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Since then they have tracked the races in boats, from helicopters and even on bicycles. Dunn kept TIME readers posted on the trials and immersed himself in the slowly building drama. This week he contributed to both the profile of Dennis Conner and the accompanying piece, written by Associate Editor J.D. Reed, on the intricacies of 12-meter racing. "In almost 20 years with TIME, I have never covered a comparable event," he observes. "It seems to have gone on for so long that it is hard to believe there is life without a Cup story...
...contest to "four months of living inside a washing machine and spin dryer," has hung out his cameras to dry after each day's work. Forster has 15 years of experience as a marine photographer, which helped him retain his composure when he and Mason were taking photos of Conner's Stars & Stripes last week and their motorboat began to sink. They quickly radioed for help...
Last Tuesday, after a week of fine-tuning rudder, rigging and sails and applying strips of plastic film to the hull, Conner came out smoking and caught the Kiwis by surprise. Stars & Stripes crossed the starting line three seconds ahead of New Zealand and never relinquished the lead. On the 24.1-mile course's four windward legs, Conner refused to be drawn into Dickson's practiced tacking maneuvers, in which the lead boat covers the one behind, trying to prevent it from escaping the blockage of its breeze. In a blustery 26-knot wind, Stars & Stripes did not risk losing...
...third race. Stars & Stripes got off to a lead of 21 seconds, but a halyard shackle popped loose as the boat rounded the second mark, sending its spinnaker flapping into the water. Although his crew cleared the wet sail and hoisted a new sheet in 70 seconds, Conner fell behind and was forced into an exhausting two-hour tacking match in which he came about 131 times to Dickson's 128. Stars & Stripes narrowed the gap to 15 seconds at one point, but New Zealand held on, crossing the line 38 seconds ahead. Said a drained Conner: "We went down...
...fourth race, he continued with a roar. Never really threatened, Conner pulled off a "horizon job" -- meaning the leader is all but out of sight. The hard-pressed New Zealand had a rash of problems, from gear failures to a ripped mainsail, that left it limping in, a stunned 3:38 behind. "Disastrous," said Dickson. "Everything broke and went wrong." Conner ended the week needing only one victory to clinch the challenger's berth in the finals, while the dispirited Kiwis had to win three. If the draper succeeds, next week he will face either his old nemesis, Perth Millionaire...