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...race again seemed in jeopardy on Monday. Then, almost an hour late, with a southwesterly breeze notching a tender eight knots, the duel was on. Liberty, the defending twelve-meter yacht, took yet another start from the Aussies. Midway up the first leg, however, the Americans' 8-sec. lead turned into a deficit of three or four lengths as Australia II streaked upwind on a starboard tack and Liberty went to port. After the first crossover, Aussie Skipper John Bertrand committed the cardinal sin of leaving his opponent uncovered. Liberty Helmsman Dennis Conner took the left side...
...Americans widened their lead to 45 sec. on the first leeward reach and managed to make it 57 sec. by the fourth mark. But on the fifth leg, a 4.5-mile run with the wind dead astern, the lead and the Cup changed hands. Playing the wind shifts, Conner moved to the left and sailed into a patch of dead air. With sails almost slack, Liberty jibed back, but the Aussie superboat picked up two shifts of friendly wind and rounded the fifth mark with a 21-sec. lead. Conner battled desperately to recover on the last, upwind leg, going...
...Lady, I am sorry. Honestly. I can hardly-Few seconds later Morrison recovered his voice, went on with his transcription. But by that time the worst and most completely witnessed disaster in the history of commercial aviation was over, the 803-ft. Hindenburg was gone, destroyed in precisely 32 sec. before 1,000 appalled spectators...
...sixth race, sailed in crystalline weather, there were moderate twelve-knot winds from the northwest. Bertrand lost the start again, this time by 7 sec., but soon into the first tack spotted something his opponent had not: dark patches of water, indicating a wind buildup on the left side of the course. He sailed for it, again uncovered by Conner, who said later, "We missed it." As Liberty rounded the first mark 2 min. 29 sec. behind Australia II, Gary Jobson, a winning crew member in Ted Turner's 1977 defense, exclaimed, "This is a disaster!" The flying bridge...
...opponent, get to leeward of Australia II and force it to head back up to windward. He was about a minute too late. By the end of the race, in constantly shifting winds of up to 19 knots from the southwest, Bertrand led by a whopping 3 min. 25 sec. The series was tied 3-3. From London to Perth, the betting was on Australia...