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Word: isler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recounted for TIME Correspondent John Dunn, "everyone took off." High-wire Bowman Scott Vogel scrambled to pull the bad sail down, Mastman John Barnitt hurried to help. Pitman Jay Brown kept to his halyards. Grinders, tailors and trimmers shot off in appropriate directions, joined by Whidden and Navigator Peter Isler. Conner was left alone in the back of the boat at the wheel only he is ever permitted to spin. "Hey," he said calmly, "this is too bad." Whidden says, "When something like that goes wrong it usually manifests itself into one huge screw-up, because everyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going For the America's Cup | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

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