Word: ratsey
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Biggest news for sailors is Ratsey's refinement of the holed spinnaker, the Venturi. The sail has a series of horizontal slots across its top half. The breeze flowing through the slots shoots downward, thus by counteraction pushing the sail itself upward and providing extra lift. According to Designer George Ratsey, the slots also operate to reduce the "knockdown" or heeling effect on close reaches. Price: 25% higher than conventional spinnakers...
...This nonsense started in 1932, at the Knickerbocker Yacht Club in Manhasset. Somebody had imported some English pram sailing dinghies. There was a big argument, after some bathtub gin, over the merits of dinghies, and we decided to have a regatta on New Year's Day. G. Colin Ratsey won the race. He's now a partner in the sailmaking firm of Ratsey...