Word: sail
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Britain's traditional allies in northern Germany. Nearly 18,000 mercenaries were hired earlier this year (at an initial cost of about ? 128,000 plus annual subsidies of ,?125,000) from the German principalities of Brunswick, Hesse-Cassel and Hanau. More than 16,000 have already set sail for the Colonies. Indeed, at least one-third of Britain's expeditionary force is likely to be German...
Dwarfed but not bowed, French Sailor Alain Colas is all alone sailing a 236-ft. four-masted schooner in the Singlehanded Transatlantic Race. Called Club Méditerrané after its principal sponsor, the vessel is the largest sailing yacht built since before World War I, and Colas is the only man ever to try to skipper such a leviathan without a crew across the treacherous Atlantic. He hopes to make the 3,000-mile passage from Plymouth, England, to Newport, R.I., in 18 days, beating his own record of 20½ days when he won the last race...
...strong winds bothered Radcliffe all weekend, and caused cancellation of several races on Saturday. In one gust, an empty boat without its sail up got loose from the dock and capsized in a puff...
...finale, he chose Berg as his crew. Berg has the size required to sail the Tempest, which has a relatively ineffective keel and a large sail area of 247.6 square feet, making the job of keeping the boat flat in heavy air suited to a big crew. Berg is 6 ft., 3 in. and weighs 230 pounds. "And I could go up another 15 pounds for the trials," he adds...
...Sail area: main...