Word: aft
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Lehmann is paying special attention at present to the body work of the men. The new stroke is longer fore and aft than the stroke rowed last year, and there is greater emphasis on the catch. The oars remain in the water longer and the whole stroke gives an impression of power...
Pennsylvania shows plainly the marks of her professional coaching. The crew has the appearance of having been coached more upon the basis of outboard than of inboard work. The body swing is fairly long fore and aft. The oars are rowed in and out of the water and the stroke looks rather labored. There has been lately a marked improvement in time and blade work...
...keel and gunwale are now laid in his shop on the banks of the Schuylkill. The boat will be 62 feet in length over all, 23 inches beam amidships, 8 3-4 inches deep amidships, 6 1-2 inches deep forward, and 5 1-2 inches deep aft. The shell will be composed entirely of aluminum, with the exception of the wash box, which will be wood, and the outriggers, which are to be of steel tubing, hard drawn. The shell will weigh 175 pounds. Ordinary paper shells weigh about 225 pounds, and Waters, the famous shell builder of Troy...
Paine, No. 4, has shown marked improvement over his rowing of last year, but there is still room for much more. He is slow on starting the recovery aft, and allows his oar to go up high on the catch, thereby missing considerable force at the commencement of the pull and rendering it impossible for him to get his oar in the water at the point he reaches...
...Huyck, No. 3, is short and strong. He pulls hard as long as his oar is in the water but it flies out at the finish and he does not get it in the water but clips on the catch, he is also slow on getting started aft...