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...countries in the world." After the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Ainslie took a job as a high school teacher in the navy village of Simon's Town. There he met Golden Mgedeza and Solomon Dipeere, both teenage naval cadets from Kwa Thema township outside Johannesburg. Ainslie nurtured their passion for sailing, and offered free lessons to other poor black and mixed-race kids in the surrounding townships. Burricks was one of the keenest. "We had to chase him away to get him to do some schoolwork during exams," Ainslie recalls. For Burricks, sailing provided an escape from the violence of township...
Less than two weeks of preparation separate the No. 4 Harvard co-ed sailing team from the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) Championship, the final major tune-up before nationals later in May.But for the No. 10 women’s squad and many of the freshmen, the NEISA Championship comes a week early.That was the mindset fueling the Crimson sailing teams over the weekend at five different events, as Harvard came away with the realization that there is still work to do before the big events in coming weeks.ADMIRAL’S CUP The Crimson came away...
...Following the discovery of gold in California, some 150,000 Chinese sail to the U.S. A few find fortune in the mines?San Francisco is still known as "Old Gold Mountain" in Chinese?but discrimination relegates most to menial labor, including construction of the transcontinental railroad...
They say there’s no place like home. For Harvard’s sailing teams, that axiom holds true—at least in part. In the Crimson’s first weekend of the season without a regatta away from Massachusetts, Harvard ended up with two top-two finishes in three events. “We were pretty psyched about how we did overall,” junior skipper Clay Johnson said. “We defended our home waters pretty well.” BOSTON DINGHY CLUB CUP While each of Harvard’s three...
...regatta at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., held March 25 and 26. The six-team field saw each school race a total of 16 times, and after the action was completed, Harvard found itself tied for the lead with Yale. In the ensuing sail-off, the Bulldogs took the top spot; the Crimson finished second, followed by Tufts, Boston College, Brown, and Dartmouth...