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Strong & Straight. Blue-water yachtsmen had expected Eagle to be good-but not that good that soon. Eagle was only 18 days old when she won her first race. Her architect, A. E. ("Bill") Luders, 55, had never designed a 12-meter racing yacht before. Her skipper, William Cox, 51, was supposed to be a small-boat sailor at heart, had not handled a twelve in 27 years. And her young crew was so nervous that when they tried to set a spinnaker, they dropped the pole bang onto Eagle's deck...
...fans. New But York's there is "second one ancient monopoly that only grows more exciting with the years. That is the U.S. hold on the America's Cup - symbol of international supremacy in yachting. By the end of this summer, a doughty group of British yachtsmen will have spent close to $600,000 in an attempt to remove the ungainly, Victorian cup from its accustomed place of honor in the New York Yacht Club...
...equally determined and even more affluent collection of U.S. yachtsmen will have spent at least twice as much to keep the coveted trophy right where...
Manhattan Real Estate Man Walter S. Gubelmann, Commodore Harold Vanderbilt, Briggs Cunningham and 28 top-notch yachtsmen. Skipper: Eric Ridder, 45, who has raced to more than a dozen ocean victories as captain of Gubel-mann's famed yawl Windigo and has chosen a crew seasoned with Windigo sailors. They have already been training for six weeks on an old twelve rebuilt to match Constellation's deck layout...
...first shakedown cruises. Next week comes the initial "command performance" at the New York Yacht Club's spring regatta. All through the long summer the club's selection committee will hold preliminary trials leading up to the finals beginning Aug. 17. It is far too early for yachtsmen to talk about a favorite for the Cup defense off Newport on Sept. 15. But the odds favor the new boats. Only once in the past has an older boat won out. And that was Weatherly, with Bus Mosbacher doing the sailing...