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...aluminum mast unstepped, her Honduras mahogany hull swathed in protective padding, Australia's sleek, 12-meter challenger for the America's Cup was ready last week for her voyage to the U.S.-as deck cargo aboard the freighter City of Sydney. For two months, Gretel (pronounced Great-ul) had been testing herself against her American trial horse, Vim, and stories about her speed were flying like loose sheets in a gale. Though the Aussies carefully tut-tutted the report, one story had it that Gretel had beaten Vim by 16 minutes over a 16-mile course-a fantastic...
sailors can tell a good boat when they see one. Gretel looks good. By the time Designer Alan Newbury Payne finishes tinkering with her fittings, the tab will approach $700,000. A good bit of the money was spent on tank tests and endless experiments to find a new formula for speed...
...Gretel's rudder is deliberately placed far forward to cut down the boat's "wetted surface." Her floor boards are hollowed out to reduce weight, and some of the metal parts have been drilled full of holes...
...slightly humped) so that her sails can be set higher to take advantage of the steadier breezes that blow well above the water's surface. "A kind of tax-free device, you might call it," says Sir Frank Packer, head of the three-man syndicate that built Gretel. Though U.S. yachtsmen have reservations about Gretel's design-some thought her "long-ended," said her fore-and-aft overhang might make her hobbyhorse in a brisk breeze-they conceded that the trim Australian boat might well be the toughest challenger...
...Skipper Archie Robertson. Nodding, Dame Pattie Menzies-wife of Australia's Prime Minister-wound up and whammed. A bottle of champagne smashed across its bow, Australia's sleek America's Cup challenger [TIME, March 2] was properly christened at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. Its name: Gretel, after the late wife of Sir Frank Packer -chairman of the Down Under syndicate that spent $700,000 to build the boat...