Word: charlestoning
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...became pretty clear by the halfway point of the regatta that we had to stay ahead of [the College of] Charleston,” Doyle recalls...
Harvard decided it was more important to stay with Charleston in each race to avoid losing ground than to win individual races...
Indeed, the Crimson took fourth in the sixth race, but got some help when Charleston was called for a two-point penalty...
Although the Crimson had actually not been called for a false start, the mishap resulted in them finishing eighth in the race and dropping two points behind Charleston. In the eighth race, though, Harvard placed fourth, four slots ahead of Charleston, reclaiming a two-place advantage...
After a tense lunch break, the sailors returned to the water for the final two races of the competition. In the ninth race, the Crimson stuck to its strategy of staying close to Charleston and managed to beat out the Cougars for sixth. But the conservative tactics allowed Navy to storm back into contention by winning the race, tying Charleston only three places behind Harvard overall...