Word: cupped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...confided Emil ("Bus") Mosbacher, as he watched the slim, white hull slide down the ways of City Island, N.Y. Along with 500 well-wishers, Mosbacher was on hand last week for the launching of Intrepid, the 12-meter yacht he will skipper against Australia in the America's Cup this fall. It took only half an eye to see that she was a far cry from the old Weatherly Bus sailed to victory against the Aussies' Gretel in 1962-or for that matter, from any other 12-meter ever put together...
Designed by Olin Stephens, the man responsible for three of the last four cup winners,* Intrepid is not a particularly graceful-looking boat. With a bobbed bow and a truncated stern, she is only 64 ft. long overall, 45 ft. at the waterline, compared with 68 ft. and 46 ft. for Columbia and Constellation. An obvious advantage is weight; Stephens figures that he saved more than 60 Ibs. on the shorter bow alone. What's more, says Stephens, without the usual heavy fore and aft overhang, the short-ended Intrepid will be less prone to lose speed by hobbyhorsing...
...first, another short 468-yard par five, the husky junior mashed a drive nearly 300 yards, then plucked a five-iron up near the green. Keefe calmly knocked a wedge into the cup for an eagle to put him one shot under par through ten holes...
Harvard captured the Compton Cup for the fifth straight year as all five heavyweight eights pounded to convincing victories over Princeton and M.I.T. on the Charles Basin Saturday...
...Tiger varsity left the starting line in the Compton Cup as the near-unanimous choice for U.S. Olympic representation before a five-length Harvard victory forced a revision in predictions...