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Associate Editor Tom Callahan, who wrote this week's cover story on Skipper Dennis Conner, faced his own logistical complications. After a 14-hour flight from Los Angeles, Callahan arrived in Sydney and immediately caught a plane to Perth. From there he headed directly to Fremantle harbor for a training session aboard Stars & Stripes. That experience may sound almost as turbulent as a go-around in the washing machine, but it left Callahan feeling exhilarated. "Conner is so at one with his crew, he barely has to give orders. It's really stirring to be on board with the greatest...
Conner's success on Gage Roads, a boisterous strip of the Indian Ocean off Perth's port of Fremantle, is a sailing surprise. Through four elimination rounds since October, Stars & Stripes, the entry of the San Diego Yacht Club, had done well, compiling a 31-7 record. But in last week's challenger final between Conner and New Zealand, pundits and punters favored the "Kiwi Magic" because the boat was 37-1 overall, as well as 2-1 in its previous races with Stars & Stripes. Gloomy American fans worried about an all-Pacific final that would keep...
...behind. "Disastrous," said Dickson. "Everything broke and went wrong." Conner ended the week needing only one victory to clinch the challenger's berth in the finals, while the dispirited Kiwis had to win three. If the draper succeeds, next week he will face either his old nemesis, Perth Millionaire Alan Bond and Australia IV, a descendant of the boat that won at Newport, or more likely the lithe and speedy Kookaburra III, owned by rival Perth Businessman Kevin Parry. Some experts now believe the onrushing Stars & Stripes will take it all. Conner is making no claims. But though...
...N.Y.Y.C. surrendered the Cup to Australia II, the winged-keel wonder of Perth Millionaire Alan Bond, after holding the yachting crown since 1851, the longest winning streak in sport. America II's loss last week was the final disappointment in a $15 million, three-year drive to recapture the Cup. As a stunned Skipper John Kolius, 35, piloted America II back to its slip after the race with New Zealand, crew members wept. "How would you feel," asked Kolius, "if you called into work tomorrow morning and it wasn't there...
Meantime, three Australian syndicates are battling for the right to defend the Cup. Bond's Australia IV, descendant of the '83 champion, is six points behind Kookaburra III, which represents the Cup debut of rival Perth Millionaire Kevin Parry. Sydney's Steak 'n' Kidney trails the pack...