Word: crew
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Harvard crossed the finish line with a slight open-water advantage over the crew that was supposed to provide the toughest competition for the Crimson crew's oars...
...finale, he chose Berg as his crew. Berg has the size required to sail the Tempest, which has a relatively ineffective keel and a large sail area of 247.6 square feet, making the job of keeping the boat flat in heavy air suited to a big crew. Berg is 6 ft., 3 in. and weighs 230 pounds. "And I could go up another 15 pounds for the trials," he adds...
...there is a lot of wind on Lake Ontario, as is likely, then weight could be a big factor. The Linville brothers, former world champions and winners at the recent SPORT regatta at St. Petersburg, could be hindered by the fact that crew Jim weighs only 200 pounds...
...beat, however, appears to be Dennis Conner. And he will neither lack the weight (his crew Con Finley, an Olympic gold medal rower, is 6 ft., 7 in., 225 lbs.) nor sailing time, even though he has only been sailing in the class for a year. Since he bought two Tempests after the 1975 pre-Olympics at Kingston, Conner has spent some 200 days in his boat...
...world of crew, the Harvard heavies will stroke against Princeton and MIT for the Compton Cup, while the lights will try to sink Navy in the Holmes Cup, Saturday on the Charles...