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...laws. But now, in a commentary on the Cowan piece in the same issue, he writes, "I flatly agree with him." Buckley would not legalize pot, but would remove the criminal penalties for use. It seems, in fact, that Buckley has smoked grass himself-but only on his sailboat, outside the three-mile limit. His verdict: "To tell the truth, marijuana didn't do a thing...
...they said, too old (70) and too ill (suffering from what had been vaguely described as a blood disease) to take part in last month's singlehanded transatlantic sailboat race. But Globe Girdler Sir Francis Chichester sailed off anyway, was reported missing for several days, and became the object of extensive air and sea searches before he was located and helped back to port. Stung by continuing criticism, the aging mariner has now clearly identified his albatross-cancer of the spine-and attempted to justify his entry in the race...
...sailors who started in the singlehanded transatlantic sailboat race a month ago, most were still alone, all alone last week, somewhere on the wide, wide sea between Plymouth, England, and Newport, R.I. They were still battling cold and cramp, waves and weariness; still leary of sleep lest their untended craft be run down by a freighter or collide with an iceberg. They were still in danger of drifting aimlessly with broken equipment, or of being swept overboard with no help near...
...residents of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., on the banks of the Colorado River, time is measured in spectaculars as well as in seconds. There is, for example, a celebrity tennis tournament in March, a sailboat regatta in April, a water-skiing meet in June. As a special added attraction this year, there was the formal dedication of London Bridge, imported block by block from the banks of the Thames. When it comes to truly big splashes, though, nothing quite matches the Outboard World Championship...
...construction of the new boathouse has been realized by the guiding hand of Bemis, internationally famous as the Dean of American yachting and rule expert for racing. Through his guidance Bemis has overseen the fund-raising and construction of this first sailboat house for Harvard. He has drawn upon his vast circle of friendships and colleagues to sell the project Modestly he credits the moral support of the University and Dept. of Athletics and the substantial contribution of Harold S. Vanderbilt '07 as the prime movers...