Word: conner
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
NEWPORT, R.I.--Skipper Dennis Conner, sailing conservatively after bolting into an early lead, steered Liberty to within one victory of the America's Cup by beating Australia II in today's fourth race, the closest of the series...
...continued in its fourth round, Australia had compiled a record of 42 wins and only five defeats. Its closest competitor, Victory '83 (30-17), finally did manage to beat Australia II in one race last week by a surprising 2 min. 50 sec., provoking an outburst from Dennis Conner, skipper of Liberty, the leading American boat. He charged that the Aussies were "sandbagging" (deliberately losing) to take the limelight off their disputed keel...
...Conner's cranberry-red Liberty, the favorite, is currently at the top of the heap in the skirmishing among three U.S. boats for the honor of defending the Cup. The other two: Tom Blackaller's Defender followed by John Kolius' nine-year-old Courageous, which nonetheless upset Liberty and Defender six times last week and was still in the running. Though the challenger is picked strictly on results, the choice of the American boat is entirely up to the blue-blazered gentlemen of the New York Yacht Club's race committee. If they believe a yacht...
Californians Dennis Conner, 40, a computerized competitor, and Tom Blackaller, 43, a lighthearted sailor, are old and dedicated rivals. In paramilitary command of Freedom, Conner defended the Cup so scientifically and staunchly in 1980 (43-4 in races against other defenders, 4-1 over Australia for the series) that his professionalism has been charged with killing fun and games. Outrageous Captain Courageous Ted Turner, who let ordinary people into the sport in 1977, says, "It knocks out of the competition forever anyone who's not prepared to give up three years of his life." Says Blackaller of Conner...
...Conner, who owns a drapery business in San Diego, works not only his crew like galley slaves but his shipbuilders too. Desiring a twelve even swifter than Freedom, Conner ordered three new $1 million boats after 1980, discarding Magic and Spirit before embracing Liberty. Weighing the virtues of Freedom and Liberty right up until the deadline last week, Conner finally chose the new boat. Besides Liberty and Blackaller's Defender, Turner's old friend Courageous will head out again, skippered by John Kolius...