Word: hydrofoil
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plans are to race the New Zealanders late next summer, then (assuming a victory and no other wild-card ^ challenges) return to using 12-meters for a San Diego regatta in 1991. Meanwhile, the San Diegans are exploring some distinctly un-America's Cuppish designs, notably a "killer mosquito" hydrofoil. They have even suggested that the first defense may be moved from San Diego into the roaring trade winds off Hawaii to frustrate the New Zealander's perceived advantage...
Researching and creating a prototype of an invention is also costly, requiring a variety of individual and corporate sponsors. Nearly $100,000 was invested on the last model of the hydrofoil sailboat, for example...
Near dawn on Jan. 30, explosions rocked the Rodriguez Shipyards at Messina, Sicily. When the smoke cleared, two Palestinian-owned hydrofoil ferries were at the bottom of the harbor. Because the operator of the hydrofoils is known to be a supporter of Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, police at first theorized that the sabotage was the work of an anti-Arafat group. No such luck. Israeli undercover agents made it known last week that they were responsible for the blasts...
EASTERN EUROPE. The most popular cities this year are Budapest and Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia's Adriatic resort. The Hungarian capital is easy to reach by hydrofoil on the Danube from Vienna and has a reputation for being more hospitable to Americans than other Communist-bloc cities. A room at the Budapest Hyatt or Hilton starts at $50; an elegant meal at Gundel, the city's romantic garden restaurant, costs around $30 a person. Westerners get a kick out of tours of the Puszta region, where they feel at home on the range watching Hungarian cowboys rounding up cattle. With...