Word: skippers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...telephone rang at the desk of Captain A.W. ("Hap") Chandler Jr., commander of the Miramar Naval Air Station in San Diego. "Hey, Hap, what are you doing about flight jackets down there?" asked the skipper of another Navy facility. "You letting them wear them around the base?" Replied Chandler: "Sure. I've got to, since I do it my self." A former colleague of Zumwalt's in Saigon, Chandler is so enthusiastic about the freer atmosphere under The Big Z that he tries to keep a step ahead. He relaxed the rules on hair and beards before any Z-gram...
Abbott Reeve was fifth in Division A, but Charlie Koch was the big reason for the Crimson's success. Vying for the lead with the University of Southern California B-Division skipper, Koch ended up a close second...
...Crimson's standout A Division skipper, Abbott Reeve, with George Putnam as crew tied for sixth with 50 points because his highest finish was third...
...Crimson's Division B skipper Charlie Koch kept close to U.R.I.'s Henry Bossett, who won the division, until the ninth race, when Koch was disqualified on a protest by Bossett. Koch was second overall...
...Abbott was the low point skipper, despite averaging a little better than fourth. The stiffer the competition the lower the averages. In a normal regatta you have to average first and seconds to win." Horn explained...