There's an American John Bertrand. I suspect he's the one who sailed with Dennis.
Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 On Sep 24, 2013, at 20:08, Chuck S <cscheaf...@comcast.net> wrote: > Read both accounts of the 1983 race, one by Dennis Conners and one by John > Bertrand and it seems "reading windshifts and adjusting strategy to the wind" > was key to the race. The winged keel was just a red herring. > > Another point, the sailboat racing community is rather small. John Bertrand > crewed for Conners as a trimmer on an earlier Americas Cup campaign. > > > Chuck > Resolute > 1990 C&C 34R > Atlantic City, NJ > From: "Harry Hallgring" <hhallgr...@icloud.com> > To: w...@wbryant.com, cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 7:44:56 PM > Subject: Re: Stus-List America's Cup. > > I had lunch today with my boss Tom Rich who was crew on Liberty in 1983. He > likens the 83 regatta to what we are watching now, a monumental comeback. > Liberty was up 3-1 and eventually lost to Australia 4-3. Tom said Liberty > went into the finals as fast as they were going to get the boat to go and > they watched Australia II get better and faster every race. Hopefully Oracle > can pull it off tomorrow! > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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