The american JB scored a bronze in Finns in 84 for the US. He was born in California in '56, which makes him about 10 years younger than the Australian JB. It was the American who sailed with Dennis. http://www.sailingworld.com/experts/the-master-returns
It's just an odd coincidence that there are two world class sailors with the same name. Andy Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 On Sep 24, 2013, at 20:59, Chuck S <cscheaf...@comcast.net> wrote: > 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 > 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 > 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 > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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