Word: floated
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Although the '96 and '97 crews were out for a short while Saturday afternoon, the class crews will not be able to go out today as was expected, as their boat house is still unopened and nothing is ready for them. The float, which belongs in front of the boat house, has been put out, but owing to the low tides it has not yet swung into position...
...Weld Boat House has been put in order and is now ready for the opening. The float will be put out on the first clear day. It is not probable that the house will be at the disposal of the members before the end of the month...
...river is now free from floating ice, the float at the 'varsity boat house was put out yesterday afternoon...
...Weld Boat Club float has been hauled up and there will be no more rowing at the club this fall. The club will be opened again in the spring as soon as the river is free from ice, probably about the last of March. Two or three new boats will be bought this winter, as there has been great demand for single wherries...
...than down, which would make the course about ten seconds slower than dead water. During regattas navigation is suspended, and the continuous closing of the locks deadens the stream still more. The current is so slight that, with a moderate wind behind them, boats lying at ease slowly float up stream. The Schuylkill River, at Philadelphia, starting where the National races finish, and rowing up stream, is as nearly like the Henley water as any one course could be like another, and the upper Hudson, above the state dam, is very similar...