Word: putnam
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fortunately the Crimson is blessed with two men who are experts in the art of handling a 12-foot dinghy. Both products of the yachting center at Marblehead, these men, Pete Putnam and Frank Scullay, are in large part responsible for the Crimson's recent sailing fortune...
...Putnam, who holds down the jobs of Yacht Club commodore, sailing team captain, and Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association president, has sailed boats of almost every description. But his forte is small-boat sailing, and Putnam is co-defending champion of the Boston Dinghy...
Other capable skippers besides Putnam and Scullay include Charlie McElroy, who will Putnam shares the Boston Dinghy Cup, Dick Braested, and George Whitney...
Small as they may be, dinghies require a crew, not so much to help the skipper handle the boat but to keep the tiny catboat from tipping over in rough weather. Mike Post and John Gardiner have steady jobs as crews for Putnam and Scullay...
...races in which the Crimson was not the runner-up, as luck would have it, was the big one--the New England Championships May 7 and 8 which also served as eliminations for the National Championships. In this regatta the Harvard team of Putnam and Scullay dropped to third place, two points behind Brown which nosed out Harvard for the honor of following Yale. Only two boats from New England can race in the nationals...