SI Vault Carleton Mitchell September 04, 1967 With scrupulous
fairness and no cooperation from the weather, the America's Cup
selection committee put four would-be defenders through their
paces, then picked the boat everyone knew was it Decrease font
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No One's Surprise: 'intrepid'   View CoverRead All Articles View
This Issue  The agony didn't last long. At the end of only seven
races (one of which was ruled incomplete), a small blue launch
flying the flag of the Commodore of the New York Yacht Club
nosed alongside the sleek flank of the 12-meter Columbia. With
due sympathy, the gentlemen on board informed Skipper Briggs
Cunningham that his charge was excused from further competition.
Then the launch putted away to await Intrepid, which hadn't even
gotten into her slip. Almost before dock lines were made fast
the magic words were spoken, and Olin Stephens' newest boat
became the 20th defender of the America's Cup.  The guillotine
had fallen on Cons