Word: skippering
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...Skipper Watson and her crew, sophomore Meghan Wareham, rebounded from a disappointing 14th in the first race to finish second in the A-division...
...only five races were sailed in each division throughout the weekend’s competition.“With only five races, it’s hard to get a very accurate reading on where people really stand,” Garrity said. The A-division boat of sophomore skipper Alan Palmer and senior crew Lauren Brants placed twelfth overall in their division, but their weekend was marked by steady improvement. After a disappointing 19th-place finish in the initial race, Palmer and Brants inched up in the standings, recording a weekend-best sixth in the final race...
...harbor was not some weathered trawler, but the Donara II, a 34-foot yacht owned by Andy Stewart, Commodore of the Arbroath Sailing and Boating Club. "It's mixed emotions," says Alex Smith, a former Arbroath fisherman who sold his boat last year, and who offered "Pleasure Cruises with Skipper Alex Smith" on a small craft during this year's Seafest. "It's good to see the harbor busy. But Seafest is supposed to be about fishermen, and there's no fishermen left...
...John S. McCain in their honor. His grandfather, known as Slew, was a Navy legend, an innovative strategist and a relentless warrior who dropped dead four days after attending the 1945 Japanese surrender on the U.S.S. Missouri. McCain's father Jack was a highly decorated World War II submarine skipper who rose to command U.S. naval forces in the Pacific and ordered the bombing of Hanoi despite the danger to his prisoner-of-war son. Jack was a workaholic and an alcoholic, and he wasn't home much, but he tried to instill in John his greatest-generation values...
...shock, because our team has a great tradition of qualifying. The goal isn’t just to qualify, it’s to get to nationals and do well.” The team ended the season ranked No. 12 nationally. Led by the A-division pair of skipper Watson and freshman crew Meghan Wareham, the Harvard women recorded five top-five team finishes on the year, and like the co-ed squad, the team’s youth offers great promise for the future. In the fall season, the Crimson recorded five team victories to set the pace...