[Download pdf ebook] Gretel II Disqualified: The untold inside story of a famous America's Cup incident
▲ B. Devereux Barker III ▲
| #2302447 in Books | B Devereux Barker III | 2013-04-19 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.69 x.13 x7.44l,.25 | File Name: 1481999214 | 56 pages | Gretel II Disqualified
||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Qualified Appreciation|By Harbormaster|No superlatives or basic description needed here as they are covered in the book's description. Here's what you need to know before you plunk down $12.76 (as of 10/31/2013). This is a narrowly focused book. Think of it as an extended protest hearing result with some background information enough to swell it into an aging sailor's caree|About the Author|A sailing person all his life, a one-time journalist who became involved in the top race committee, picks up the pen again to tell the story he has held inside too long. This is his second book.
One of the most famous, controversial incidents in America's Cup history took place as the result of a collision at the start of the second race in the 1970 match between Gretel II (Australia) and Intrepid (US). This is the largely untold story by New York Yacht Club race committee chairman Dev Barker, then age 31, of how his committee dealt with the impossible situation, not of their own making, in which they found themselves.
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