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...virtual twin of Courageous-co-designed by Dutch-born Johan Valentijn who apprenticed under famed US 12-Meter Designer Olin Stephens, creator of Courageous. The low-slung challenger, which trounced rivals from France and Sweden to get a crack at Courageous, may well nearly match her in hull speed, and has a highly competent skipper in the respected Noel Robins...
...drawing board to helm. Hood has decades of Cup experience -including a dramatic last-minute takeover of a struggling Courageous and a four-race sweep of Australian contender Southern Cross in 1974-and his considerable knowledge and skill were poured into the lovely rake of his boat's hull and the complex curves of her sails. But Independence has been a lackluster performer, winning only seven races while losing 13, despite a full year of sea trials, including frigid sorties in the dead of a most bitter winter...
Perhaps Hood spread himself too thin; perhaps the hull design was too conservative; no one, not even Hood, can explain the boat's poor performance. Despite their lengthy trials, Independence crew members appear inexperienced, tangling themselves in tricky maneuvers and performing routine tasks with little dash and less speed. Unlike North, Hood stays at the helm, and unlike Turner, he does not use it as a soapbox, never shouting at an erring crewman. "I'm slower and more easygoing," Hood explains. "I never gamble unless I'm sure the odds are 3 to 1 in my favor...
...flashed reports of Japanese ship and plane movements and rescued more than 100 downed pilots. A number of foundering sailors also owe their lives to the coastwatchers. One was a 26-year-old lieutenant (j.g.) named John Fitzgerald Kennedy, whose torpedo boat had been karate-chopped by the hull of a Japanese destroyer...
...Hull Scars. After this rendezvous, the ship arrived in the West German port of Brake on Dec. 30. It was sold by Biscayne Traders on Jan. 5, 1970, to a Greek shipping firm for approximately $235,000-or $52,000 less than the 1968 purchase price. It bore scars on its hull, possibly from having scraped against its sister ship while the uranium was being transferred. The Scheersberg A, by then renamed Haroula, was sold again in 1976, to another Greek firm, the Pidalion Three...