New Keel Boosts Conner

Wed., March 29, 1995

Compiled From Wire Services

Dennis Conner’s Stars & Stripes rolled out of the repair shed 3 hours before race time and convincingly beat America3’s previously all-women’s team aboard Mighty Mary in a crucial America’s Cup semifinal.

The battle then headed to the protest room, where America3 planned to fight a decision that allowed Stars & Stripes to replace its damaged keel.

Sailing with a keel it had retired weeks ago, Stars & Stripes played the first wind shift to its advantage and led on all six legs of the 18.55-mile Pacific Ocean course to win by 1 minute, 31 seconds.

The victory followed round-the-clock repairs required after Stars & Stripes took on water because of keel and hull damage and had to drop out of its race with Kevin Mahaney’s Young America on Sunday.

Citing International America’s Cup Class rules, the defense committee gave Conner permission to swap keels, providing the new one was similar to the damaged appendage.

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