Word: intrepidity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...count up the sportsmen who have been unbothered by the jinx. They were chosen for their excellence and they continue to display the qualities that put them on the cover. Latest on that long list is Yachtsman Bus Mosbacher, who appeared on the Aug. 18 cover. After Bus sailed Intrepid to four straight victories over Australia's challenger Dame Pattie, we learned that his crew had hung copies of the cover portrait belowdecks. With proper nautical aplomb, they sailed right into the face of the cover-jinx myth...
That was the only question at Newport, R.I., last week as Bus Mosbacher sailed Intrepid to a fourth straight triumph over Australia's Dame Pattie and made sure that the America's Cup will remain at the New York Yacht Club for at least three more years. The ease of Intrepid'?, victory did not discourage other challengers. No sooner were the races over than two challenges for 1970 were received-from Britain's Royal Dorset Yacht Club and France's Yacht Club d'Hyeres...
There was talk of runoff races, on the order of tennis' Davis Cup eliminations, to determine which country will compete against the U.S. Whatever crew it is will have its work cut put. Intrepid'?, architect, Olin Stephens, is brimming with ideas for an even faster 12-meter. Its sails, naturally, will be made by Ted Hood. And who will sail the boat? Said Mosbacher: "Given the same team, I would consider another Cup defense...
...America's Cup defender looked so heavy that there was some talk of retiring the 116-year-old Cup, or changing the competition -perhaps to one-design racing, which would test the talents of crews and skippers more than the genius of architects. "That would be ridiculous," insisted Intrepid Architect Olin Stephens. "This business of a country designing and building its own boat has captured the world's imagination...
...Newport last week, there were no fewer than three potential challengers waiting at the dock: another Aussie syndicate, a British group, and a French outfit led by Baron Marcel Bich, a millionaire ballpoint-pen manufacturer. Bich already owns one 12-meter yacht, has shares in two others, including Intrepid's trial horse, Constellation, has a fourth on the drawing boards, and is reportedly dickering to buy Intrepid herself. If the baron was discouraged by the odds, he certainly did not show it. "We are ready to issue a challenge for 1970," he said, "as soon as these races...