Word: skippering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Rhode Island Sound. The longest winning streak in sport history--132 years--was ended, and with Australia II's secret keel, the victors from down under had audaciously out-teched the Yanks. But what really steamed some of the bluer-blooded Newport yachting crowd was when the winning skipper, John Bertrand, taunted during the races that the next Cup competition would be sailed out of the mostly working-class port of Fremantle in the sun- drenched Indian Ocean. "It's absolutely glorious," he told anybody who cared to listen. "It is probably the most perfect 12-meter sailing ground...
...This was a great event for us because we beat our biggest rival, Tufts," said freshman skipper Julia Trotman...
...There has to be a tight relationship between the skipper and crew because of the psychological nature of he sport," said Kurland...
...Looking at next season, we're going to do better," said skipper Jane Fogg. "We have a young team and a lot of potential...
...Although it may be in the self-interest of a skipper to hope another skipper doesn't do well so that he can substitute," Schumann said, "there seems to be more of a concern for the team than for the skipper and his crew...