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...HARVARD CRIMSON: Are there any special challenges going into the Head that you're telling your team about? CHARLIE BUTT: It's always a coxwain's race, because there are always radical turns involved, as well as other crews to consider--whether other crews will yield, or if you have to yield to another boat. And there are three miles--small, small problems are magnified by the number of strokes taken in the race. You're probably talking 4 to 500 hard strokes, and one inch in a 500 stroke context is a considerable margin. So small problems will generate...
...Bailey, the Radcliffe coxwain, called an unusually long 400-meter sprint but couldn't close within two seats of the Tigers...
Tension builds as you proceed through on quarter power, on half, three quarters..."full power--on...this one!" The coxwain strains forward. Your muscles release and pull harder than ever before. The boat is setting up well, and the cox is confident as you pull away from your apponent. "OK, power ten here guys, and quick at the catch...
...very difficult to row the body of a race when you're down," senior coxwain Susie Peterson explained later. "The race went exactly as planned--we were just a little too far down...
...race. The crew also enjoys private screenings of recent movies each night, and stages an extremely "rude" talent show, with each skit designed to outdo the others in (?) comedy. And as a climax to the two weeks, the oarsmen delightedly watch the tradition three-and-a-quarter-mile "coxwain's race." The four Harvard coxswains, urged on by the heavy oarsman who coxes, attempt to row a boat faster than their four Yale counterparts. Harvard, as one would expect, usually wins...