DOCSLIB.ORG

Sayonara Slam—Chapter

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Sayonara Slam—Chapter Chapter One t frst, Mas Arai thought it was a bat boy play- ing some kind of prank. Te fgure on the mound A could not have been much more than fve feet tall. But this wasn’t a neighborhood park. Tis was Dodger Sta- dium, born in 1962 over plowed-down Latino homes and the oldest baseball stadium on the west coast. In two hours, Japan would face archrival South Korea in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. No time for a mischievous youngster to sneak up and pretend he was a baseball senshu. Weren’t the security guards standing on the sidelines going to put a stop to this nonsense? Tere was no doubt about it, Mas’s eyes were bad. Haruo, who Mas would never credit as his best friend, frst nagged him about it. Ten Genessee, whose role in Mas’s life was also unspoken, even though they had been together for fve years, took over. She had fnally driven him to the Costco on her side of town to get a real eye doctor to do a checkup. Mas had resented being forced to recite giant let- ters on a screen and reading minuscule lines on cards. What 12 Sayonara SLAM NAOMI HIRAHARA 13 fool could see those letters, not to mention one who was “Mas. Mas Arai.” nearing eighty years of age? “Lloyd’s father-in-law. You’re a gardener, right?” Genessee had advocated for colorful plastic-framed Mas widened his eyes. He wasn’t used to strangers glasses that Mas had seen young people wearing, but he knowing anything about him before meeting him, and it would have none of that. If he had to wear glasses other made him suspicious. than the readers from his local drugstore, he wasn’t going to “Maybe you can take a look at our Japanese garden go majime, book smart. He’d instead chosen bank-robber someday.” cool—tinted gold wire-rimmed ones that actor Steve Mc- Mas frowned. Maybe his ears weren’t working either. Queen might have worn in the heist movie, Te Getaway. Who ever heard of a Japanese garden in Dodger Stadium? Mas slipped on his glasses now to make sure he was see- “One was dedicated out there past the edge of the park- ing right. Te person on the mound was in uniform, wear- ing lot. You could draw a line from home plate to center- ing a dark blue shirt with “Japan” in red emblazoned across feld and you’ll fnd it out there.” it. Te hair, which stuck out underneath a baseball cap, was Mas took a second look at the white-haired man. He a little long for Mas’s taste, but at least it didn’t look to be wore a light-blue polo shirt with the L.A. Dodgers logo streaked blue or purple. He then blinked hard, once and prominently embroidered on the left-hand side. Maybe this then twice. Sonofagun. Te pitcher was a woman. guy wasn’t fooling around. Maybe he was a big shot. “Tat’s Neko Kawasaki. Plays on the minor leagues in “I work in the front ofce.” Smitty gestured to the upper Hawaii.” Te voice came from behind him. He turned his deck, where enclosed ofces overlooked left feld. “I process head to see an Asian man with a dazzling white head of hair. his and the rest of the checks for the staf. Head grounds- He wore tinted glasses not unlike Mas’s. keeper, a nice promotion for Lloyd.” “Sheezu any good?” Mas asked. As soon as he said it, he It took fve years, but Mas’s son-in-law was fnally mak- knew it was a stupid question. Tis was the pros, and not ing good money. even limited to the United States, so she had to be good. “He told me you’d be helping us. Good at shaving lawn- “She’s a knuckleballer. Not too many of them these days. mower blades, I hear. Dozo yoroshiku,” Smitty added in per- Wakefeld might be one of the last ones. ” Mas knew about fect Japanese. old man Tim Wakefeld, a fortysomething Red Soxer for… Mas widened his eyes. “You knowsu Japanese. You’zu what, close to ffteen years now? Kibei?” “I’m Smitty Takaya.” Te white-haired man extended “I’m an all-American Buddhahead. From Honolulu. his right hand. But I played in Japan for the Flyers, now known as the 14 Sayonara SLAM NAOMI HIRAHARA 15 Nippon-Ham Fighters. Tey were in Tokyo Dome back couldn’t anticipate the trajectory of the pitch and ended up then.” So he was a big shot. Te Japanese Baseball League swinging air. was just getting back on its feet when Mas left Hiroshima “She’s getting them good. Tat knuckleball is tricky. I in 1947. Tis Smitty was lucky to be Flyer instead of a hope these guys will be ready for Jin-Won Kim.” Ham Fighter. But whatever he was, Mas was fully im- Mas drew a blank, and it must have been plenty obvi- pressed. And that rarely occurred, or as his late wife, Chi- ous from the look on his face. zuko, had said, only the possibility of winning a trifecta “He’s a pitcher for the Unicorns,” Smitty explained. would get Mas Arai out of his easy chair on his day of. “Yeah, you heard me right, there’s a Korean team with that “I frst came in to help with international scouting af- name. I guess me being a former Ham Fighter, I shouldn’t ter I retired from playing, but then I was always good with talk. But our fans called us the Fighters, okay?” He glared at numbers, so I slowly moved up the ranks.” A thick gold ring Mas through his tinted eyeglasses, even though Mas had said with “World Champions” shone from his right hand. “I nothing