Word: berge
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...make it this time," Berg said before departing, "I'm going to try again and again and again until...
Harvard junior Andy Berg left Cambridge last week for Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, to rejoin the battle. The ad board gave him permission to take his only final exam in absentia, so Berg won't be returning to Harvard until next September, hopefully with an Olympic medal in the Tempest class gained by crewing for Andy Schoettle...
...real battle takes place June 12 on Lake Ontario at the U.S. Sailing Center, when some 36 Tempests race for the right to be the one boat to represent the United States in the Tempest class, one of six separate classes at the 1976 Olympics at Kingston, Ontario. Berg and Schoettle, Derek Bok's brother-in-law, want to be in that boat...
...this is only the end of an 18-month campaign, during which Schoettle and Berg have sailed together in preparation just to make the Olympic team. But while Berg has plenty of Olympic chances to look forward to, this will be the last chance for Schoettle...
...finale, he chose Berg as his crew. Berg has the size required to sail the Tempest, which has a relatively ineffective keel and a large sail area of 247.6 square feet, making the job of keeping the boat flat in heavy air suited to a big crew. Berg is 6 ft., 3 in. and weighs 230 pounds. "And I could go up another 15 pounds for the trials," he adds...