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Word: vane (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...single, easy-to-handle lug sail. Gentle and fun-loving co-Favorite Chichester packed his 39^-ft. Gipsy Moth III with potatoes, tomato soup, baked beans, wine, beer and whisky, took along a green smoking jacket and a red cummerbund to dress for dinner, and attached a wind vane to his rudder so the 13-ton sloop would steer itself while he slept. Asked to name his chief hazard, Chichester replied: "Being run down by an ocean liner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Casual Wager | 8/1/1960 | See Source »

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