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...current construction of a new sailboat house will bring Harvard sailing into the twentieth century. At an estimated cost of $250,000, financed through private donations, the building will open next spring. The unique barge structure, replacing the old floats near the Mass. Ave. bridge, will be the first real home for Harvard's small dinghy fleet...
...unable to confirm or refute the persistent rumor that Calvin Coolidge had also engaged in such activity within the borders of this state.) I have also discussed-after grants of immunity-experiences of this nature enjoyed by some of Vermont's prosecutors, judges, law-enforcement officers and sailboat operators. I have even reviewed past histories with some of my contemporaries...
...usually affable man, Wiesner has a streak of impatience that makes him walk out of boring meetings. He relaxes aboard a yet unchristened 23-ft. sailboat with a dinghy named Neutron. But he usually puts in two hours of early morning reading at his home in nearby Watertown before cooking breakfast for his family and churning off to the M.I.T. campus for his daily blitz of telephone calls and meetings. His abiding interest in education has led him to campaign successfully for election to the Watertown school board...
Hopefully, Dr. Nicholi can be encouraged to expand on his critical analysis, offering insights into other forms of transportation. For example, what is the significance of my also driving a sportscar? What about my sailboat (now that I think of it, the mast is certainly quite phallic)? What permanent damage to my personality might be caused by my riding the MBTA...
...last drizzly day of October 1968, 36-year-old Donald Crowhurst set sail out of Teignmouth, England, the tail-end starter in a single-handed nonstop sailboat race around the world. Eight months later, newspapers reported Crowhurst on the last leg of his voyage making excellent speed and sure to finish with the fastest time. Then came word that a freighter had discovered Crowhurst's yacht, ghosting along under its mizzen but still seaworthy, mysteriously abandoned in mid-Atlantic...