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...will have to be superb. All along, the challenger has looked good on the outside, from the cut of her new mainsail to the long curve of her bow. But her weather helm had caused enough concern to signal last week's mast shift. If the shift works, Skipper Jock Sturrock and Gretel's crew will be sailing a new boat; if it does not, the Australians will remain hapless in unruly seas...
...overwhelming early favorite to defend the cup again this year. But critics argued that Investment Banker Paul Shields, who bought Columbia (for about $150,000) from a New York syndicate in 1961, had "ruined a good boat" by tampering with her (Columbia's keel had been shortened), that Skipper Cornelius ("Glit") Shields Jr., 28, the owner's nephew, was too young and inexperienced to handle a big America's Cup yacht...
...boats ran boldly before the 25-knot wind, working up speeds as high as 12 knots, lee rails awash and scant yards of churning ocean separating their glistening hulls. Aboard Vim, Helmsman Archie Robertson braced himself against the cockpit wall and strained to hold the wheel steady. Aboard Gretel, Skipper Jock Sturrock wiped salt spume from his eyes and cursed his broken compass...
Back in Newport Harbor, Skipper Sturrock headed for Fair Oaks, a sprawling, 27-room mansion that Sir Frank Packer has leased for the summer. Pipe clenched firmly in his teeth, Packer listened silently to Sturrock's account of Gretel's race with Vim. "She may do," Sir Frank nodded. "She may do, after...
MacNamara is co-skipper of the Nefertiti, one of four American boats vying to represent the United States against the Australian challenger, Gretel. Mrs. Anderson is the wife of Commodore Anderson, the owner of the Nefertiti...