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Newport-Bermuda Race, according to skippers.
Generally, crews were divided up into two watches, alternating three- or four-hour shifts through the duration of the race.
The idea is to keep everybody fresh and alert, especially critical at night.
"Tha...
DATE: Jun 26, 1998
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DATE: Jun 26, 1998
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The history of the Newport-Bermuda Race dates back to the turn of the century, when interest in offshore racing began to grow.
Yachtsmen wanted to sail reasonably-sized boats with a mostly amateur crew of friends, as opposed to sailing larger vessels...
DATE: Jun 26, 1998
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length is.
Cruising Club of America race chairman Nick Schaus points out that that boats represent a total of 7,982 linear feet -- or more than mile if stretched end to end.
"Our goal was 8,000 feet,'' Schauss joked, adding that organisers were going...
DATE: Jun 26, 1998
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this year's Newport-Bermuda Race.
Anthoni Lightbourne and Jaimie Billings, both 17, were aboard Starr Trail in a continuation of the youth sailing apprenticeship programme first launched in 1996 with Nirvana .
They were joined by another 17-year-old,...
DATE: Jun 26, 1998
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But the 163 yachts that made the final June 1 deadline represented the largest fleet since 1982, when 178 -- a record that still stands -- set sail on the biennial ocean crossing.
The preliminary list issued last month by the Cruising Club of America...
DATE: Jun 26, 1998
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represent only a fraction of the total number of Island participants.
For instance, there is almost an all-Bermudian crew aboard Robrt Mulderig's Starr Trail , Les Crane's Monterey and Steven Vestbirk's Defiant .
Colin Couper, chartering Brigadoon VI...
DATE: Jun 26, 1998
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Never mind that it's tucked inside a wooden box, stashed among the books on the top shelf in the teak-veneered main dining area, and that its chances of being used in the Newport-Bermuda Race are, oh, about the same as Robert Mulderig bouncing a cheq...
DATE: Jun 26, 1998
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in common.
Both took the helm of someone else's boat in the 41st biennial sailing of the Newport-Bermuda Race, when ended this week.
While Cooper co-skippered Temptress with Dr. Robert Shulman of Barrington, Rhode Island, Couper and his almost entire...
DATE: Jun 26, 1998
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Newport-Bermuda Race.
Monterey , Les Crane's Stevens 47, not only has a Bermuda registry, it's also the only one to have paid duty and to reside on the Island permanently.
When Crane emigrated to Bermuda to 1992, he brought Monterey with him, sailing...
DATE: Jun 26, 1998
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