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...week before meeting Intrepid, Skipper Jim Hardy and Designer Alan Payne decided to move Gretel II's mast 5¾ inches aft. So major a modification, made so late in the contest, suggested that the Australians were less than prepared to take on Intrepid's Skipper Bill Ficker and his finely drilled crew...
...port jibe. She did not find it. The fourth race saw Intrepid leading at all five marks, but with a scant mile and a half to go, the wind shifted and died down-and so did Intrepid. Playing the light air superbly, Hardy came on strongly while Ficker belatedly tried to cover with a tack that left him well to leeward of the finish line. Gretel II squeaked across Intrepid's bow to win a startling comeback victory by 62 sec. At week's end, the race committee, which had packed its bags in anticipation...
...cockpit, he introduced some of the most sophisticated electronic gear ever carried on a sailboat, including a tape device that plots the boat's course as well as a small computer that tells Skipper Bill Ficker his true speed toward the mark (as opposed to speed through the water). Below the waterline, Chance installed a smaller keel and restyled the stern with a V-shaped bustle. Result: a remarkable 18% increase in Intrepid 's theoretical speed...
...week's end Columbia had lost yet another race, this time to Constellation, and Owner Dougan had replaced Cunningham with 39-year-old Bill Ficker, a former Star Class world champion. Intrepid appeared to have the defender's job virtually locked up-and attention at Newport switched to the Australian challengers. If the America's Cup were awarded for beauty, the sleek green-and-gold Dame Pattie would win easily. If it were awarded for brass, Skipper Jock Sturrock would be well in the lead. He left no doubt that he expects to win come September...
Heroes, Heroines and Mishaps (John Allison; Ficker LP). An unusual collection of U.S. folk songs compiled and performed by Folk Singer John Allison. They range from Gypsy Davy, the sprightly tale of a highborn lady's seduction by a hot guitarist, to the blues-flavored account of the Titanic's sinking, sung by World War I troops crossing the submarine zone...