Word: boated
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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lightweight: a shell with a specific weight limit. For men, the boat must average 150 pounds per oarsman. For women, the average must be 129.5 pounds...
Alte Achter: the 1972 U.S. Olympic eight. Made up primarily of Harvard owners, this boat holds a reunion each year at the Head to relive the experiences the crew shared at the Munich Games...
shell: the proper name for a thin boat, which holds one, two, four and eight rowers and perhaps a coxswain...
stroke: the most important sweep in an eight. The stroke sits nearest the coxswain and sets the pace for the entire boat by determining the rate of strokes per minute. Usually a shell will row around 36 strokes (28 for as head race) a minute but pick up the pace near the end of the race during the final...
...shirt: traditional bet on the outcome of intercollegiate crew races. The members of each winning boat collect the shirts of their opponents. At the sprints, the winning crew will pick up 14 shirts after the final race...