Commodore's Cup

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>To Luke Cramer sailing meant everything and to have a Comet Class boat of his very own was something he had long dreamed about. Meanwhile the next best thing was crewing for Bruce Canning whenever there was a race.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It seemed then like a miracle to Luke to discover a Comet half buried in the muck of a South Jersey inlet where a raging northeaster had flung it. With eager hands ingenuity and backbreaking work he succeeded in restoring the battered craft-abandoned as a loss by its owner-to its former beauty.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The starting gun of the Memorial Day races signaled the beginning also of Luke's battle for the championship of the yacht-club fleet that summer. Each succeeding race and regatta sharpened Luke's wits and his timing. But could he successfully pit his hard-won knowledge against the skill of more experienced sailors for the greatest win of all the Commodore's Cup?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Stephen W. Meader recognized as one of the top-flight authors of books for teenagers has for many years lived on the Jersey coast and sailed its waters. It is with a sure knowledge and genuine love of sailing that he has written this fast salty story that readers will enjoy whether or not they have ever sailed a boat.</span></p><p></p>