Word: crewmen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...once again demonstrated why he is regarded as the best match-racing skipper in the world. Confident and relaxed, he permitted Pattie to cross the starting line first in all three races-meanwhile steering Intrepid to windward, where the breeze was fresher and the going faster. His well-drilled crewmen twice outgamed the Australians in short-tacking duels, and their sail handling was consistently superior...
...their return trip to the carrier Constellation, and to evade pursuit they peeled off to the north. Thunderclouds and a foulup in their navigational instruments complicated their plight. Traveling at about 500 m.p.h., they probably reached China in about ten minutes. Now listed as missing are the four crewmen of the two planes: Lieut. Commander Jimmy Buckley, Lieut. Robert Flynn, Lieut. Commander Dain Scott and Lieut. J. Forrest Trembley...
...Harvard's crewmen were disappointed by their fourth place finish, but most believe that they could have rowed harder. What the North Americans proved is that if Harvard's crew hopes to win this weekend, it will have to row a great deal harder...
...ever use his famous "tailing start?" No. Did he deliberately engage Gretel in tacking duels? Not on your life: pound for pound, Gretel's crewmen were Goliaths compared with Weatherly's, and besides, her winches were nearly twice as effective. There were lots of other ways. In one race, Sturrock was coming up fast on a reach, and seemed certain to overtake the slower Weatherly. So Mosbacher started changing spinnakers; there was no reason for it, but Sturrock assumed there was, promptly followed suit-and the resulting loss of momentum preserved Weatherly's lead and cost Gretel...
...sizzling steam catapult. Fanned by 35-mile-an-hour gusts, fireballs leaped to other fully loaded planes, trapping the pilots inside. As bombs and rockets exploded on the 1,000-ft.-long flight deck, the flames spread to the hangar deck far below. Engulfed by flames and smoke, crewmen and pilots tossed rubber rafts overboard, then plunged 90 feet into the waters below...