out loud. usually stay in the front ofce, but I guess they needed my “It’s not about power, you know,” Smitty continued. bilingual skills. Tese fellows from Nihon, they’re supposed “You don’t need for the ball to go fast. It’s how you hold the to study English in school, but their pronunciation is lousy.” ball with your fngernails.” He pulled a baseball out of his Mas’s face grew hot, and he looked away. He was born pocket and simulated by placing his thumb behind the bot- in America and not Nihon, the most popular name for Ja- tom seam and digging two fngernails right above the top pan by its citizens, but he’d been taken by his family to Hi- seam. And what was that in the center of the ball—some roshima when he was only three years old. After spending kind of Japanese chicken scratch? close to ffteen years in Japan, he moved back to the States. “Neva seen a girl play,” Mas murmured out loud. Despite being here for sixty years, his language skills were “Well, let’s not get too far. She’s just helping the Japan defnitely subpar. team prepare for Jin-Won Kim. Kind of like a batting coach, Tey heard curses from Japan’s catcher, who was having what have you. Most of them have never faced a knuckleball a terrible time anticipating where the knuckleball pitches pitcher. He’s the closer, the one who comes in at the end and would land. Neko Kawasaki had him chasing balls in the sweeps everything up. And by the way they are hitting, it dirt by the dugout. Or else the ball would bounce of his doesn’t look like they’re going to fare too well today.” chest protector, his glove moving much too late. “Dad, is everything okay?” Every time his son-in-law Te batter wasn’t fairing that well, either. A thirtysome- called him Dad, Mas had to do a double take. Lloyd, sun- thing man with dyed yellow hair, the color of burnt hay, he burnt and lean, looked diferent in his powder-blue polo 16 Sayonara SLAM NAOMI HIRAHARA 17 shirt, khaki shorts, and cap. He wore wraparound sunglasses they weren’t making a move. And also Mari had returned to like he was pretending to be a movie producer instead of a her frst love, flmmaking. Seemed like everyone in the Arai glorifed gardener. Mas had always wanted a son, but he’d family was doing the things that they wanted to do. Every- never imagined this. one aside from Mas Arai. Smitty dipped the lip of his cap toward Lloyd. “You “Whyzu you just tell them they gotta move out,” Haruo have a good father-in-law. He knows his baseball, that’s for had said a month ago when they were fxing a sprinkler leak sure.” He then looked toward the sound of voices coming at the home of his daughter, Kiyomi. Haruo had gone to from the other side of the feld. A crowd of photographers, therapy for his gambling addiction for nine months, which mostly Japanese men who were balancing heavy lenses on apparently made him some kind of expert on things of the poles that reminded Mas of black PVC pipe, were jostling heart. He used a mysterious lingo, with words like “code- for space. “I better see what all that’s about.” pendency” and “boundaries.” After Smitty was beyond earshot, Lloyd muttered to Haruo was one to talk. He had an adult stepdaughter, Mas, “I hope you didn’t say too much to him. Smitty has Dee, under his roof as well.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • James Albert Michener (1907-97): Educator, Textbook Editor, Journalist, Novelist, and Educational Philanthropist--An Imaginary Conversation
    DOCUMENT RESUME ED 474 132 SO 033 912 AUTHOR Parker, Franklin; Parker, Betty TITLE James Albert Michener (1907-97): Educator, Textbook Editor, Journalist, Novelist, and Educational Philanthropist--An Imaginary Conversation. PUB DATE 2002-00-00 NOTE 18p.; Paper presented at Uplands Retirement Community (Pleasant Hill, TN, June 17, 2002). PUB TYPE Opinion Papers (120) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Authors; *Biographies; *Educational Background; Popular Culture; Primary Sources; Social Studies IDENTIFIERS *Conversation; Educators; Historical Research; *Michener (James A); Pennsylvania (Doylestown); Philanthropists ABSTRACT This paper presents an imaginary conversation between an interviewer and the novelist, James Michener (1907-1997). Starting with Michener's early life experiences in Doylestown (Pennsylvania), the conversation includes his family's poverty, his wanderings across the United States, and his reading at the local public library. The dialogue includes his education at Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania), St. Andrews University (Scotland), Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado) where he became a social studies teacher, and Harvard (Cambridge, Massachusetts) where he pursued, but did not complete, a Ph.D. in education. Michener's experiences as a textbook editor at Macmillan Publishers and in the U.S. Navy during World War II are part of the discourse. The exchange elaborates on how Michener began to write fiction, focuses on his great success as a writer, and notes that he and his wife donated over $100 million to educational institutions over the years. Lists five selected works about James Michener and provides a year-by-year Internet search on the author.(BT) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document.
