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Dennis Conner’s Coach to Speak

By LaDonna | February 15, 2008 | Sausalito |

Jack Sutphen, Dennis Conner’s ‘coach’, will be signing his book Messing About in Boats for 80 Years with Jack Sutphen at the Spaulding Wooden Boat Center in Sausalito tomorrow from 2-5 p.m. The 90-year-old Sutphen is a legend among yacht racing — especially America’s Cup — fans, having played key roles in nine A-Cup campaigns between 1958 and 2003, including seven of Conner’s bids. 

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