Word: meters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...short of his own pending world record (see box). The high jumpers quit at 6 ft. 10 in., blaming the runway; the pole vaulters called it a day at 16 ft. 6 in., complaining about the wind. Henry Carr, the world record holder in the 200-meter dash, ran fourth in his specialty...
...Owner Tony Boyden asked him to take the helm of his America's Cup challenger Sovereign this spring, Scott complained that he was "out of practice." He had not sailed in topflight competition since 1956. On the other hand, that just might be a blessing. "Sailing a 12-meter is jolly well different than sailing a dinghy," he said. "So I'd have to start from scratch, anyway...
Sailor & Sportsman. It was a long sail for the newly built 12 meter. In the opening sets of trials, Eagle and her skipper William Cox seemed able to beat anything without wings. What made Connie the better boat eventually was a difficult-and genuinely sportsmanlike-move on the part of Eric Ridder, 46, her skipper and part owner. Though Ridder is a crackerjack blue-water sailor, he never could get the better of Eagle's Bill Cox. So he turned the start and the all-important windward legs over to his second in command, Bob Bavier, 46. "It takes...
...legs. The boat itself is just about perfect. "We've got our sails in just gorgeous shape," says Bavier. Some have gone back to the sailmaker as many as ten times; they will all be stored away until the big day. "I think we have the best 12 meter that ever floated," adds the proud helmsman. "Well, don't be the first to lose to the British," laughed Eagle Skipper Cox, offering his congratulations. "My God," said Ridder, "what an appalling thought...
...More for Connie. The fixes had little effect-at least last week. In their first meeting in the finals, Constellation handed Eagle the worst beating in the history of 12-meter cup competition, winning by a full mile and 11 min. 42 sec. in light winds. A good bit of the margin, moreover, was due to a costly goof by Eagle's reshuffled deck crew; when the jib halyard parted, a new jib was clipped on the wrong way, and it took four minutes to get things straight. By then Constellation was long gone...