Sailing

On March 28, Frank Raymond '59, William Hitchcock, Melville Converse, and William Savage '60, Robert Woolman, William Edgerton, and Malcolm Clarke '57, of Dartmouth's Corinthian Yacht Club left the tundra of Hanover for Annapolis, to enter the king of college sailing events, the McMillan Cup Series, raced annually in 45-foot yawls. This was the first year since 1951 that Dartmouth had qualified for this three-race series.

For the first day of racing the weather was cold. A gusty northwest wind of 25 to 30 knots made sailing an extremely severe test of skill and seamanship. Many teams ran into trouble with broken gear and ripped sails. Thanks to the experience and cool head of Skip Raymond and his foredeck crew, Dartmouth finished unscathed despite a wild run down-wind with the huge spinnaker broken loose and uncontrollable.

After a seventh in the first race, Dartmouth improved to a good third in the second. On Sunday winds were light and unsteady; the ten-boat fleet drifted, each crew hoping for a private breeze. Dartmouth had the bad luck to be fouled by another team at a mark, thereby dropping from second to sixth, and tying for fifth out of ten teams in the final series score. Coast Guard won the Cup.