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...Head of The Charles Regatta Committee defines a "mixed eight" as: "four male rowers, four female rowers with coxwain." A pretty straightforward definition, right? Yet somehow the "mixed eight" principle has encountered a whole lot of conceptual difficulty. It seems to rank as just slightly more difficult to grasp than that of a Harvard launch painted flourescent pink, and just slightly less difficult to grasp than John Higgenson rowing in a mixed single. What species of boat is a "mixed eight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: About That Mixed Eight | 10/26/1978 | See Source »

...entire starboard side (or so legend has it) crabbed and Harvard's "white whale" ground to a half. Coxwain Bruce Larson called for another complete start, at the end of which the Crimson was five seats behind Coast Guard...

Author: By Amy Sacks, | Title: Harvard, Radcliffe Crews Win Weekend Meets | 4/19/1976 | See Source »

...ninth member of the crew, coxwain Ken Inaes, prevented complete domination by the women...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Eight Sinks MIT Boat; 39th Place Finish Dampens Debut | 10/26/1971 | See Source »

Watson, bow; Rolman, 2; Barnhill, 3; Barston, 4; Decker, 5; Roosevelt, 6; MacTaggert, 7; Wells, stroke; Chadwick, coxwain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crew Boatings | 4/30/1949 | See Source »

Hall's crew-Stroke, H. Hall; 7, G. Hall; 6, Cook; 5, Putnam; 4, Harrington; 3, McLaughlin; 2, A. Hall, bow, Rackemann; coxwain, Paul...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hall's Crew Wins Wednesday In Race for Varsity Oarsmen | 8/23/1946 | See Source »

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