Word: sailboating
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KNIFE IN THE WATER. Polish Director Roman Polanski maintains a suspenseful pace, putting two men and one woman aboard a sailboat that appears to be mostly sex-driven...
...been feeling up to snuff since September, when his sailboat capsized, tossing him into chilly waters at Martha's Vineyard, Mass., for an hour and into a hospital with pneumonia. Now Presidential Scientific Adviser Jerome Wiesner, 48, has definitely decided to leave his White House post. But health is only part of the reason. On leave from M.I.T. for nearly three years, Wiesner is more concerned about losing touch with the academic world, and will return to the institute in his old job as professor of engineering, probably early next year. His successor: Princeton Chemist Donald F. Horning...
...Speed. Like a Grand Prix car, a 5.5-meter sailboat is a specialized piece of handiwork, designed for speed, not for family fun. The 5.5s range from 28 ft. to 35 ft. in length, must conform to a complicated formula that requires each "plus" (larger sail area) to be balanced by a "minus" (heavier weight). Built in the U.S., a 5.5-meter hull costs about $15,000; designer's fees, tank tests and sails boost the bill another $5,000 or more. Running before the wind, under an 800-sq.-ft. spinnaker, a 5.5-meter can skim along...
...Knife in the Water is a Polish thriller as sharp as a knife and as smooth as water. Director Roman Polanski, 30, puts two lusty men and one busty woman aboard a small sailboat, throws them a knife, and for the next 90 minutes lets the tension build, build, build (see cover picture...
...which he helped discover); General Lemuel Shepherd, 67, retired U.S. Marine Corps commandant, in Bethesda Naval Hospital, Md., with a broken arm and possible concussion after being thrown by his horse; Presidential Scientific Adviser Jerome Wiesner, 48, in Otis Air Force Base Hospital with pneumonia after his 10-ft. sailboat capsized off Martha's Vineyard. A poor swimmer, Wiesner clung to the boat while his son Joshua, 10, swam for help, worried frantically after 45 minutes that the boy had drowned. Rescued by a passing boat, Wiesner had the Coast Guard dredging the bay when word came that Joshua...