Dennis Conner Sail Quotations

I've never sailed a schooner. Never even been on one.

If you want to talk about luck, we're normally sailing where it's 600 meters (2,000 feet) deep ... The good news is no one was hurt. The crew hardly got wet.

No question it's repairable. We'll be sailing again before the trials and everything will be fine. We're extremely fortunate.

Design has taken the place of what sailing used to be.

With these new boats and our veteran crew of American sailors, I feel this is one of the best campaigns I've ever put together. The bare hull of USA-77 just left Newport, Rhode Island two weeks ago and here she is going sailing today, which is true testament to how hard our whole team has worked to make this day possible,