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By Murray Sharratt |
Despite Canada 1’s
disappointing. showing in
the first two. rounds... of
preliminary racing inthe
America’s Cup
‘eliminations, . a= renewed
optimism has surfaced in
the Canadian camp.

- According to. Bent .and
Jannie. Jespersen, who.
-returned:. from © Newport
Rhode Island July 15, a new
mast and main. sail has
lifted’) Canadian ‘spirits:
Es considerably.

The. new mast weighs 45°
kilograms: less than
previous one, a spare being
‘used in replacement for the

_- original . mast. © which
-. snapped during a training
_ + session . May 28: It was
“installed. before _ ae

~ ready at the same time.
The “original . mainsail

" used in light airs was blown °
“0 and.
“ Sithout a. spare Canada 1 |
has been carrying a heavier

~~ beyond repair .

sail. All other competing
«mations: have - spare sails,
“but a lack of money put

‘ditions.

the.

4 ~Tace.
against Italy July 14, anda
new light weather sail was -

Canada ‘in a difficult spot.
The: vachts use three to f our

“We ‘We carry a Targe. Selec
«models and puzzles. with Now. Arrivals dally.

different types of mainsails

for. different. wind. con-

The new equipment
brought. immediate. results
as Canada I|-defeated Italy
that day and then made it

three in a:row by downing

the British boat Victory ’83

the next day. For Canada
this. latest. victory » was”
especially. sweet as. Britain
had just defeated the almost
unbeatable Australian IT. It
‘was also the last race of the
second series and. should
give Canada. 1 good
‘momentum going into the
all-important third round.

~The third: ‘series is

“scheduled for‘early August:

with. 100 per cent of. points
scored. going” towards
selecting .a challenger. In
the second series 40 per cent
of the points °-scored
counted while the opening
“series ~~ only. 20: Vgheris
counted.
“After the third «series of
racing the three boats with
the fewest wins are excused
_from further competition.
The four remaining yachts
then enter a semi- final,
racing: ‘each © other =
times.

three -
_ The two lowest

tion of toys, games,

scoring
eliminated and’
remaining finalists compete
in: a. best-of-seven: final: to
determine a challenger. .
Canada | now sits in fifth
place behind the Italian

yachts
the

are
two

boat. Italy has. been
somewhat of a surprise and
‘is extremely fast in light
winds. Jespersen says the
Canadians are confident

that they can pull ahead of ©

Italy because they have. a
win-loss... record. of» 3-2:
against them.

The Jespersens said. they.

~ enjoyed their 12 day stay:

in Newport. and: the little

- time they were able to spend

with their 21-year-old son
“Eric.
is such a perfect: location,

that it: would almost .be a.
shame if the cup was taken.

away from the Americans,

unless of course it was done ©

-. by the Canadians.

‘The days are very long
and. exhausting. for. the
crew. Because Canada has.a
limited ‘maintenace staff,

the crew often does its own.

- repairs. : This . sometimes
“means: working throughout

They said Newport:

the night and’ then racing —
_.12hours the next day.

is removed
from the water every second
night and the bottom is

The. yacht

down. . The
which takes | six

scrubbed
mainsail,

-men to carry, is hauled off

the boat every night along
with the other sails.

‘Bert Despersen says there:

is a lot. of speculation in
regards to the Austrailia
Il’s success. The boat’s keel
is apparently a well-kept
secret. When the yacht is
lifted out of the water the
keel is immediately covered
with a large piece of canvas.

Eric has sailed'in most of

‘THE REVIEW

the preliminary rounds and
his father hopes he. will
continue’.to be aboard
Canada 1-in future races.
Apparently there have been
crew changes and will likely —
be more to come..
An.11-man crew is always

on standby sailing Clipper,

the Trialhorse yacht.
Clipper and the Intrepid
were used as training vessels
before Canada I was built.
Intrepid was sold last winter
when. it was no longer
needed.

Clipper acts as a support
boat, testing Canada I’s

and
The

times .-before ’. races
carrying. spare. sails.

type of sail to be used is

never determined until the
last minute before a race.
The Canadians, in
contrast’ to ° their. com-
petitors, who live off. the
main. street. in Newport,
have modest quarters down
by the lobster. boats.
Perhaps because of their

lack of money. and’ ex-
they have been -
~ and.

perience
labelled. underdogs
consequently have won the
hearts of many Americans.
One

“such. American, .

Wednesday, July 20, 1983 ;

Clair Reynolds, who cooks | |
for

the Canadians,
requested the assignment
because she thinks they are
the nicest. to work. for. She
says they’re young, very
polite and compliment her
on her food all the time.
‘“‘They haven’t been in
this - (America’s Cup
competition) so long that
they feel that. the world
owes them’a living.’
A Canadian fleet of some
50 boats is on its way down

“from Ontario to support the

Canada I crew in their quest
to reach the semi-finals.

The British have -sent 2

support also, but in the ;

form. of royalty. Prince ~

“Andrew created a lot of <

excitement when he arrived
to. give the British crew an -
encouraging pat on. the ‘
back in hope that they will
win back the world’s oldest -
sporting cup, which was
originally put up by them
fora race in British waters, -

back in the 1800’s. a
It was won by the visiting

‘U.S. yacht America, and
the New York Yacht Club
has successfully defended it
ever since.

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