61.   Race organizers had considered shortening the leg after the eight boats battled light winds all day and the projected finishing times grew later.

62.   Seventeen crewmen of the two boats were deported after interrogation, Antara said.

63.   The army allowed the media to photograph and film the two boats and the weapons on the Dead Sea shore.

64.   The fate of the other boats was unclear.

65.   The coast guard said one of the Turks was slightly wounded by warning shots fired when one of the two boats refused to stop.

66.   The former Princeton rower said it was easier to get into the spirit of the event knowing he had two Ivy League rivals in the other boat.

67.   The first three yachts appeared to have escaped the high pressure system which was slowing the progress of the other six boats.

68.   The other boat ran onto a reef and the two men fled.

69.   The other boats escaped.

70.   The pivotal moment came Saturday night when the eight boats split into two groups at the tiny island of Anhalt.