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Conference unifix::sailing

Title:	SAILING
Notice:	Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference
Moderator:	UNIFIX::BERENS

Created:	Wed Jul 01 1992
Last Modified:	Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2299
Total number of notes:	20724

1229.0. "Stars & Stripes in Switzerland ?" by LEJABY::VASIC () Mon Jun 05 1989 13:20

I've read in the Swiss press that Dennis Conner will come in Switzerland with 
Stars & Stripes, in june 89, for a famous Swiss sailing race called "Bol d'Or" 
(Gold Cup).

Has anybody heard or read something about that, in U.S. press ?

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1229.1	Swiss Dennis of the CUP	SHIRE::MEYER	I'd rather be sailing & catching large trouts	`Tue Jun 06 1989 13:32`	7
	Having lost the cup in the courts, he might not be so news worthy on the otherside of the pond, however the Digital Sailing Club in Geneva plans to be on the lake & watch him fly past, let alone compete with young Dennis. Nick(M)
1229.2	Bankrupcy Court?	WBC::RODENHISER		`Thu Jun 08 1989 09:24`	5
	I read yesterday where Stars & Stripes had been confiscated by federal marshalls as a result of actions taken by some of DC's creditors. J_R
1229.3	Confirmed	LEJABY::VASIC		`Fri Jun 09 1989 06:10`	8
	Starts & Stripes is in the Evian harbour (on the Geneva lake). She will participate to the Bol d'Or (Gold Cup), and then will be exhibited in Europe to be sold. The Bol d'Or is a race with more than 600 boats on the starting line. Wind is usually ligth, but as on any other mountain lakes, heavy gusts are not unusual ... I'm looking forward to see what Stars & Stripes will do ...
1229.4	Stars & Stripes ready to GO!	SHIRE::MEYER	I'd rather be sailing & catching large trouts	`Tue Jun 13 1989 10:38`	29
	I went down to EVIAN on the French side of Lake Geneva last night & saw & touched Stars & Stripes. It had just been assembled by the waters edge, & the mast was on. I thought that when they raced it in san Diego, they were using foils rather than sails. Here it seems to be rigged for sails. Let me tell you that the two hulls are HUGE, so much so that it is too long to be classified in the gold cup race, but will race all the same for the hell of it , & a new record no doubt. There was a spare mast in two halves on the docK that we had a look at. It is made of carbon fiber & is only one tenth of an inch thick, quite mind blowing, when you see the length of it, & the work loads it has to cope with. The boat was due to be put in the water today. I noticed that one of the hulls had a one square inch hole under the water line, that will need fixing as it is in one of the water tight compartments. My wife had a good laugh, when she looked inside the hull & saw a wire basket full of an assortment of American sun tan lotions... I wont be taking part in the race, but I will be going out early on Saturday morning & with friends & my camera, hoping to get a few nice shots. Watch this space... Nick(M)