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...DONALD McCULLOUGH: I would hope we could go through this symposium without drawing lines: protectionism v. free trade, the black hats v. the white hats. In this year 1971, the issues regarding international trade are much too complex to make such sharp distinctions...
...McCULLOUGH: We are playing under entirely different ground rules, the Marquess of Queensberry rules v. street fighting. Our foreign competition uses street-fighting rules...
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Valiant, under Skipper Bob McCullough, was the next victim. In their first match, McCullough sloppily cut off Picker's boat in the preliminary maneuvering and was disqualified. Next time out, Valiant took the lead but was soon overhauled by Intrepid in a furious tacking duel; from then on, Intrepid was never headed, as she repeatedly outfooted Valiant on the windward legs of the course to win by 2 min. 14 sec. Two more times Intrepid and Picker proved quicker-by the combined times of 4 min. 20 sec. Only in the last race was McCullough able to salvage something...
Over on Valiant, Bob McCullough is desperately trying to build a tradition from scratch. His boat is plagued by steering problems and a tendency to surge erratically in heavy seas. "We seem to be moving in spurts, and we don't yet know the reason for it," he says. Though he and Stephens modified Valiant before and during the trials, the 49-year-old skipper allows that more "substantial changes" still have to be made on the sails, the rigging and the hull. A seasoned competitor, McCullough is still very much in the race even though he no longer...