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...Cross was sailing by the Americas Cup bouy long before Courageous was towed out by its tender two hours before the 12:10 start of the race. The Cross was followed about by her tender and watched with curiosity by the then-small spectator fleet that had begun to gather near the starting line. She even received a rousing round of applause from the 80-or-so paying spectators as she tacked next to the Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant, which patrolled the boundary of the race course...
...starting time drew near, the fleet began to swell. The sails filled the horizen like an invading armada preparing a disorganized attack on the enemy. The two contestants paced back and forth by the committee boat waiting for the Olympic course to be posted, as the fleet of Coast Guard cutters and patrol boats attempted to beat back the invading armada...
...spectating fleet in itself was a sight, as the yachts jockied for front line position, often narrowly avoiding collisions in an attempt to see the thoroughbreds of sailboat racing up close. The passenger ferries came out packed to the railings with ogling tourists pushing and shoving to get a view. The large craft listed to the side facing the action as the mob jeered a patrol boat engaged in battle with the portly ferry, trying to herd it back behind the lines...
...Press boat, Hel Cat, a large catamaran that is otherwise used for charter fishing groups out of Long Island, joined the single file line of impressive power yachts as it weaved past the Vigilant and headed toward its special spectating area near the committee boat. The rest of the fleet had to stay back and be content to listen to the radio reports of Jerry Nevin and Norry Hoyt from the Hel Cat broadcast over Newport station WADK...
...which meets automatically whenever there is a crisis. It is chaired by me and it has the deputy secretaries from all of the departments. Our decision, frankly, was sort of a holding decision until we could see more clearly. The only complete decision we made was to turn our fleet around and move it north so it would not be within--it was intended to be about 150 miles from the Chilean coast but then came around at the Falkland Islands...