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...last week the Sigma Chis were right back at it, under the watchful eye of Senior Richard Delanoy, who has devised a safety measure for the sport. Four Sigma Chis line up downwind, like baseball outfielders; whenever Gus blows too strong and the rider seems on the verge of liftoff, the outfielders rush the chute and plunge headlong into it, thereby safely collapsing the nylon canopy. "It's exciting when you see that chute billow out and you begin to move," said A. G. Phillips at the end of his parachute ride. "You feel that...
...Sunday, with Harvard in a tie for first place, the wind picked up. The Crimson started badly, however, and only began to pass boats when Butler cut across a strong mid-bay current to take advantage of milder water on the other side. On the last downwind leg, expert spinnaker work by Ken Burnes and smooth coordination by assistant helms-man Bill Cabeen helped the Harvard yawl catch both U.S.C. and Wayne State. The Crimson won by four and one-half minutes...
When Pakistan's President Mohammed Ayub Khan plays with fire, the smoke is usually intended to choke his Indian enemies. Last week there was plenty of smoke drifting downwind toward India-all of it emanating from Peking, where Ayub was visiting with his new-found Chinese Communist friends...
Catching a Vacuum. An iceboat travels fastest across the wind-on what sailors call "a reach." Its speed results from the sail's efficiency as an airfoil -something like the wing on an airplane. Sailing directly downwind, an iceboat cannot exceed the wind's speed. On a reach, though, the wind produces a vacuum on the lee of the slightly slanting sail. This results in a strong forward force. As the sail pushes forward trying to eliminate the vacuum, an iceboat can attain fantastic speeds -up to five times the actual wind velocity. The ice sailor hauls...
...fragments in the downwind of our days...