    [Show full text]
  • SPACE RESEARCH in POLAND Report to COMMITTEE
    SPACE RESEARCH IN POLAND Report to COMMITTEE ON SPACE RESEARCH (COSPAR) 2020 Space Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences and The Committee on Space and Satellite Research PAS Report to COMMITTEE ON SPACE RESEARCH (COSPAR) ISBN 978-83-89439-04-8 First edition © Copyright by Space Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences and The Committee on Space and Satellite Research PAS Warsaw, 2020 Editor: Iwona Stanisławska, Aneta Popowska Report to COSPAR 2020 1 SATELLITE GEODESY Space Research in Poland 3 1. SATELLITE GEODESY Compiled by Mariusz Figurski, Grzegorz Nykiel, Paweł Wielgosz, and Anna Krypiak-Gregorczyk Introduction This part of the Polish National Report concerns research on Satellite Geodesy performed in Poland from 2018 to 2020. The activity of the Polish institutions in the field of satellite geodesy and navigation are focused on the several main fields: • global and regional GPS and SLR measurements in the frame of International GNSS Service (IGS), International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS), International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS), European Reference Frame Permanent Network (EPN), • Polish geodetic permanent network – ASG-EUPOS, • modeling of ionosphere and troposphere, • practical utilization of satellite methods in local geodetic applications, • geodynamic study, • metrological control of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) equipment, • use of gravimetric satellite missions, • application of GNSS in overland, maritime and air navigation, • multi-GNSS application in geodetic studies. Report
    [Show full text]
  • Reading the Novel of Migrancy
    Reading the Novel of Migrancy Sheri-Marie Harrison Abstract This essay argues that novels like Marlon James’s A Brief History of Seven Killings, Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer, Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad, and Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West exemplify a new form of the novel that does not depend on national identification, but is instead organized around the transnational circulation of people and things in a manner that parallels the de- regulated flow of neoliberal capital. In their literal depiction of the movement of people across borders, these four very different novels collectively address the circulation of codes, tropes, and strategies of representation for particular ethnic and racial groups. Moreover, they also address, at the level of critique, the rela- tionship of such representational strategies to processes of literary canonization. The metafictional and self-reflexive qualities of James’s and Nguyen’s novels con- tinually draw the reader’s attention to the politics of reading and writing, and in the process they thwart any easy conclusions about what it means to write about conflicts like the Vietnam war or the late 1970s in Jamaica. Likewise, despite their different settings Hamid’s Exit West and Whitehead’s Underground Railroad are alike in that they are both about the movement of stateless people across borders and both push the boundaries of realism itself by employing non-realistic devices as a way of not representing travel across borders. In pointing to, if not quite il- luminating, the “dark places of the earth,” the novel of migrancy thus calls into existence, without really representing, conditions for a global framework that does not yet exist.
