Conner disqualifying himself?
NZPA staff correspondent Fremantle The top American skipper, Dennis Conner, believes the boat which wins the first challenger elimination round of the America’s Cup will fail in the later contests. The reason, he said, was a boat’s ability to tune up to the heavier winds to come in December. Asked about comments he made to the same effect some time ago, Conner said he stood by what he had said. “I thought the winds would be lighter in October and that it would be
pretty hard for a boat that was optimised for the October winds to win in December, and I have pretty much to stick to that,” he said. “I think it is going to be pretty hard for the boat that is fastest here in the lighter winds to upscale enough to go another four knots of wind.” But Conner could end up disqualifying himself by his own definition since his boat Stars And Stripes has proved to be the boat to beat so far — apart from the New Zealanders — suffering only one defeat in the round.
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Press, 15 October 1986, Page 76
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