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Robertson plays Kennedy: a tough skipper with a soft shoulder; a good head ("he wrote a book, or sumpin'" a crewman remarks) but with a capacity for human error (he rams his boat into the dock, then gets it cut in half by a Japanese destroyer). Above all "the skinny, boyish lieutenant from Boston" is a fount of homely wisdom. One can sense the echo, if only dimly, of the famous Kennedy rhetoric: "They'll do a good job for us" he says of his crew, "if we do one for them...
...first catboat at eleven, Bostonian George O'Day, 40, has idolized sailboats. Regarded as one of the world's best downwind sailors, O'Day has handled almost every class of boat up to sleek 12-meter racers (he was the successful Weatherly's assistant skipper during last year's America's Cup races) and has a seasoned eye for grace ful lines and good design. About the only boats that O'Day doesn't like are those he makes himself...
...differentials. By last week, Douglas had won a promise from the 15 U.S.-subsidized shipping lines to "study" the differentials, and was putting heavy pressure on the White House to replace Stakem. If he goes, a likely successor is retired Rear Admiral John Harllee, who was PT Boat Skipper John F. Kennedy's boss in World...
Paducah, Ky. (July 30, 31) and Stillwater, Minn. (Aug. 11). The barge has been christened Point Counterpoint, and its showmanly musical skipper is Massachusetts-born, Juilliard-educated Robert Austin Boudreau, 36. Boudreau's orchestra is almost as unorthodox as its setting. It consists entirely of wind instruments (e.g., oboes, trumpets, French horns), percussion, and harp. Since orchestral music of this sort is a rarity, Boudreau has persistently commissioned and played new works. This gives his orchestra an astringently modern tone, but he tempers it with crowd pleasers like the My Fair Lady score...
...ventured upon the water in any vessel, large or small, did so with a lively respect for the perils of the deep and an awareness that the mariner's world required special skills and knowledge. Today the ubiquitous cabin cruiser seems to many a Sunday skipper like nothing more than a watertight version of the car he left parked at the marina, while the outboard motor has evolved from a poky put-put to a roaring, soaring substitute for a jet fighter plane. The result is a whole new set of perils of the surface...