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...would be interested to see the oars in less than perfect weather," O'Lery said, "especially in a headwind. With that large surface area, squaring the oars could slow a boat down...

Author: By John B. Trainer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Technology Draws Mixed Reviews | 4/17/1992 | See Source »

...second varsity boat finished its season with a splashy win over the second B.U. boat. Despite a furious headwind which made the race longer than usual, the women in black managed to swing hard and take their opponents by one-and-a-half boat lengths...

Author: By Katy Schmid, | Title: W. Crew Stewed By B.U. | 5/8/1991 | See Source »

...Saturday races, focusing much of its practice time on building up and holding their racing cadence at 34 strokes a minute. A slow cadence had cost the Black and White the race against Princeton two weeks earlier, and Radcliffe was still having problems keeping the pace up in a headwind...

Author: By Jose A. Guerra, | Title: Oarswomen Thwarted By UCLA | 4/24/1990 | See Source »

Rowing downstream into a slight cross-headwind, the Crimson decided to forego the sprint and conserve energy for Sunday's races, realizing the Compton Cup was safely in hand. The Crimson finished Saturday's race a solid length-and-a-half ahead of Princeton, with a hapless MIT trailing somewhere in Harvard's wake...

Author: By Rik Geiersbach, | Title: Heavyweight Oarsmen Easily Grab First in Potomac Regatta | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

Walker was timed at 19:48.09 seconds while often rowing into a headwind on a winding upstream course of about three miles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Walker Stops Sudduth at Head Regatta | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

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