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...remains a keen salt water sailor, piloting his fifty-foot German-built yawl "Blue Water" through the coves of Long Island Sound "as often as possible." As a weekend skipper, White has won several races, although he lost his mainsail the only time he entered the famed Bermuda regatta...
...Athens, a London penthouse at Claridge's once occupied by Sir Winston Churchill, a four-story, $575,000 Cap d'Antibes chateau that has sheltered such royal refugees as the Duke of Windsor and Belgium's ex-King Leopold. Recently, he bought "Blue Horizons," one of Bermuda's most elegant abodes...
Comfortably sipping a victory martini out of one of his galley's plastic cups, Skipper Geib sounded off with pride, "This is a helluva boat," and flung a challenge to the current hot boat on the saltwater circuit. Bermuda Racewinner Finisterre. Said he: "What with Finisterre and Figaro, a lot of people are saying that the day of the keel boat is over-that the centerboarders are the new thing. I'd like to see Finisterre come out here and race on the Great Lakes. I think we could give her a run for her money. Sure, bring...
...rhumb-line distance to Bermuda is 635 miles, but since no sailing boat can sail the rhumb line exactly, the handicapping distance was 675. Finisterre took a starboard tack off Newport with a 163° compass course. In late evening the wind shifted to the southwest, and Mitchell's crew changed from a spinnaker to a balloon jib. As the small (38 ft. 8 in. overall) yawl left coastal waters, the crew took hourly water-temperature readings, knew they had entered the warm-water Gulf Stream when the thermometer rose to 78°. Navigation was difficult during the whole...
...Then we had almost complete calm, a momentary clearing of the sky-and then torrential rain. Without warning, the wind bounced us like a ball and the compass went to 180° and finally 220°. We gradually pulled up until we were actually sailing away from Bermuda." All around Finisterre, the same thing was happening to other competitors, and canvas was popping on most boats. Finisterre's No. 2 Genoa blew out, but the crew replaced it and bore down while bigger yachts were reefing cautiously. Said Mitchell proudly: "After the big squall, we stayed on the port...