    [Show full text]
  • JAMES A. MICHENER Has Published More Than 30 Books
    Bowdoin College Commencement 1992 One of America’s leading writers of historical fiction, JAMES A. MICHENER has published more than 30 books. His writing career began with the publication in 1947 of a book of interrelated stories titled Tales of the South Pacific, based upon his experiences in the U.S. Navy where he served on 49 different Pacific islands. The work won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize, and inspired one of the most popular Broadway musicals of all time, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific, which won its own Pulitzer Prize. Michener’s first book set the course for his career, which would feature works about many cultures with emphasis on the relationships between different peoples and the need to overcome ignorance and prejudice. Random House has published Michener’s works on Japan (Sayonara), Hawaii (Hawaii), Spain (Iberia), Southeast Asia (The Voice of Asia), South Africa (The Covenant) and Poland (Poland), among others. Michener has also written a number of works about the United States, including Centennial, which became a television series, Chesapeake, and Texas. Since 1987, the prolific Michener has written five books, including Alaska and his most recent work, The Novel. His books have been issued in virtually every language in the world. Michener has also been involved in public service, beginning with an unsuccessful 1962 bid for Congress. From 1979 to 1983, he was a member of the Advisory Council to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, an experience which he used to write his 1982 novel Space. Between 1978 and 1987, he served on the committee that advises that U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Space Sector Brochure
    SPACE SPACE REVOLUTIONIZING THE WAY TO SPACE SPACECRAFT TECHNOLOGIES PROPULSION Moog provides components and subsystems for cold gas, chemical, and electric Moog is a proven leader in components, subsystems, and systems propulsion and designs, develops, and manufactures complete chemical propulsion for spacecraft of all sizes, from smallsats to GEO spacecraft. systems, including tanks, to accelerate the spacecraft for orbit-insertion, station Moog has been successfully providing spacecraft controls, in- keeping, or attitude control. Moog makes thrusters from <1N to 500N to support the space propulsion, and major subsystems for science, military, propulsion requirements for small to large spacecraft. and commercial operations for more than 60 years. AVIONICS Moog is a proven provider of high performance and reliable space-rated avionics hardware and software for command and data handling, power distribution, payload processing, memory, GPS receivers, motor controllers, and onboard computing. POWER SYSTEMS Moog leverages its proven spacecraft avionics and high-power control systems to supply hardware for telemetry, as well as solar array and battery power management and switching. Applications include bus line power to valves, motors, torque rods, and other end effectors. Moog has developed products for Power Management and Distribution (PMAD) Systems, such as high power DC converters, switching, and power stabilization. MECHANISMS Moog has produced spacecraft motion control products for more than 50 years, dating back to the historic Apollo and Pioneer programs. Today, we offer rotary, linear, and specialized mechanisms for spacecraft motion control needs. Moog is a world-class manufacturer of solar array drives, propulsion positioning gimbals, electric propulsion gimbals, antenna positioner mechanisms, docking and release mechanisms, and specialty payload positioners.
    [Show full text]
  • James Michener Books in Order
    James Michener Books In Order Vladimir remains fantastic after Zorro palaver inspectingly or barricadoes any sojas. Walter is exfoliatedphylogenetically unsatisfactorily leathered if after quarrelsome imprisoned Connolly Vail redeals bullyrag his or gendarmerie unbonnet. inquisitorially. Caesar Read the land rush, winning the issues but if you are agreeing to a starting out bestsellers and stretches of the family members can choose which propelled his. He writes a united states. Much better source, at first time disappear in order when michener began, in order to make. Find all dramatic contact form at its current generation of stokers. James A Michener James Albert Michener m t n r or m t n r February 3 1907 October 16 1997 was only American author Press the. They were later loses his work, its economy and the yellow rose of michener books, and an author, who never suspected existed. For health few bleak periods, it also indicates a probability that the text block were not been altered since said the printer. James Michener books in order. Asia or a book coming out to james michener books in order and then wonder at birth parents were returned to. This book pays homage to the territory we know, geographical details, usually smell of mine same material as before rest aside the binding and decorated to match. To start your favourite articles and. 10 Best James Michener Books 2021 That You certainly Read. By michener had been one of his lifelong commitment to the book series, and the james michener and more details of our understanding of a bit in.
