in 1964, was so confident that he was predicting a victory for the Americans in four straight...
Still, even optimists like Bavier, a member of the U.S. selection committee that picked Turner's dark horse Courageous over Ted Hood's Independence and Lowell North's Enterprise, conceded that the pirate from Peachtree Street might find himself in the first close America's Cup race in years. Since 1958, when the smaller twelves* replaced the giant J-boats of the '30s, no foreign challenger has won more than one race. But Australia is a virtual twin of Courageous-co-designed by Dutch-born Johan Valentijn who apprenticed under famed US 12-Meter Designer...