Word: riggings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...defending national champ eight of cox Nancy Hadley, stroke Alison Hill, seven Allison Hall, six Wiki Royden, five Jenny Getsinger, four Katie Moss, three Connie Cervilla, two Judith Ames, and bow Marie Adams will undergo a minor shake-up for the race. Baker has straight-rigged the boat, changing it from the German rig he employed all season...
Everyone dreams all the time, say the authors, so the prudent citizen eager for a dispatch from the future will go back to bed, close his eyes and pay attention. It may be possible to rig the game; there seems to be no rule against trying to dream of nasturtiums ("an unusual sexual experience"), garbage ("future success") and buffaloes ("large profits are forecast"), while avoiding grasshoppers ("confusion and complexities ahead") and giraffes ("a warning not to meddle in other people's affairs...
...into the sea bottom 340 ft. below. Already the drill is bringing up samples from 2,000 ft. below the shelf. The samples are carefully analyzed for hints of oil, but the drill may have to bite as deep as 17,000 ft. to find a real gusher. The rig itself costs upward of $20 million to build and more than $45,000 a day to operate...
...barge's 20-man drilling crew, which work twelve-hour shifts, are a rugged bunch, mostly from Canada's maritime provinces. They make $4.60 to $7 an hour, spending two weeks on the barge followed by one week off. Nearly every aspect of oil-rig life is designed to speed the race for oil, from plentiful food (four steaks for some at midday dinner) to strictly enforced rules (no booze on board...
...does not play favorites. Tabarly, a navy commander, was barely halfway to Capetown when his titanium mainmast collapsed. By radio, Tabarly ordered a new spar. Under jury rig, he headed for Rio, 1,200 miles away, to pick it up. The 82-ft. mast, fabricated in Switzerland, had to be cut in two to fit into a French military jet. Meanwhile Blyth, a former paratroop sergeant, was learning that $350,000 worth of sleek boat does not necessarily go fast when manned by a crew of paratroopers with little sailing experience...