Dennis Conner turns 70 today. Dennis Conner put Yachting on the map in the 1980’s. He won the America’s Cup in 1974, 1980, 1987 and 1988. He was the skipper of the celebrated “Stars and Stripes” He made people actually care about Yachting for a while. The man was on the cover of Sports Illustrated and Time. I haven’t heard is name in a number of years though. Back then it seemed like the America’s Cup got a lot of ink. I have no idea who won the last one or when it was. No one cares anymore. Back in 1987 Jimmy Buffett even wrote a ‘fight song” for Dennis Conner and “Stars and Stripes” called “Take It Back”