Word: crewed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...admits that "I have my fingers crossed. We'll just have to see how it works." If it doesn't, the seven-member Intrepid syndicate has Constellation in reserve. Mosbacher has already been putting Constellation to use on weekend sail-handling drills, looking over a 27-man crew for the ten who will eventually make up his first team. Whatever boat Mosbacher sails, he expects a rum go from at least two other U.S. hopefuls: a rebuilt Columbia, which is being run by a West Coast syndicate, and American Eagle, which gave Constellation a pretty good battle...
Psychologically, Saturday's Adams Cup heavyweight regatta against Penn and Navy on the Charles figures to be the most important of the collegiate racing schedule for the Crimson crew...
...junior varsity race looks like a three-way fight. Navy is also undefeated at this level, and turns in times which are very close to the Midshipmen varsity. Harvard's heavyweight varsity coach Harry Parker thinks that the crew which wins this one "will be the best JV boat in the East...
...Sprints are not just a one-afternoon affair. For them, it all begins with a bus ride to Worcester Friday. That late afternoon they will practice on the lake for the first time. The practice is quiet and intense--the lake is silent and without spectators. After practice the crew eats dinner at a Howard Johnson's, then finds a motel to sleep in. There while the crew tries to rest for Saturday the coaches and coxes for all the boats competing in the sprints assemble to iron out the technical details of the meet, preparing for Saturday morning...
...crew rests, the Eastern Sprints begin for the spectators...