Word: boated
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Eliot Crew bucked stiff head winds along the 3/4 mile course to win in 4:23. It took an early lead on the Davenport boat and led all the way despite a last minute rally by Yale...
Investors in equine enterprise often use the term boat race to suggest certainly of outcome. In Star Class boat racing, however, the issue is always in doubt until the finish line, and that's why Hilary H. Smart '47 of Dunster House may be representing the U. S. in Olympic sailing this summer...
...several days prior to July 2, top notch Star Class sailing boats from 140 fleets all over the country will converge on Sheepshead Bay, New York, and one of these will be the brand new "Hilarius" spippered by Smart. After four days of heats and finals one boat will emerge as the Olympic entrant...
Smart is the first to admit that there will be cagier seamen than he in the competition even though he's been handling the tiller according to one Nantucket legend since the tender age of six. But "there's only so much skill in handling a boat, and from there Lady Luck takes over," he says...
...Hilarius is a trim 23 foot job, and according to Smart, is one of the fastest hulls in the country, costing a cool $2, 250. His father is no stranger to top flight racing, having brought his boat "Melody" in fourth in the 1942 World Championship Star meeting. He also holds the Bacardi Cup for a victory in Havana...