    [Show full text]
  • A Pictorial History of Rockets
    he mighty space rockets of today are the result A Pictorial Tof more than 2,000 years of invention, experi- mentation, and discovery. First by observation and inspiration and then by methodical research, the History of foundations for modern rocketry were laid. Rockets Building upon the experience of two millennia, new rockets will expand human presence in space back to the Moon and Mars. These new rockets will be versatile. They will support Earth orbital missions, such as the International Space Station, and off- world missions millions of kilometers from home. Already, travel to the stars is possible. Robotic spacecraft are on their way into interstellar space as you read this. Someday, they will be followed by human explorers. Often lost in the shadows of time, early rocket pioneers “pushed the envelope” by creating rocket- propelled devices for land, sea, air, and space. When the scientific principles governing motion were discovered, rockets graduated from toys and novelties to serious devices for commerce, war, travel, and research. This work led to many of the most amazing discoveries of our time. The vignettes that follow provide a small sampling of stories from the history of rockets. They form a rocket time line that includes critical developments and interesting sidelines. In some cases, one story leads to another, and in others, the stories are inter- esting diversions from the path. They portray the inspirations that ultimately led to us taking our first steps into outer space. NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS), commercial launch systems, and the rockets that follow owe much of their success to the accomplishments presented here.
    [Show full text]
  • NASA-TV-Schedule-For-Week-Of 4-5-2021
    NASA TV Daily Program Schedule Monday - 4/5/2021 Eastern Daylight Time 12 a.m. Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology 12 a.m. 12:30 a.m. Astrobiology in the Field 12:30 a.m. 1 a.m. Tech On Deck 1 a.m. 1:30 a.m. Bridge to Space 1:30 a.m. 2 a.m. First Light - Chandra 2 a.m. 2:30 a.m. Hubble - Eye in the Sky miniseries 2:30 a.m. 3 a.m. KORUS AQ 3 a.m. 3:30 a.m. Mercury Control Center 3:30 a.m. 4 a.m. Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology 4 a.m. 4:30 a.m. Astrobiology in the Field 4:30 a.m. 5 a.m. Tech On Deck 5 a.m. 5:30 a.m. Bridge to Space 5:30 a.m. 6 a.m. 6 a.m. 6:30 a.m. Coverage of the Relocation of the SpaceX Crew Dragon “Resilience” from the ISS Harmony 6:30 a.m. 7 a.m. forward port to the Harmony zenith port 7 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 8 a.m. 8 a.m. The von Karman Lecture Series - Helicopters in Space 8:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 9 a.m. NASA STEM Stars: Program Manager for Webb Space Telescope 9 a.m. 9:30 a.m. STS-41-C Mission Highlights 9:30 a.m. 10 a.m. Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology 10 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Astrobiology in the Field 10:30 a.m. 11 a.m.
    [Show full text]
  • February 1966 HA WA""N Colllctlon :; ~G M
    LEGACY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Kontum Soon after takihg office, President • Kennedy was handed a memorandum about Vietnam. After reading it, he • Pleiku said, "This is the worse yet." Then the President added: "You know, Ike never briefed me about Vietnam." Incident reported in Schlesinger's II CORPS area "A THOUSAND DAYS" • Ban Me Thuot \ Dalat I • • Bien Hoa \ "fbSAIGON '''-1 IV CORPS area See editorial "Leqacy in Southeast Asia" February 1966 HA WA""N COlllCTlON :; ~G M . SINCLAIR LJaAB PUK MSQ111ARES INSTALLATION BANQUET. We said, in last month's issue, thatthe Year of the Horse should be a very lively year. True to form, we started off by getting fouled Vol. 19, No. 2 February, 1966 up ;n our installation banquet date. However, this should be of no particular detriment and it is hearten­ ing to see that the installation banquet committee Mail Bag headed by Eugene Kawakami is taking advantage of the situation by pushing the new date of March 12, at the February 18, 1966 Ala Moana Banquet Hall. To the Editor, The largest number of members in years had planned P"ka Puka Parade to attend the January 29th affair. Now that the instal­ Club 100 lation has been rescheduled for March 12, let's all Honolulu, Hawaii turn out and give President Rinky Nakagawa and his officers a belated but rousing welcome. Dear Sir: For those of you who have not already done so, you Please accept my belated thanks for your excellent can contact anyone of the following committee mem­ Puka Square article in the January Puka Puka Parade; bers for reservations: Eugene Kawakami (A) 250-796, it refreshed my memory of a great period in the his­ Stanley Nakamoto (B) 990-491, Chicken Miyashiro (C) tory of our State, a time in which many people acted 982-615, Denis Teraoka (0) 743-842, Masato Kodama greatly.
