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Tall and athletic, Juan Carlos was known is an avid sportsman (and still is, although a pelvic injury last year has slowed him somewhat). He was a member of Spain's 1972 Dragon-class Olympic sailing team. A black belt in karate, it was said its kept his broken boards in a mansion closet. He is also an avid motorcyclist...
...Asia's where many members of Harvard's lightweight crew teams are right now, competing in the seventh annual dragon boat races. (See story above...
Instead twenty-six members of the lightweight varsity and freshman crews, freshman lightweight crew Coach Robert Leahey and two "officials". Baird Professor of Science Dudley R. Herschbach and his wife. Georgene--are all journeying to the Orient on an all-expense paid trip to compete in the annual Dragon Boat festival...
There, the Harvard contingent will race against almost 90 teams from across the world in specially designed dragon boats in what's become an annual ritual throughout Asia...
...major difference is the boats, with the dragon version 43 feet long, 5 feet wide and 22 inches high. It also carries up to 24 rowers, along with a taikong(coxswain) who beats a drum in tempo and an oarsman at the rear...