Word: skippering
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...Give it a good wham," counseled Skipper Archie Robertson. Nodding, Dame Pattie Menzies-wife of Australia's Prime Minister-wound up and whammed. A bottle of champagne smashed across its bow, Australia's sleek America's Cup challenger [TIME, March 2] was properly christened at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. Its name: Gretel, after the late wife of Sir Frank Packer -chairman of the Down Under syndicate that spent $700,000 to build the boat...
Stepping down as skipper of the Navy Special Projects Office he launched six years ago was Vice Admiral William Raborn, 56, steely sparkplug of the Polaris missile program. Next billet for "cando" Red Raborn: Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Development...
Carter G. Ford, skipper of the Crimson sailing team during its highly successful fall season, was re-elected Commodore of the Yacht Club for 1962. He stressed the need to raise large sums of money to make the proposed expansion a reality. Until this year, the sailing team has rented dinghies from M.I.T...
...Fallout protection is an extra amenity claimed for Wheeler's otherwise conventional 43-ft. motor yacht. It has a pump-and-filter system that allows fallout-safe operation for eight to twelve hours; the makers provide enough fuel capacity (300 gal.) to enable a surviving skipper to head for uncontaminated waters. Price: about...
...only candidate fit to fill Furtwangler's shoes. But many recalled and resented the rivalry for musical preferment between Von Karajan and Furtwangler that had raged for years, and they further resented Von Karajan's playboy reputation as a driver of sports cars and a skipper of his own 50-ton yacht...