Word: skipperly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that clear to everybody? Of course it isn't, except to fairly serious sailors. What it is, approximately, is Skipper Bus Mosbacher's explanation of what his Intrepid crew does when rounding a buoy on an America's Cup racecourse. Taking such esoteric language uttered by experts in their field-whether it be computers (see U.S. BUSINESS) or toxicology (see MEDICINE) or catechetics (see RELIGION) or sailing-and turning it into a story that a non-expert can understand is a facet of our job that we consider of major importance. Bridging that language gap between specialist...
...camp. As a matter of fact, there was positive gloom-after flu knocked out half the crew and two of the healthy ones got into a brawl in a Thames Street rock 'n' roll joint. Figuring that a change of scenery might do wonders for their morale, Skipper Sturrock herded up all his ambulatory Aussies and dragged them off to Montreal to see Expo. The news from home at least was good. All of Australia is pulling for an upset and praying for one-including a tribe of aborigines on Mornington Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria...
...have a little competition from Susan. She was an International-class sloop that Bus sailed in 1950-thereby launching one of the most phenomenal winning streaks in U.S. yachting history. The International skippers whom Bus took on that summer were the elite of U.S. racing: Arthur Knapp, regarded as the best sailor to windward in the business; Bill Luders, a topnotch helmsman and naval architect; and Shields-the very man who had introduced the International to the U.S. 14 years before.-Bus beat them all-that year, the next, the next, the next, the next, the next, the next...
...world champion. Intrepid appeared to have the defender's job virtually locked up-and attention at Newport switched to the Australian challengers. If the America's Cup were awarded for beauty, the sleek green-and-gold Dame Pattie would win easily. If it were awarded for brass, Skipper Jock Sturrock would be well in the lead. He left no doubt that he expects to win come September. But if the cup is awarded for tactics, it is likely to wind up in Bus Mosbacher's bag of tricks...
...Moth IV, this little book may be mistaken at first glance for an account of the 65-year-old mariner's adventures. Actually, it is a sketchy, jerry-built anthology of sea tales by others who sailed at least some portion of the great clipper way followed by Skipper Chichester on his 226-day voyage. Since the book contains extracts from the best known yarns of such seafaring types as Sir Francis Drake, Joseph Conrad and Richard Henry Dana, stitched together with Old Sailor Chichester's own brief commentary on such dangers as icebergs, scurvy, sea monsters...