Word: sailor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Left aboard the Castillo de Bellver were Sailor José Vea, who had slept while the ship caught fire, and one other crew member. The two men dived overboard, but after an hour in the icy water Vea realized that he would soon die of exposure...
Californians Dennis Conner, 40, a computerized competitor, and Tom Blackaller, 43, a lighthearted sailor, are old and dedicated rivals. In paramilitary command of Freedom, Conner defended the Cup so scientifically and staunchly in 1980 (43-4 in races against other defenders, 4-1 over Australia for the series) that his professionalism has been charged with killing fun and games. Outrageous Captain Courageous Ted Turner, who let ordinary people into the sport in 1977, says, "It knocks out of the competition forever anyone who's not prepared to give up three years of his life." Says Blackaller of Conner...
...French solo sailor breaks round-the-world records...
...piled up a one-week, 1,500-mile lead over his nearest competitor. That was the way it went, around the world; across the southern reaches of the Indian Ocean to Sydney, Australia; through the roaring forties and raging fifties of the southern ocean to Cape Horn, the sailor's nemesis; then on to Rio de Janeiro; and during the relatively tranquil run back to Newport...
...other family concerns brought him back to the mainland. For the next 20 years, Anderson was self-employed in the investment business until his early retirement in 1963. The next year Anderson came back to Harvard to organize his 25th reunion. "I never had so much fun," the sailor man says, and apparently he was telling the truth because it was that event which inspired William G. Anderson to become Harvard's University Marshal...