Word: windwards
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...series, Ford had tied for first with John Wales of B.U., 47-47, each winning five victories over the other. The previous day had closed with Ford, his 24-ft. Raven, and his crew in third position. Victory in the run-off came at the windward mark, where the Crimson led by two lengths and then pulled steadily away. It was a simple question of tactics...
...victory then was due in large part flawless spinnaker work of Horn, John Kimbell, and George who will be at the lines today and . Although second or third boat windward mark, the varsity swept the fleet on the downwind leg six and then hung on to its lead for victory...
Despite limited practice at the Tech Pavilion, the Crimson yachtsmen should fare well at Providence. However, when and if they come up to the start with M.I.T. and the Coast Guard to windward, they should remember that it will be a good wind which blows them...
...times Ford rounded the windward mark in second or third place. Six times the lightning spinnaker of Mike Horn, John Kimbell, and George Pring put the Crimson ahead on the downwind leg; and, six times they stayed ahead...
...hero and heroine stepped aboard, the sailors cast off the hawsers, the ship glided away from the jetty. The sky glided with it. Seconds later, with the ship supposedly in open ocean and the waves quartering in on the windward rail, the crew started swaying fore and aft. The attempted stage illusion, like the ballet to which it belonged, was handsome, arresting-and just short of convincing. The occasion: the U.S. premiere last week of Ondine, Choreographer Frederick Ashton's most ambitious work to date...