Word: skippers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...challenger, Outward Bound, was a miniature: only 38 ft. overall, built 25 years ago as a pleasure boat on the same sturdy lines as an old New York Harbor pilot boat. She is owned and skippered by Milton T. ("Nick") Craig, 44, an engineer who sails her out of Marion, Mass., with four of his own brood, aged 7 to 16, as crew. The Canadian challenger, at 46 ft., was not much bigger-but much younger. Kathi Anne II was only 17 days old, launched barely in time to have her sails bent on for the elimination trials...
...writes well about the daily staples of such a trip-neighborly whales and nautical loneliness, gale-force blasts and the odd flying fish landing on deck just in time for breakfast. As skipper she found settling into routine at sea like settling into a new London flat. With no suggestion of gush, she conveys flashes of femininity, reflecting, for instance, on the psychological therapy of perfume even alone at sea. There comes a moment when the disheartened sailor seriously considers turning back but does not, in part because she could just hear those consoling male voices saying "Jolly good effort...
Died. Admiral Felix Stump, 77, former commander of the Pacific Fleet; of cancer; in Bethesda, Md. A brusque, no-nonsense Annapolis man, Stump was skipper of a seaplane tender at the start of World War II. He was soon given a carrier command and then led the U.S. Navy carrier task force during the battle of Leyte Gulf. As chief of the Pacific Fleet (1953-58), Stump was responsible for maintaining the nation's military ties with Asian allies...
Remember "Don't give up the ship"? Or, "You may fire when ready, Gridley"? What about "Damn the torpedoes-full speed ahead"? Now Commander James Cannon, skipper of the U.S. destroyer Mullinnix, has added his own ringing battle cry to the Navy's lexicon of heroic challenges. As Mullinnix arrived for a third tour off Viet Nam, Commander Cannon announced: "We are ready to step in the batter's box and belt a few pitches with hard stuff now that the contract is signed for our third season with the big leagues." Anyone looking for the roots...
Sailing well despite flukey conditions, Division A skipper Barbie Grant, with Beth Goddard as crew, took 5 firsts in the 12 race series, and ran away with top-boat honors with only 27 points. In Division B, Janice Stroud, with Kathy Angell as crew, did even better, capturing 7 firsts and never finishing worse than third. In the twelfth race Angell took over as skipper and contributed a first...