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Unfortunately, the friendly, laid-back nature of Cape Girardeau, Mo. belied the intense competition that awaited the Crimson...
...passed me by, but I'm not convinced that America is so deeply influenced by the hip-hop culture that it can accurately be referred to as a hip-hop nation. For decades this country has been and will, I hope, always remain a bunny-hop nation. STEVE MOSLEY Cape Girardeau...
...high adventure, last week's daring rescue on the desolate seas between New Zealand and Cape Horn cribbed a page from Melville. But coming just two months after 80-knot winds mauled a regatta sailing from Sydney to Tasmania and left six dead, Autissier's narrow escape rekindled concerns about the safety of open-seas racing. The Around Alone follows a 27,000-mile, four-stop route that begins and ends in Charleston, S.C. (see map). Two of the 87 competitors in its five quadrennial races have been lost at sea, and only 42 have completed the treacherous eight-month...
Though she held a remarkable five-day lead after the first leg of the Around Alone in 1994, Autissier was lucky just to survive that race. Not long after setting out from Cape Town, she lost a mast to heavy seas and limped to the remote Kerguelen Islands, where she had arranged for a new mast. But about 1,000 miles south of Australia, in the southern reaches of the Indian Ocean, her boat was overcome by a monumental wave and rolled a full 360[degrees]. Its rigging and even a chunk of its deck were stripped off. Had Autissier...
...looked as if Autissier might fare better this year. Despite early damage to her keel, mast and rudder, she had claimed the lead as the remaining 11 boats set out for Cape Horn and Uruguay. Hoping to gain time, Autissier opted for a southern route through what navigators call the Screaming 50s because of the violence of the seas. But one day as she was studying weather maps below, the autopilot misread the wind. The boat veered sharply and rolled over so quickly that Autissier barely had time to seal the cabin. "Everything was a wreck," she later told TIME...