Word: boated
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cambridge Boat Club members D'Arcy MacMahon, Howard McIntyre and Jack Vincent, along with Harvard University sculling instructor Ernest Arlett organized a fall race to complement their training. Hailing from England, Arlett proposed a "head of the river" race, similar in format to races taking place across the Atlantic...
...pressure, 22 and 28 strokes per minute. Then we turned around and headed back down doing some 20s at 3/4 slide to get the rate up: 34, then 38. Finally a couple starting sequence pieces: five, ten, and ten strokes at full pressure before taking the boat out and heading back to the hotel. I love the taper; my back feels good, my legs aren't tired, we're all full of energy...
...rowed much better today than in our practices this last week. The Empacher (E1) sets up better than the Vespoli boat (although from 2-seat I can still feel it leaning to port a little), and my seat doesn't stick like it did in the other boat. Tonight as I'm going to sleep I'll be telling myself, "Sit up, arms away quick, jump on the catch, race...
Harvard and MIT seem to be in the same boat--both schools are constantly vying for funds. But while MIT leads the pack on funding from private industry, Harvard's fundraising focus for the past several years has been alumni...
...admits it's not easy for a business to be green. "But part of the process of life is to question how you live it. Nobody takes the time to do things right. Look at those guys." He indicates three boats that have appeared on the river. Two fishermen sit on raised chairs at the bow and stern of each boat. A guide sits in the middle and rows. "They won't catch a thing," says Chouinard, "because they're dry casting. Besides, you don't need a boat to fish this goddamn river. All summer I haven't seen...