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...Fourth-place finish at the New England Regionals at Coast Guard. The men missed a berth in June's North American championships by a scant four points, and are now in drydock until next season...
Those autumn victories and the national rating are all the team has in common during winter drydock. Most go separate ways during the months the Charles River is frozen over, picking up a winter sport of staying in shape lifting weights or running. Some fanatics even take on Marblehead harbor in off-season frostbiting...
Ocean Steamship had a tremendous record with its wares. An average Ocean vessel spent only about eight hours each year in drydock for repairs. No ship ever left Ocean's docks without the personal inspection by the company's director. But when the veteran shipbuilders bought a tanker of their own, for all their master craftsmanship, they simply couldn't get an insurance company to give them a break...
...York Yacht Club, holder of the Cup, is not scheduled to pick an American defender until final trials next month; it is still too soon for the aluminum backers to abandon ship. Optimism, though, is difficult to find in the Mariner camp. Brit Chance's boat was in drydock last week undergoing major surgery. The reason: her radical design -a hull that had a blunt, "fastback" stern instead of the traditional tapered underbody-simply had not worked...
...Cunard, the memory will not be so pleasant. The cost of the leaking fuel line in mid-Caribbean-including fare refunds, the Sea Venture charter, salvage fees, jet fares, lay-up in a Bermuda drydock and canceled cruises-may even exceed a cool $2 million...