Word: jib
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...leeward tests, Enterprise was at its best in a light breeze, swift into the wind but slow off it. In calm weather on the third day of racing she beat Whirlwind nicely, but her victory over Yankee in the fourth race did not mean much as Yankee's jib ripped open on the second leg. The men on the committee boat did not see the jib tear and were surprised when a newsman told them about it. Weetamoe was masterfully sailed by George Nichols?so well sailed that she seemed the best boat in any situation so long as there...
Charles Francis Adams, Secretary of the Navy, usually in a brown sweater, white trousers, a canvas hat, a blue shirt with a red necktie, made Yankee look smart beating Enterprise the first day. Yankee carried a single big jib and jib topsail in place of her usual double head rig. Her weakness with this rig was that she sagged off badly to leeward. Whirlwind's trouble was an addiction to bad starts. On the second day, racing Yankee, Skipper Paul Hammond on Whirlwind left the straight course and veered toward shore looking for a wind, found one, beat Secretary Adams...