Word: tempester
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...Minnesota, where Schoettle lives and is tenured at the University of Minnesota Law School, the pair will begin an intense, month-long campaign that will culminate at the trials against the best Tempest sailors in the country...
...with Hans Fogh, one of the top sail designers in the world; then to San Diego for more sail-testing with two-time Yatchsman of the Year Dennis Conner; to Annapolis, Maryland, for the Eastern Eliminations; and finally up to Noroton, Connecticut, to tune up with the top American Tempest sailors Jack and Jim Linville or with Canadians Allan and Lorne Leibel...
...Melbourne and came within 15 seconds of a bronze medal, and in 1960 served as an alternate for the 5.5 an Finn class. His brother crewed for Dr. Briton Chance in a 5.5 in the 1952 Olympics and came home with a gold medal, and finished second in a Tempest to Glen Foster in the 1972 U.S. trials and went to Keil as an alternate. He is no stranger to Olympic sailing...
...pace is not an easy one to keep up with, even if it is only every four years. This year, the serious Tempest competitors will have spent from $10,000 to $15,000 and thousands of hours on the water and in the sail-loft by the time the trials are over...
...finale, he chose Berg as his crew. Berg has the size required to sail the Tempest, which has a relatively ineffective keel and a large sail area of 247.6 square feet, making the job of keeping the boat flat in heavy air suited to a big crew. Berg is 6 ft., 3 in. and weighs 230 pounds. "And I could go up another 15 pounds for the trials," he adds...