Word: keeled
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...being launched in the calmer waters of a harbor in nearby Fremantle. The skipper of the miniature marvel is none other than Ben Lexcen, 50, the celebrated designer of Australia II, which won the America's Cup in 1983. Featuring a scaled-down version of Lexcen's revolutionary winged keel, the 14-ft.-long fiber-glass Mini 12 sells for about $3,000, is virtually unsinkable and can easily be handled by one person or two from a comfortable cockpit. "Sailing is pretty lonely on your own," says Lexcen. "Now you can take your girlfriend." Buoyed by early raves...
...suffered some personnel problems under Poindexter, notably the loss to the State Department of Jack Matlock, a respected Kremlinologist. Another highly regarded key aide, Donald Fortier, has been seriously ill and was belatedly replaced last week by Alton Keel, an experienced bureaucrat who most recently excelled as the executive director of the commission that investigated the Challenger disaster. Overall, however, most observers feel that Poindexter has strengthened the staff since taking charge...
...Sometimes I sit down, and it doesn't feel like I've ever hit one. I'm in dreamland. Because I've been playing baseball for a year straight now, I'm hard-pressed to think where everything started and stopped. But I've kept a fairly even keel, I hope, thanks to my family." He has a wife and two daughters. "And Reggie has taken me under his wing, telling me things about hitting but also showing me how to be a major leaguer. He's been the catalyst to my success...
...enough for New York Yacht Club members when they lost the America's Cup in 1983 on Rhode Island Sound. The longest winning streak in sport history--132 years--was ended, and with Australia II's secret keel, the victors from down under had audaciously out-teched the Yanks. But what really steamed some of the bluer-blooded Newport yachting crowd was when the winning skipper, John Bertrand, taunted during the races that the next Cup competition would be sailed out of the mostly working-class port of Fremantle in the sun- drenched Indian Ocean. "It's absolutely glorious...
...seas did not seem to bother the Cup's defenders, however. When the breezes were lightest, in the fourth race, the winning boat was Australia II, the winged-keel victor at Newport. When the Doctor was in, the honors went to Australia III, a boat specifically designed for Fremantle's heavy weather by Ben Lexcen (who also designed Australia II). Skippered by Colin Beashel, Australia III finished ahead of the pack in three of the first six races, building such a lead that the championship was won even before it was over. For the seventh and final race, the Australian...