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...raced six U.S. and Canadian skippers to inaugurate an Old World-New World competition in Six-Meter Class boats. Both sides showed spectacular teamwork, covering rivals, stealing their wind while their teammates scudded ahead. In the end, despite the presence of Norway's Crown Prince Olaf at the tiller of one of the European team's six-meters, the New World outsailed the Old, four races...
...Never Get Excited." Before a race, Shields is the picture of relaxation at the tiller of Aileen. With her identifying numeral, 25, on her mainsail, Aileen is probably hailed more than any other boat in Long Island waters. He invariably answers all calls, even from total strangers who hail him as "Corny." Often he adds a compliment to the passing skipper on the looks of his boat. To Corny Shields, "all boats are beautiful...
Corny Shields, naturally, was one of the charter members of frostbite dinghy sailing. Late this fall, Corny's little sea-green beauty named Dainty-Shields at the tiller and some neighborhood youngster along as crew-will take up where it left off last spring. Corny, who would "sail pumpkin seeds if I could find competition," sees nothing unusual about his year-round sailing compulsion. To Corny Shields, as to most other sailors, the sport is the thing, no matter what hardship is involved. Hardship? "Why," says Corny, "I keep so warm sailing that little dinghy that most...
Hands on the Tiller. Swiftly but quietly, the Soviet world put on mourning. The momentous news had come piece by piece over 48 hours, every word carefully prepared and timed to cushion the shock. Everything about it suggested that a fresh, firm hand had taken over the instant Joseph Stalin's had begun to falter...
Collins claimed that residents of Hollis and other Yardlings who gathered when a sprinkler blew off on Hollis' top floor four weeks ago, stole a fire axe, a helmet valued at $16, and a tiller seat...