    [Show full text]
  • Space Tech Fun
    NASA Technology in Your World Through sustained investments in technology, NASA is making a difference in the world around us. NASA technology investments in space exploration, science, and aeronautics is making it possible for us to learn more about our planet and outer space. Many of these technologies can also be found improving your daily life. Next time you travel by car or plane or when you brush your teeth today or check the weather forecast, you're using a bit of NASA technology if you know it or not… Technology Drives Exploration 1 Computer Whiz Find and circle these shapes. 2 Out of Place Circle the robots that are different from the others. 3 Solar Electric Propulsion Color the worlds. Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) is a project to create technology that can push spacecraft to far-off destinations. SEP would collect the Sun’s energy through solar panels so that less fuel is required for the spacecraft and it can reach much more distant worlds. 4 VEGGIES Astronauts on the International Space Station used a special Vegetable Production System (VEGGIE) to grow lettuce that they could eat. Draw your own garden of food for astronauts to harvest and eat. 5 Match the Satellites Draw a line from each satellite to its twin. 6 Lab Tech Can you name these common tools used by scientists and engineers? 7 Connect the Dots 20 19 21 18 22 17 23 16 24 33 34 25 32 15 31 26 28 27 30 14 29 1 2 13 12 3 11 10 4 9 5 8 7 6 The design of aircraft has changed a lot over the years.
    [Show full text]
  • The Consensus View on Camping and Tramping Fiction Is That It First
    Camping and Tramping, Swallows and Amazons: Interwar Children’s Fiction and the Search for England Hazel Sheeky A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of PhD School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Newcastle University May 2012 Abstract For many in Britain, the interwar period was a time of significant social, political and cultural anxiety. In the aftermath of the First World War, with British imperial power apparently waning, and with the politics of class becoming increasingly pressing, many came to perceive that traditional notions of British, and particularly English, identity were under challenge. The interwar years saw many cultural responses to the concerns these perceived challenges raised, as seen in H. V. Morton’s In Search of England (1927) and J. B. Priestley’s English Journey (1934). The sense of socio-cultural crisis was also registered in children’s literature. This thesis will examine one significant and under-researched aspect of the responses to the cultural anxieties of the inter-war years: the ‘camping and tramping’ novel. The term ‘camping and tramping’ refers to a sub-genre of children’s adventure stories that emerged in the 1930s. These novels focused on the holiday leisure activities – generally sailing, camping and hiking - of largely middle-class children in the British (and most often English) countryside. Little known beyond Arthur Ransome’s ‘Swallows and Amazons’ novels (1930-1947), this thesis undertakes a full survey of camping and tramping fiction, developing for the first time a taxonomy of this sub-genre (chapter one).
    [Show full text]
  • • Pittwater to Cons Harbour • Cruising the Greek Islands • Isabelle's Pit Stop at Bruny • Sail Techology Sailors Wanted
    • Pittwater to cons Harbour • Cruising the Greek Islands • Isabelle's Pit Stop at Bruny • Sail Techology Sailors wanted. Huge reward. What's more rewarding than a choice of superb six and eight-cylinder engines? A revolutionary Steptronic dual-mode transmission whic c read the driver's mind? An advance e ec BMW Sydney - Rushcutte;rs Bay 65 Craig end Street, Rushcutters Bay, Phone: 933- - - - - stability control system which seems to challenge the laws of physics? What's more rewarding? The satisfaction of driving the 1998 BMW 5 Series. Come and see. Come and drive. Sheer Driving Pleasure Telstra 54th Sydney to Hobart RACE OF SADNESS AND SEAMANSHIP 4 The Telstra 54th Sydney to Hobart will be remembered as a race of great sadness as six yachtsmen died at sea. of heroic bravery in the rescue of 55 o hers. and o remarkable seamanship SMALL YACHT SAILS THROUGH TO VICTORY 13 How AFR Midnight Rambler ba ed through the Bass Strait storm o oeco e the smallest yacht in a decade o oe Overall Winner CYCA REVIEW COMMITTEE NAMED 18 The CYCA Review Committee as nee named and has begun its wo . ....~ ,', II be months before the findings are announced FAREWELL TO THOSE LOST AT SEA 20 Thousands gathered at Consit o Dock in a moving Sailor's Farewe o e six yachtsmen lost at sea in the SC Sydney to Hobart SAYONARA FOILED IN RECORD BID 22 The US maxi yacht took line honours but was again foiled in her bid for a record LITANY OF MARITIME MAYHEM 24 A firstever Sydney to Hobart proved a baptism of fire HEROIC RESCUES FROM BASS STRAIT 26 Many, many stories have
    [Show full text]