Storm Shuts Down Sailing

Fri., Jan. 13, 1995

Compiled From Wire Services

It took 144 years for women to get an equal footing with men in the America’s Cup, only to have a severe winter storm delay their competitive sailing debut.

The opening race of the Citizen Cup defender series, between America3’s women’s team and Dennis Conner’s Stars & Stripes, was postponed to Jan. 21 after the latest in a series of storms to hit Southern California kicked up swells of 12 to 15 feet on the Pacific Ocean.

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