John Bertrand is the Australian skipper who won the cup from Dennis in 1983. I believe he did go to college in the US and graduated MIT, sailed with Dennis but later skippered Australia II and later Australian defenders and challengers. He also is known as the skipper of the Australian Americas Cup Louis Voitton challenger boat that sank in San Diego in 1995. Small world.
Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Burton" <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 8:36:09 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List America's Cup 1983 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 ----- Original Message ----- 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-l...@cnc-list.co _______________________________________________ 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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