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...explosions shook the Cochino. The Tusk's skipper, Commander Robert Worthington of Oakmont, Pa., brought her alongside; as the two subs tumbled and crashed and wallowed, a narrow gangway was pushed across from deck to deck. One by one, eyeing the seas v.ith desperate concentration, the Cochino's men came leaping across...
Small as they may be, dinghies require a crew, not so much to help the skipper handle the boat but to keep the tiny catboat from tipping over in rough weather. Mike Post and John Gardiner have steady jobs as crews for Putnam and Scullay...
...slow boat." All dinghios in a particular class are identical in construction, and, consequently, racing laurols go to the real sailor and not to the man who has simply the advantage of a good boat. Many regattas are now run on a round-robin basis, whereby the same skipper never gets the chance to race twice in the same boat...
Sailing three boats in each of four races on the Charles yesterday afternoon, the freshman yacht club defeated Andover, 55 to 50. The score was tied at 39 each at the start of the last race. Tom Carroll was top skipper with 24 out of a possible 28 points...
...doctor help a striking native laborer who has been injured; for this, the doctor is murdered by local reactionaries, and the police are blandly indifferent. Lieut. Gordon leaves on the next steamer for Hong Kong, but at least he has decided which side he is on: when the British skipper invites him to the bridge, Gordon chooses to remain with the huddled natives below...