Word: boated
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mixed" crews competition, consisting of both male and female rowers in the same boat, existed at one time but were recently dropped to make room for more traditional events...
...Head of the Charles was the brainchild of three men: Ernie Arlett, Howard MacIntyre Jr. and D'Arcy MacMahon. Arlett, a British rowing luminary, was head rowing coach at Northeastern; his familiarity with the formats and traditions of head racing was invaluable. MacIntyre and MacMahon, members of the Cambridge Boat Club, were instrumental in organizing the regatta...
Today the Cambridge Boat Club retains nine members, including trustee MacMahon, on the Regatta Committee, which runs the competition...
...head" race, as opposed to a traditional six-lane regatta, boats race against the clock rather than against each other and the boat with the best time wins...
...Rude and Smooth," the undefeated 1974-5 Harvard men's heavyweight boat, is a fixture at the Head. Former Olympian (1984) and Christopher R. "Tiff" Wood '75, known as "The Hammer," will return this year to lead the "Rude and Smooth" boat...